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+<\/span>Curricular Connections<\/a><\/h6>
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New faculty and others who have yet to work with the museum staff are encouraged to contact us if you would like to discuss how we may be a resource for you and your students. We have developed programs including exhibition tours, collection seminars by material\/discipline, and can participate in or support conversations on a variety of art\/interdisciplinary topics. We are also open to developing something with you.  Email the Education Curator <\/a>to learn more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the start of each semester, museum staff look at what exhibitions and events we have planned with special attention given to what courses will be taught at that time.  The Curricular Connections<\/a> <\/strong>document includes exhibitions, programming, and permanent collection highlights, and the courses listed in the document seem to us to be particularly relatable to the museum\u2019s exhibitions and collections. Regardless of whether or not your course is on the list, let us know how we can support your teaching if you<\/em> see a connection! <\/p>\n\n\n

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+<\/span>Schedule an Exhibitions Tour and\/or a Collections Viewing<\/a><\/h6>
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Viewings of exhibitions can be dynamic additions to your courses, with students able to experience dramatic installations of thematically related artworks. The curators can be on-hand to lead discussion about the exhibition, or to merely assist with scheduling your visit, at your preference. To assist you, the Education Curator will need your name; the course\/s you want to bring and the number of students enrolled; the exhibition\/s you would like to explore; and the dates and time of day you are most interested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viewings of collections can be dynamic additions to your courses, with students able to see artworks up close, often without any intervening glazing. The curators can be on-hand to lead discussion about the objects or to merely assist with presenting collections while you guide the conversation, at your preference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please fill out this form<\/a> to request a visit time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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+<\/span>Explore our Collections<\/a><\/h6>
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To support teaching and learning at Bates, the Museum of Art\u2019s permanent collection of over 8,000 objects is now available and searchable online. Please keep in mind, the database is not complete; it is an ongoing project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the collection\u2019s strengths include the Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, modern and contemporary works on paper, select holdings of pre-modern prints, contemporary Chinese art (particularly photographs), Pre-Columbian art, African art, and works by Maine artists and artists of national and international significance working in Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are conducting research and would like to request more information about object records, please contact our Assistant Collections Manager\/Registrar, Corie Audette, at caudette@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> for more information about features and use of our online database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To view the Museum\u2019s online collection, please visit museum.bates.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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+<\/span>Semester-Long Display Request<\/a><\/h6>
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Are you interested in having an object available for your students to view at any time during a semester? Use this form <\/a>to request works from the permanent collection<\/a> for semester-long display in the Museum\u2019s Synergy Study Area.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

+<\/span>Bates Museum Faculty Scholar Course Release Grant<\/a><\/h6>
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Funded by the Synergy Fund, the Bates Museum Faculty Scholar Course Release Grant Program<\/a> creates opportunities for Bates faculty to bring new and interdisciplinary perspectives to the understanding and use of the museum\u2019s permanent collection, and to integrate the collection into their scholarship and teaching. The program accomplishes this by providing a course release for one semester so that a faculty member can devote a concentrated period of time to research the museum\u2019s permanent collection, and a $750 stipend for grant-related expenses (travel, publications, etc).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tenured or tenure-track faculty, and ongoing lecturers are eligible to apply.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

+<\/span>Teaching with Museum Events<\/a><\/h6>
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The museum\u2019s program of events and activities can provide a perfect way for you to add depth or breadth to a class you are teaching. If you plan to include a museum event on a course syllabus, please contact the Education Curator<\/a> to discuss details so that we can be best prepared to make this resource as useful as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With a leaden sledgehammer, earplugs, and safety glasses, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Julie Fox bludgeons a cherry red steel sculpture, part of a new site-specific performance piece unveiled by the internationally recognized multimedia artist Kate Gilmore ’97 at the Bates Museum of Art.\n.\nGilmore is an artist who synthesizes multiple mediums including performance, video, sculpture, and painting. “Kate Gilmore: In Your Way” features 10 works\u2014nine performance-based videos and one live performance\/sculptural installation. Gilmore\u2019s videos focus on herself or several women, wearing stereotypical feminine clothing and footwear while persistently performing difficult, labor-intensive tasks within self-constructed spaces.\n.\nThe performance\/sculpture commissioned by the museum for this exhibition consists of five red and pink enamel painted metal cubes, set atop gray carpets. Between one and two p.m. each day, audience members are invited to whack the cubes with a sledge hammer, transforming the minimal forms into expressive sculptures during the course of the exhibition.\n.\nFox visited the museum today with students in her first-year seminar, “FYS 437. What is Performance?” She and the students took turns with the sledgehammer and than sat down to discuss art, power, and performance with Gilmore and Stamatina Gregory, curator and art historian. With a leaden sledgehammer, earplugs, and safety glasses, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Julie Fox bludgeons a cherry red steel sculpture, part of a new site-specific performance piece unveiled by the internationally recognized multimedia artist Kate Gilmore ’97 at the Bates Museum of Art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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+<\/span>Propose to Organize an Event<\/a><\/h6>
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Faculty input is critical to the museum\u2019s success. If you have an idea for an event that will link the museum to your research, teaching, or other professional, please let us know by contacting the Director<\/a> or Education Curator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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+<\/span>Contact the Education Curator<\/a><\/h6>
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The museum\u2019s Education Curator can help you learn about what collections, exhibitions, and events might be relevant to your courses and research. Email<\/a> or call 207-786-8302<\/a> with any questions about using the museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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