Stories about "Arts"

Class of 2022 ivy stone is a study in simplicity
Friday, May 20, 2022 3:26 pm
Designed by a Bates studio art major, and installed by Bates mason Ron Tardif with the tools of his trade, the Class of 2022 ivy stone is all about simplicity. This year’s design shows the power of simplicity.

Bates Film Festival announces 2022 awards in six categories
Friday, May 13, 2022 1:01 pm
From more than 20 films screened at the 2022 Bates Film Festival, the Bates students who produced the festival have announced jury and audience awards in six categories.

Video: See the opening of the 2022 Bates Senior Thesis Exhibition
Thursday, May 5, 2022 11:50 am
Watch as 15 studio arts students present their senior theses to friends, family, and faculty, in projects brimming with personal meaning.

Meet the artists of the 2022 Bates Senior Thesis Exhibition and themes of life-altering experiences of our times
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 8:51 am
Home is where — or what — the art is for many of these seniors participating in the studio art thesis exhibition

Video: Noah Pott ’22 and the romance between theater and music
Friday, April 1, 2022 9:30 am
Noah Pott '22 believes in the power of collaboration, as he makes a habit of directing — from a capella choir, to a musical, to a live orchestra.

Slideshow: Not your traditional ‘Antigone’
Thursday, March 17, 2022 1:23 pm
“What happens when we are deprived of the ability to grieve?” That’s...

Quest to solve the mysteries of Marsden Hartley’s artwork receives $100K boost
Friday, February 18, 2022 12:05 pm
The enormous task of locating and documenting more than 1,600 works by Lewiston-born artist Marsden Hartley received a major gift from the Vilcek Foundation, a family foundation with a long history of collecting Hartley works.

Blown ashore on the Maine coast, Bates geology students were blown away by their magical visits with artist Ashley Bryan
Thursday, February 10, 2022 2:23 pm
Whike kayaking the Maine coast in May 2014, geology professor Dyk Eusden '80 and his students were blown off course — and into the welcoming an magical world of artist Ashley Bryan, who died last week at age 98.

Bates Dance Festival receives two grants totaling $190,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts
Thursday, February 3, 2022 2:51 pm
The grants include an American Rescue Plan award of $150,000 designed to help the festival recover from the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bates in the News: Nov. 11, 2021
Thursday, November 11, 2021 11:43 am
The news media far and wide cover a trio of Bates "brides" hitting the road, a new novel by Liz Strout '77, and the troubling connection between existential risk and eugenics.