Events
Past Events
An archive of events held in the past
Life Drawing Session
As a service to our community of creative students, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year, 6-9 p.m. in Olin…
Life Drawing Session
As a service to our community of creative students, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year, 6-9 p.m. in Olin…
Life Drawing Session
As a service to our community of creative students, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year, 6-9 p.m. in Olin…
Life Drawing Session
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy, Life Drawing sessions have been cancelled until further notice. As a service to the artists in our on…
Life Drawing Session
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy, Life Drawing sessions have been cancelled until further notice. As a service to the artists in our on…
Life Drawing Session
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy, Life Drawing sessions have been cancelled until further notice. As a service to the artists in our on…
Life Drawing Session
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy, Life Drawing sessions have been cancelled until further notice. As a service to the artists in our on…
Life Drawing Session
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy, Life Drawing sessions have been cancelled until further notice. As a service to the artists in our on…
Life Drawing Session
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy, Life Drawing sessions have been cancelled until further notice. As a service to the artists in our on…
Life Drawing Session
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy, Life Drawing sessions have been cancelled until further notice. As a service to the artists in our on…
Life Drawing Session
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy, Life Drawing sessions have been cancelled until further notice. As a service to the artists in our on…
Life Drawing Session
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy, Life Drawing sessions have been cancelled until further notice. As a service to the artists in our on…
CANCELLED: Pysanky Workshop #2 with Lesia Sochor
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy the two Friday, March 27th, Pysanky Ukranian egg decorating workshops with artist Lesia Sochor have been cancelled. The Bates College Museum of Art…
CANCELLED: Pysanky Workshop #1 with Lesia Sochor
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy the two Friday, March 27th, Pysanky Ukranian egg decorating workshops with artist Lesia Sochor have been cancelled. The Bates College Museum of art…
Life Drawing Session
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy, Life Drawing sessions have been cancelled until further notice. As a service to the artists in our on…
Life Drawing Session
UPDATE: Due to the college’s COVID-19 policy, Life Drawing sessions have been cancelled until further notice. As a service to the artists in our on…
Life Drawing Session
As a service to the artists in our on and off campus communities, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year,…
Block Printing Workshop
Relief printing is one of the oldest methods with which to mass-produce art. Learn how to use modern printmaking materials to create a simple graphic…
Life Drawing Session
As a service to the artists in our on and off campus communities, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year,…
Life Drawing Session
As a service to the artists in our on and off campus communities, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year,…
Life Drawing Session
As a service to the artists in our on and off campus communities, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year,…
Bates Arts Festival
The Bates Arts Festival is a celebration of visual and performance art of current Bates students for the greater Lewiston-Auburn community. The event will run…
Life Drawing Session
As a service to the artists in our on and off campus communities, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year,…
Life Drawing Session
As a service to the artists in our on and off campus communities, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year,…
Life Drawing Session
As a service to the artists in our on and off campus communities, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year,…
Workshop: German Art, American Vision: Understanding How Miracles and Glory Abound Addresses Historical Narratives
As a part of the MLK Day 2020 observation at Bates, the Museum of Art is holding a workshop entitled “German Art, American Vision: Understanding…
Free Espresso Drinks at the Museum
In the need for a pick me up? Start the year off right with a boost of energy! From 4 to 6 PM, an espresso…
Life Drawing Session
As a service to the artists in our on and off campus communities, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year,…
Life Drawing Session
As a service to the artists in our community, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the academic year, 6-9 p.m. in Olin…
Block Print Workshop
Relief printing is one of the oldest methods with which to mass-produced art. Learn how to use modern printmaking materials to create a simple graphic…
Exhibition Reception: “Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Stages for Being”
Join us for a free reception celebrating our exhibition Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Stages for Being. A free panel discussion will be held in Olin Arts…
Panel Discussion: “Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Stages for Being”
A panel discussion with the Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Stages for Being exhibition curator, director of the organizing museum, and noted critic and writer. Attend and…
Mask-Making Workshop #2
Not ready for Halloween? We can help! Ages 8 and up, children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. The fee for the workshop…
Mask-Making Workshop #1
Not ready for Halloween? We can help! Ages 8 and up, children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. The fee for the workshop…
Opening Reception: Vanessa German: Miracles & Glory Abound
Reception to follow performance. Miracles and Glory Abound explores the power of stories through the assembled sculptures of Vanessa German (American, born 1976). The exhibition draws…
Performance: Miracles & Glory Abound
Celebrate the opening of the exhibition Vanessa German: Miracles & Glory Abound with a spoken-word opera performance by the artist featuring poetry, storytelling, music, and movement. Free,…
Reception: Marsha Donahue, Painting Watercolors
Please join us and Marsha Donahue following her Artist Talk, Painting Watercolors, in the lower gallery of the museum for a reception.Free.
Artist Talk: Marsha Donahue, Painting Watercolors
Marsha Donahue was born in Waterville, Maine in 1950 and grew up in interior Maine. With degrees from both American University in Washington, DC and…
Welcome to Campus Reception
Welcome back to campus! Start out the new academic year with a reception in the Museum of Art surrounded by wonderful works of art, students,…
Lecture: A JOURNEY NOT A DESTINATION: The Triumphs and Frustrations of Four Decades as a Museum Curator
With Curator Robert Flynn Johnson DeWitt Hardy: Master of Watercolor curator Robert Flynn Johnson had a long and distinguished career as Curator of Prints at the…
Opening Reception for DeWitt Hardy: Master of Watercolor and Uncovered: Selected Works from the Collection
Join us to celebrate the opening of two wonderful exhibitions DeWitt Hardy: Master of Watercolor and Uncovered: Selected Works from the Collection! Admission is free.
Senior Thesis Exhibition 2019 Opening Reception
Friday, April 5 from 5:00-7:00 pm Since its dedication in 1986, The Bates College Museum of Art has maintained a special relationship with the college’s…
Pysanky Workshop with Lesia Sochor
The Bates College Museum of Art will host two Ukrainian egg decorating workshops with Lesia Sochor. Space is limited and registration is required. Call (207)…
Pysanky Workshop with Lesia Sochor
The Bates College Museum of Art will host two Ukrainian egg decorating workshops with Lesia Sochor. Space is limited and registration is required. Call (207)…
Curator Talk Jaime DeSimone ’01
Join us on Wednesday, March 20, at 6pm for a talk with Jaime DeSimone ’01, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Portland Museum of…
Artist’s Talk by Laurie Hogin
My color palette has acquired the Day-Glo intensity of contemporary media landscapes; I revel in its visuality and vulgar seductiveness as much as cast a critical…
A Panel Discussion on Participatory Ethics: The Arts Challenge Us to Examine Our Behaviors
Using the Anthropocenic exhibition as a touchstone, the panelists will explore how the Arts challenge us to examine our individual and group behaviors. Adriane Herman,…
Panel Discussion on Water and Sea Level Rise: Maine Perspectives
Artist: Jan Piribeck, Portland, Maine Artist: Michel Droge, Portland, Maine Faculty: Raj Saha, Lecturer, Bates College Department of Geology Please join us and participate in…
Gallery Talk: Amy Stacey Curtis: “How I Work”
Amy Stacey Curtis will give a gallery talk related to her current exhibition at the Bates Museum, Amy Stacey Curtis: Time and Place. The talk…
Movie Screening: Human Flow
Director: Ai Weiwei. 2h 20 min (2017) Human Flow is director and artist Ai Weiwei’s detailed and heartbreaking exploration into the global refugee crisis.