{"id":19619,"date":"2023-06-27T15:10:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T19:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?page_id=19619"},"modified":"2025-06-25T10:55:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:55:43","slug":"collection-highlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/collection-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Collection Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bates Museum of Art&#8217;s collections house more than 10,000 objects and everyone finds themselves drawn to something different. Here you can find the reflections of members of the museum and college community on objects they can&#8217;t tear their eyes from.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 has-dates has-author wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2025\/04\/11\/collection-highlight-stephen-schaefer-by-alice-neel\/\" aria-label=\"Collection Highlight: Stephen Schaefer by Alice Neel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/1997.15.1-195x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/1997.15.1-195x300.webp 195w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/1997.15.1-585x900.webp 585w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/1997.15.1-768x1182.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/1997.15.1-408x628.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/1997.15.1-998x1536.webp 998w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/1997.15.1-130x200.webp 130w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/1997.15.1.webp 1083w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2025\/04\/11\/collection-highlight-stephen-schaefer-by-alice-neel\/\">Collection Highlight: Stephen Schaefer by Alice Neel<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Clara Kennedy \u201925<\/div><time datetime=\"2025-04-11T12:28:22-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 11, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I first saw this portrait of Stephen Schafer by Alice&hellip;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2025\/04\/11\/collection-highlight-isabella-kirklands-back\/\" aria-label=\"Collection Highlight: Isabella Kirkland\u2019s Back\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2013.2.1-web-resize-224x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2013.2.1-web-resize-224x300.webp 224w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2013.2.1-web-resize-671x900.webp 671w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2013.2.1-web-resize-768x1031.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2013.2.1-web-resize-468x628.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2013.2.1-web-resize-1145x1536.webp 1145w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2013.2.1-web-resize-149x200.webp 149w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2013.2.1-web-resize.webp 1430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2025\/04\/11\/collection-highlight-isabella-kirklands-back\/\">Collection Highlight: Isabella Kirkland\u2019s Back<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Keira January \u201925<\/div><time datetime=\"2025-04-11T11:44:41-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 11, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">When I first looked at Back by Isabella Kirkland, I&hellip;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2025\/04\/11\/collection-highlights-contest-by-william-pope-l\/\" aria-label=\"Collection Highlights: Contest by William Pope.L\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2009.4.1_cropped-283x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2009.4.1_cropped-283x300.webp 283w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2009.4.1_cropped-850x900.webp 850w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2009.4.1_cropped-768x813.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2009.4.1_cropped-593x628.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2009.4.1_cropped-1451x1536.webp 1451w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2009.4.1_cropped-189x200.webp 189w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2025\/06\/2009.4.1_cropped.webp 1813w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2025\/04\/11\/collection-highlights-contest-by-william-pope-l\/\">Collection Highlights: Contest by William Pope.L<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Lola Buczkowski \u201925<\/div><time datetime=\"2025-04-11T11:29:46-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 11, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I was thinking about the way people use bigoted language.&hellip;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2023\/09\/18\/collection-highlights-james-cormiers-departing-clouds\/\" aria-label=\"Collection Highlights: James Cormier&#8217;s Departing Clouds\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/09\/2013.9.1-382x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/09\/2013.9.1-382x300.webp 382w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/09\/2013.9.1-900x707.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/09\/2013.9.1-768x604.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/09\/2013.9.1-799x628.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/09\/2013.9.1-1536x1207.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/09\/2013.9.1.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2023\/09\/18\/collection-highlights-james-cormiers-departing-clouds\/\">Collection Highlights: James Cormier&#8217;s Departing Clouds<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Anthony Shostak<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-09-18T12:03:10-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">September 18, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This gorgeous print entered the museum&#8217;s collection at the close&hellip;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2023\/06\/27\/collection-highlights-shellburne-thurbers-palimpsests-of-place\/\" aria-label=\"Collection Highlights: Shellburne Thurber\u2019s Palimpsests of Place\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/06\/1999.27.1-377x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/06\/1999.27.1-377x300.webp 377w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/06\/1999.27.1-900x716.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/06\/1999.27.1-768x611.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/06\/1999.27.1-1536x1221.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/06\/1999.27.1-200x159.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/06\/1999.27.1-790x628.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/06\/1999.27.1.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2023\/06\/27\/collection-highlights-shellburne-thurbers-palimpsests-of-place\/\">Collection Highlights: Shellburne Thurber\u2019s Palimpsests of Place<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by K. Samantha Sigmon<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-06-27T14:17:58-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 27, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">\u201cWhat\u2019s intriguing about interiors is what they have to say&hellip;<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bates Museum of Art&#8217;s collections house more than 10,000 objects and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1626,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-19619","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1626"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19619"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21407,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19619\/revisions\/21407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}