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Save the date! More information to be announced.

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Save the date! More information to be announced.

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The Museum is pleased to once again welcome local artist Lesia Sochor to Bates for two workshops on Ukrainian egg decorating on Thursday, March 26, from 10 AM to 12PM…

5:00 pm

The Bates College Department of Art and Visual Culture and Museum of Art invite you to the opening of the 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition.

Full details to follow.

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On Friday, December 5th at the Benjamin Mays Center, the Museum of Art will be hosting a linocut printmaking workshop from 3:00-5:00PM. The event is free for Bates students and…

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Join artist Shellburne Thurber and exhibition curator Samantha Sigmon for a discussion of the works presented in the exhibition Shellburne Thurber: Full Circle.

7:00 pm

Studio potter and educator Lisa Orr, whose work is featured in the exhibition Precision and Expression: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection will discuss her work in a lecture.

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Please join us in celebrating the opening of the Fall 2025 exhibitions, Precision and Expression: American Studio Ceramics from the Collection of E. John Bullard and Shellburne Thurber: Full Circle.…

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All good things must come to an end; help us celebrate a wonderful run of the exhibition Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing on the exhibition’s penultimate day. Exhibition curator Andrea Harris will…

3:00 pm

Mazie Watson Chamberlin will be singing and playing acoustic guitar in the museum. This is a great opportunity to experience the Steadman Show one last time before it comes down!

12:00 pm

Senior Jeremy Felton will be performing with a Fiddle and a Friend in the museum! The performance is free for all to attend. 

12:00 pm

Join us for the first gallery talk of the 25-26 academic year, featuring our fall interns! Each intern will discuss their areas of interest within the Ralph Steadman: And Another…

7:00 pm

The Bates College Museum of Art welcomes viewers to watch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998, based upon the 1971 Hunter S. Thompson novel of the same name.

7:00 pm

The Bates College Museum of Art welcomes viewers to a feature-length documentary film about artist Ralph Steadman, whose work will be on view in the exhibition Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing through…

4:00 pm

Start off the new academic year with an inspirational visit to the exhibition Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing, and make your own interactive exhibition mini-catalogue! Enjoy some chai and cookies and…

10:00 am

Join us for an Origami making workshop at the Bates Museum of Art, inspired by animals depicted in the Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing current exhibition. All materials will be provided, parents…

10:00 am

Join us for an Origami making workshop at the Bates Museum of Art, inspired by animals depicted in the Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing current exhibition. All materials will be provided, parents…

10:00 am

Join us for an Origami making workshop at the Bates Museum of Art, inspired by animals depicted in the Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing current exhibition. All materials will be provided, parents…

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Sadie Williams: A Steadman on SteadmanZoom Lecture and Q&AWednesday, July 23, noon, eastern time https://bates.zoom.us/j/91046934788 As Ralph Steadman’s youngest daughter, Sadie Williams has grown up surrounded by the art of her…

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As Ralph Steadman’s youngest daughter, Sadie Williams has grown up surrounded by the art of her father. She now works as managing director of the Ralph Steadman Art Collection and…

7:00 pm

Celebrate the opening of Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing, and make your own interactive exhibition mini-catalogue! Light refreshments will be provided. Free and open to the public. The opening will begin…

5:00 pm

The Bates College Museum of Art and the Art and Visual Culture Department are pleased to invite you opening of the 2025 senior thesis exhibition, featuring the work of Elizabeth…

10:00 am

The Museum is pleased to once again welcome local artist Lesia Sochor to Bates for two workshops on Ukrainian egg decorating on April 4, from 10 AM to 12PM and…

5:30 pm

Join us for a stellar evening when Education Curator Anthony Shostak leads a viewing and discussion of a selection of astrophotographs acquired from the exhibition Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography, which…

3:00 pm

Koepke will perform Emotional Tofu: Lewiston in front of his Emotional Tofu video works which are part of an ongoing series that were made alongside this exhibition. This new movement meditation investigates a multiplicity…

4:30 pm

Join exhibition artists Harlan Crichton, Tristan Koepke, and Shey ‘Rí Acu’ Rivera Ríos in conversation with performance curator Cynthia Post Hunt. Each artist will briefly talk about their works in…

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Crichton will collaborate with the ambient electronica duo Resource Plus to display his unique photographic process. Using a laser pointer, crystals, and found objects, the artist will double expose his…