Museum of Art Archives
February 25, 2022
SHOWCASE MHD JAN-FEB 2022
Lesley Dill, a mixed-media artist whose works are in the collection of…
October 8, 2025
Gallery Talk: Fall ’25 Interns on Ralph Steadman
On the afternoon of Friday, October 3, three of the museum’s student…
July 24, 2025
Maine Home + Design: “60 Years of Ralph Steadman at the Bates College Museum of Art”
Spanning literature and art history to environmental science and more, the artist’s…
April 11, 2025
Collection Highlight: Stephen Schaefer by Alice Neel
I first saw this portrait of Stephen Schafer by Alice Neel at…
April 11, 2025
Collection Highlight: Isabella Kirkland’s Back
When I first looked at Back by Isabella Kirkland, I was intrigued…
April 11, 2025
Collection Highlights: Contest by William Pope.L
I was thinking about the way people use bigoted language. It’s almost…
October 25, 2024
The Daily Yonder: Q&A: Highlighting Art from ‘Outside the Center’, with Curator Samantha Sigmon
An exhibition at Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine, centers…
June 4, 2024
Portland Press Herald: From Marsden Hartley to the women of Monhegan, 7 must-see art shows in Maine this summer
This summer, Maine’s art institutions offer up exhibits showcasing a multitude of…
March 20, 2024
Crop and Click Episode 11 – Serena Williams, Key Biscayne, Florida
Most of us know Serena Williams to be one of the most…
March 12, 2024
Crop and Click Episode 10 – Walker Evans, the FSA, and the Politics of the 1930s
In this podcast, we explore Walker Evans’ work with the Farm Security…