TEMPORARILY CLOSED: The Bates College Museum of Art will be closed from Tuesday, September 22nd until Wednesday, September 30th while we install our new exhibitions. We look forward to welcoming you to the new exhibitions on Thursday, October 1st!
NEW HOURS STARTING SEPTEMBER 1, 2026:
The Bates College Museum of Art will now be closed on both Sundays and Mondays. Additionally, we will continue to close at 5PM every day that we are open, unless otherwise posted for events.
Virtual Exhibitions and Lectures
Please enjoy our several virtual exhibitions and related lectures that let you connect with the world of ideas we’ve brought to Bates since the onset of the pandemic.
Virtual Exhibitions
Lesley Dill: Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around MeAn Adventurous Spirit: The Jane Costello Wellehan CollectionMarsden Hartley: Adventurer in the ArtsCarl Benton Straub: His Enduring LegacyJoseph Delaney: Taking NoticeLet’s Celebrate Ashley Bryan!
Lectures and Panel Discussions
“Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me” by artist Lesley Dill“Painters’ Panel Discussion” with artists Alan Bray, Linden Frederick, and Daniel Minter“Ceramists’ Panel Discussion” with ceramists Mark Johnson and Sequoia Miller“Marsden Hartley: Adventures in the Archives” by Emily Schuchardt Navratil, Ph.D., Curator, Vilcek Foundation“Creating the Marsden Hartley Legacy Project: The How & Why, Challenges & Joys” by Gail R. Scott, Modern & contemporary art scholar & curator“Love and Affection Despite this Hostile World” by artist Phyllis Bramson“Joseph Delaney: Taking Notice” by Sam Yates, Director of the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, University of Tennessee“Ashley Bryan” by poet Nikki Giovanni, with special guest Ashley Bryan“Ashley Bryan in Context” panel discussion with Daniel Minter & Marcia Minter, Co-Founders, Indigo Arts Alliance, and Krista Aronson, Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Psychology
