‘Maine Collected’ opens June 12 at the Bates College Museum of Art

Opening at the Bates College Museum of Art with a reception at 7 p.m. Friday, June 12, is Maine Collected: Contemporary Selections from the Permanent Collection.

Maine Collected features selected works by living artists connected to Maine from the Bates museum’s permanent collection, a collection with significant strengths in Maine art.

The exhibition runs through March 26, 2016. Bates museum exhibitions and events are open to the public at no cost. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The museum is located in the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.

For more information, please contact 207-786-6158 or museum@bates.edu, or visit bates.edu/museum.

The Bates museum has collected the work of Maine artists and artists of national and international significance working in the state. This exhibition includes work in most media and a wide variety of themes and styles. Representing a Who’s Who of Maine artists, the exhibition features: Karen Adrienne, Ahmed Alsoudani, Jonathan Bailey, Lucinda Bliss, Jonathan Borofsky, Alan Bray;

Amy Stacy Curtis, Susan Dewsnap, Sean Foley, DeWitt Hardy, Paul Heroux, Charlie Hewitt, Anne Harris, Alison Hildreth, Frances Hodsdon, Tanja Hollander, Eric Hopkins, Frances Hynes;

Dahlov Ipcar, Yvonne Jacquette, Pamela Johnson, Alex Katz, Donald Lent, James Linehan, Anne Lofquist, Fred Lynch, William Manning, Rose Marasco, Marjorie Moore, Elke Morris, Joseph Nicoletti;

Olivia Parker, Dennis Pinette, William Pope.L, Abby Shahn, Wally Warren and Katarina Weslien.

Read about the other summer 2015 exhibitions at the Bates College Museum of Art: