Join the Multifaith Chaplaincy and the Museum of Art for a relaxing collaging event. We have newspapers, magazines, art catalogues, and more for you to…

Join our current museum interns for a series of short conversations about art in the Museum. Through their work in collections management, exhibition organization, and…

Please join us for a lecture from artist and composer Elisa Harkins. Harkins makes innovative, interdisciplinary, and multimedia work in performance, electronic music, and sculpture.…

Come grab a slice of Otto’s Pizza and talk with some of the professional painters, sculptors and installation artists whose work will be on display…

Please join us for welcoming remarks by curators Brad Kahlhamer and Dan Mills, and performances and screenings of several video shorts by artists in the Exploding Native…

Please join us for the opening reception of the Exploding Native Inevitable exhibition, and Brad Kahlhamer: Nomadic Studio Maine Camp. Many of the artists will be present.

Interested in getting meaningful work experience in a museum environment? Come and learn about internship opportunities at the Bates Museum of Art! We offer internships…

Please join us for a lecture with Randy Williams, visual artist and Professor Emeritus of Studio Art and Art Education at Manhattanville College in Harrison,…

Espresso Dave is back at the museum on 9/28 from 4-6pm! Come enjoy FREE custom coffee beverages, including special seasonal drinks to welcome in the Fall…

Following lecture by curator Ashleigh Coren, ’07, please join us in the museum galleries for a welcoming reception for the Bates community!

Please join us for a lecture with Ashleigh Coren, ’07, Head of Education for the American Women’s History Initiative, Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. In…

Image: Daniel Minter, Daughters of the Passage, 2020, print, acrylic, bronze, fabric on wood panel, 27 x 51 x 2 1/2 in., Museum purchase with…

Please join us for the opening of Who Are They? Who Am I? Portraits of Artists and Artist Self-Portraits from the Permanent Collection, an exhibition…

Join us at the museum for a special series of talks from the artists featured in the 2023 Senior Thesis Exhibition. Artists Jordan Walker and…

Looking for fun activities this Short Term? Come on down to the Museum for the latest edition of the Museum Art Café!  Expect more coffee…

Please join the Museum of Art and the Art and Visual culture department in celebrating the opening of the 2023 Senior Thesis Exhibition, showcasing the…

Calling all student artists! We want YOU to help us create a new sticker design for the museum. The winner chosen by the museum will…

Grace Acton ’24, Museum collections Intern, will be presenting her talk “Into the Zooniverse: Crowdsourcing Data for the Bates Museum of Art Collection” during the…

 Friday, March 31st at the Muskie Archive The Bates College Museum of Art will host two Ukrainian egg decorating workshops with Lesia Sochor on Friday, March…

 Friday, March 31st at the Muskie Archive The Bates College Museum of Art will host two Ukrainian egg decorating workshops with Lesia Sochor on Friday, March…

Come on down to the Museum for the March edition of the Museum Art Café! This is a great chance to destress as we push ahead…

Join our current museum interns for a series of short conversations about art in the Museum. Through their work in collections management, exhibition organization, and…

Thursday, March 2nd from 6:00 – 7:00pm Lauded documentary photographer and author Donna DeCesare will discuss her work in the arts and journalism on March…

Are you interested in art, archival work, exhibitions, or the museum field? Would you like to receive both academic training and credit and hands-on museum…

In collaboration with the Ronj and the Bates Arts Society, the Museum of Art is proud to announce another edition of the Museum Art Café!…

Join us for a special lecture from alumna Meg White. Meg has been running Gallery NAGA, a contemporary art gallery in Boston, for 22 years.  The gallery’s…

In collaboration with the Ronj and the Bates Arts Society, the Museum of Art is proud to introduce the Museum Art Cafe! Come on down to…

Join museum interns Olivia Eaton ’23, Isabelle Job ’25, Clara Kennedy ’25 and Yvonne Yu ’25 for a series of short conversations about art in the…

Join us for an evening with art critic and poet Claire Raymond, who will add context to the exhibition Expressions of Compassion: The Barbara Morris…

Join the museum staff and friends to celebrate the generous gift by Barbara Morris Goodbody that made possible this exhibition.

Join the museum staff and several of the artists featured in And So Did Pleasure Take the Hand of Sorrow and They Wandered Through the Land…

Are you interested in art, archival work, or the museum field? Want to get both academic credit and hands-on experience? You may want to become…

The Museum is delighted to be hosting a special free concert featuring two of our on campus a capella groups, the Deansmen and the Crosstones!…

Looking for a study break or just a big fan of coffee? Come to the Museum on October 10th from 4-6 to get free coffee…

Join the Multifaith Chaplaincy and the Museum of Art for a new collaging event! We have newspapers, magazines, art catalogues, and more for you to…

Join the Multifaith Chaplaincy and the Bates Museum of Art for a fun and reflective art activity, in celebration of our current Senior Thesis Exhibition.…

Join us for a series of artist talks with several thesis students featured in the exhibition, featuring Katy Boehm, Nick Charde, Charlotte Collins, Claudio Jimenez,…

The Bates College Museum of Art will host two Ukrainian egg decorating workshops with Lesia Sochor on Friday, April 8. The workshops will take place…

The Bates College Museum of Art will host two Ukrainian egg decorating workshops with Lesia Sochor on Friday, April 8. The workshops will take place…

Join the Multifaith Chaplaincy to explore through meditation the Bates Art Museum’s exhibit Lesley Dill, Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me. After we spend some reflective…

Artist Lesley Dill, whose works are featured in the exhibition Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me, shares her insights into the challenges of being an artist and…

Learn more about the fascinating career and compelling artworks of artist Lesley Dill, a Maine native whose exhibition, Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me, is currently featured…

Artist Lesley Dill presents a Gallery Talk in the Bates Museum of Art and her exhibition, Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me, followed by questions from the audience. Lesley…

Join museum interns  Jeremy Bruce ’22, Grace Devine  ’24, Clara Kennedy ’25, Laura Littlefield ’23, and Julia Oliver ’25 for series of short conversations about works in…

Do you want to learn about the ins and outs of museum work? Do you want to hear from current interns’ experience? Do you want…

Join us for a viewing of Divide Light, a film documenting the opera by artist Lesley Dill, whose work is featured in the exhibition Lesley Dill: Wilderness,…

Join us for a lively discussion about painting with three of the artists featured in the exhibition An Adventurous Spirit: The Jane Costello Wellehan Collection. Linden…

Lesley Dill is one of the most prominent American artists working at the intersection of language and fine art. Her elegant sculptures, art installations, mixed-media…

Join us for a lively discussion about ceramics offered in connection to the exhibition An Adventurous Spirit: The Jane Costello Wellehan Collection. Ayumi Horie is a full-time…

Join the Multifaith Chaplaincy and the Bates Museum of Art for a group discussion and reflection on “Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts,” covering nature, spirituality, and self-discovery. Materials provided, no experience in art or meditation needed.