Upcoming Events
Opening Reception: Exploding Native Inevitable and Brad Kahlhamer: Nomadic Studio Maine Camp
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.
Exploding Native Inevitable Opening Performances and Video Screenings
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…
Museum Lecture: Professor Trian Nguyen
Please join us for a lecture from Art and Visual Culture and Asian Studies Professor Trian Nguyen. Details forthcoming!
Pysanky Egg Decorating Workshop – Session 1
Friday, March 15th at the Benjamin Mays Center Save the Date! The Bates College Museum of Art will host two Ukrainian egg decorating workshops with…
Pysanky Egg Decorating Workshop – Session 2
Friday, March 15th at the Benjamin Mays Center Save the Date! The Bates College Museum of Art will host two Ukrainian egg decorating workshops with…
Past Events
Museum Art Café
In collaboration with the Ronj and the Bates Arts Society, the Museum of Art is proud to introduce the Museum Art Café! Come on down to…
Collage at The Museum
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…
Lunchtime Intern Gallery Talks
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…
Artist Lecture: Interdisciplinary Artist Elisa Harkins
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.…
Cancelled: Lunch with the Artists – Student Event
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…
Museum Internship Information Session
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…
Artist Lecture: Randy Williams – “Everything is Connected: The Art of Resisting Definition”
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,…
Coffee Night in the Museum with Espresso Dave
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…
Fall Reception
Following lecture by curator Ashleigh Coren, ’07, please join us in the museum galleries for a welcoming reception for the Bates community!
Lecture: Curator Ashleigh Coren, ’07 – “The Risks of a Restorative Practice in Museum Education”
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…
Museum Closed in Observation of Juneteenth
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…
Exhibition Opening: Who Are They? Who Am I? Portraits of Artists and Artist Self-Portraits from the Permanent Collection
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…
Senior Exhibition Talks
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…
Museum Art Café
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…
2023 Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception
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…
Museum Sticker Contest
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…
Museum Intern Grace Acton ’24 at the Mount David Summit
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…
Pysanky Egg Decorating Workshop – Session 2
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…
Museum Art Café
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…
Intern Gallery Talks
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…
Artist Lecture: “Photography Matters: Lessons from a Life of Camera-led Connecting and Reporting” from Photographer Donna DeCesare
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…
Museum Internship Info Session
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…
Museum Art Café: Valentine’s Edition
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!…
Alumni in the Arts Lecture by Meg White
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…