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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…

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,…

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,…

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…

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,…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

Please join us and Marsha Donahue following her Artist Talk, Painting Watercolors, in the lower gallery of the museum for a reception.Free.

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 back to campus! Start out the new academic year with a reception in the Museum of Art surrounded by wonderful works of art, students,…

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…

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.

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…

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)…

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)…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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.  

Manufactured Landscapes is a 2006 feature-length documentary film about the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky. It reveals the gritty underside of industrial landscapes. Burtynsky explores the subtle beauty amid the…

Artists: Sammy Baloji, Democratic Republic of the Congo/Brussels; Maika’i Tubbs, Hawai’i/Brooklyn Faculty: Leslie Hill, Associate Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Patrick W. Otim, Assistant Professor,…

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. More than…

Followed by pizza

Anthropocenic: Art About the Natural World in the Human Era Amy Stacey Curtis: Time and Place Anthropocenic is a topical and compelling group exhibition by 17…

Elizabeth Rush, author of Rising Harvey. Maria. Irma. Sandy. Katrina. We live in a time of unprecedented hurricanes and catastrophic weather events, a time when…

Amy Stacey Curtis will be at the Bates College Museum of Art to greet visitors, answer questions, and to begin activation of her new interactive…

Friends of Dahlov Ipcar will be presenting a concert of her favorite folksongs and ballads, while projecting her illustrations of the songs. Songs will be…

Help the museum celebrate the successful run of the wonderful Dahlov Ipcar exhibition, Blue Moons & Menageires with this farewell reception!  Immediately following will be…

This event features three panelists with expertise in art education: Kate Cargile, artist and award-winning Art Teacher, Lewiston Middle School; Sara Torres Vega, Education Research…

Rachel Walls ’99, Principal of Rachel Walls Fine Art, will present a short lecture and lead a gallery talk in the exhibition, Dahlov Ipcar: Blue…

Looking for a last-minute gift for Mother’s Day? Come to the Bates College Museum of Art’s Spring Paint Night on Friday, May 11! The Paint…