Stories about "Arts"

Bates photographers’ favorite images of 2022
Thursday, December 15, 2022 9:16 am
This end-of-the-year list — a tradition now in its ninth year — gathers our photographer's favorite images, both stills and video, that capture their own magic moments of 2022.

An inside look at the ‘invention’ of New England with Victoria Wyeth ’01
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 3:46 pm
In Wasilla, Alaska, this summer, incoming Bates student Karsten Stiner ’26 looked...

Slideshow: Dionysus comes to Main Street America with ‘Hurricane Diane’
Friday, November 4, 2022 8:46 am
In directing a play with a message about climate change, Kush Sharma '23 explains how theater can be a way for people to feel they can "be part of change."

‘Visio Divina’ and finding what ‘shimmers’ at the Bates College Museum of Art
Thursday, November 3, 2022 4:09 pm
Students in a First-Year Seminar class took a trip to the Bates College Museum of Art to practice using "sacred looking," and find what "shimmers"

Bates receives $500,000 grant to fund major arts and technology project
Friday, October 28, 2022 8:46 am
A new Immersive Media Studio — a focal point of a major new arts and technology project funded by a $500,000 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation — will be a magnet pulling everyone from scientists to playwrights into collaboration.

Bates is the place for K–3 educators seeking to learn the best way to use children’s picture books
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 3:50 pm
Over the summer, K–3 educators came to campus to learn from a Bates expert how to use children's picture books to teach their young charges about inclusion, respect, and cultures beyond their own.

Bates photography exclusively featured in special issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Monday, August 22, 2022 3:13 pm
The Chronicle of Higher Education, the preeminent U.S. higher ed publication, features Bates College photography exclusively for its 2022–23 Almanac issue.

Look who’s 40! Bates Dance Festival’s full return arrives in style
Friday, June 24, 2022 10:27 am
The Bates Dance Festival is turning 40 this summer and in fitting fashion, plans for the anniversary celebration will pull together the many elements that have made this renowned festival endure for four decades:

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.