Stories about "Arts"
Summer at the Bates museum: Watercolor master Hardy, seldom-seen art from collection

Monday, June 3, 2019 10:27 am

In ‘DeWitt Hardy: Master of Watercolor,’ five decades’ worth of paintings by one of Maine’s foremost watercolorists are on display at the Bates art museum this summer.

Studio art thesisStudent in blue top and pants with brown pants working on mixed media and figure painting is Flannery Black-Ingersoll '19 of Concord, N.H., a double major in studio art and mathematics;Student in blue coveralls is Daisy Diamond '19 of Bala Cynwyd, Pa. , a studio art major working with art, steel, and fabric.
Video: For Daisy Diamond ’19 and her sculptures, it’s touch and go

Friday, May 3, 2019 12:31 pm

When a viewer is given permission to touch and feel artwork, "it creates a more intimate experience," says Diamond, a studio art major from Bala Cynwyd, Pa.

As part of the celebration of 50 Years of Bates Dance, the Bates Dance Archives Interactive Exhibition, set up in Gannett Theater, was curated by Sara Hollenberg '19 (black tank top), a double major in dance and mathematics from Stamford, Conn., and Rebecca Howard '19 (black long sleeved shirt) of Aspen, Colo,, a double major in art and visual culture and religious studies (with a minor in dance)Sara:I think one of the most important things about this, for me has been recognizing both the depth and the breadth of what the Bates dance program has been. And also, you know, we lost our founder a couple years ago. And so this has been another way to sort of weave her memory in, in a permanent sense. And reminding people of that.Rebecca:I think it's also a lot about showing how connected the generations of dance are, how we've all had all these experience with a lot of great professors and we all know the other, like reunion class year, and we get to meet older alums and especially we can see it through pictures and costumes that like, there are things -- like I'm looking at those pants that are right there.And somebody wears them every year in a concert just because they're so popular, and everyone gets to come here and bond and be like, I wore the pants. I wore the pants. I wear the pants and it's this great experience where you have this community that is your class and the classes around you. And then you get to add to that with all these other alums who have shared the same awesome experience. Sara: The network is really incredible and super important and very much a part of what it means to be a Bates dancer and in that community
At age 50, Bates dance is still ‘the same awesome experience’

Thursday, May 2, 2019 3:45 pm

Strong community, deep thought, and beautiful pieces on the Schaeffer stage. That's the “standard that Marcy Plavin set.”

‘Nice bubble of artistry’: 14 show work in 2019 Senior Thesis Exhibition

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 3:34 pm

Bates' senior studio art majors wield paintbrushes, fabric, clay, cameras, and more — but no cheesecloth — in this year's show.

Student research reveals China’s uneasy embrace of video gaming, hip-hop music

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 1:42 pm

Can "positive energy and socialist values" co-exist with Western pop culture? A Mount David Summit session takes a look.

Video: Student talent and creativity take the stage on Sangai Asia Night

Thursday, February 28, 2019 12:04 pm

“Seeing all the Asian cultures come together and celebrate each other’s art” — that's Sangai Asia Night at Bates.

Q&A: Dale Chapman on neoclassical jazz in a neoliberal economy

Friday, February 15, 2019 9:24 am

The Jazz Bubble by music professor Chapman draws surprising parallels between conservative schools of jazz and political economy.

Q&A: Cavallero on ‘Grapes of Wrath’ as Maine celebrates director Ford

Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:00 pm

As Maine celebrates native son John Ford, one of the great film directors, a Bates screen studies professor discusses one of Ford's best films.

Refugees’ stories come to life in puppetry of Ching ’19, Sandglass Theater

Thursday, January 10, 2019 3:54 pm

A singer, actor, and puppeteer with Sandglass Theater, Kei Ching '19 sparks the Vermont troupe's residency at Bates.

Resident dance artist Nora Chipaumire fuses the personal and political

Friday, November 16, 2018 9:43 am

“No apology, no surrender,” the renowned dance artist tells a Bates class. “However your day went today, it has now become brilliant.”

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