Stories about "Arts"
Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 6): The curtain has risen on a spectacular Much Ado About Nothing

Friday, March 17, 2023 3:09 pm

The Bates production of Much Ado About Nothing is a whirl of color, sounds, and music, recalling nothing less than the dazzling Technicolor splendor of a 1950s MGM musical.

‘Hoops,’ a new graphic novel from Matt Tavares ’97, tells a Cinderella story from Title IX’s early days

Thursday, March 9, 2023 2:21 pm

Bestselling children’s book author-illustrator Matt Tavares ’97 makes a creative leap for his newest book, a graphic novel inspired by the true Cinderella story of a girls basketball team in mid-1970s Indiana.

Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 5): Places, people, places!

Thursday, March 9, 2023 1:03 pm

The cast of “Much Ado About Nothing” is dancing into their final week of rehearsals — and it’s the East Coast Swing! Get a glimpse of the rehearsals and an insider’s view into the role of a stage manager in this final “Peek Behind the Curtain” before opening night on March 16.

Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 4): Setting the Schaeffer stage

Thursday, March 2, 2023 1:12 pm

Paint brushes, saws, nails, and tape measures are the tools of the day for the carpentry crew bringing a Maine seaside estate to life for the Bates production of Much Ado About Nothing,

Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 3): Not just clowning around

Friday, February 10, 2023 10:22 am

A class for clowning? That's exactly what Wesley Broulik, an actor, director, and teacher, brought to the cast of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." Dive into that class in the third "peek behind the curtain" of the production process.

Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 2): Maine takes the main stage

Thursday, February 2, 2023 4:49 pm

Fly fishing in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing?" See how Carol Farrell, costume shop supervisor, and Adelle Welch '25 bring Shakespeare to Maine in this second "peek behind the curtain" of the production process.

“Peace begins with us.”That was the theme of this year’s United World College Day that a group of Davis United World Scholars at Bates celebrated by gathering with staff from the Center for Global Education in front of Roger Williams Hall. UWC Day is the annual global celebration of the UWC mission and values, which takes place on Sept. 21 every year, to coincide with the UN International Day of Peace. Each year, UWC Day is celebrated by thousands of people worldwide, including students and staff at UWC schools and colleges, national committees, UWC alumni and friends. Associate Dean for International Student Programs James Reese likes to recognize the day at Bates with a photograph and gathering.The spirit of friendship was in the air as students broke up from their large group to exchange hugs and words with classmates. Newcomers Rosina Makwabe ’26 of Arusha, Tanzania, and Verina Chatata ’26 of Blantyre, Malawi, who met at Bates, laughed and hugged. “I’m happy to have a friend,” Makwabe said.A $5 million scholarship gift to Bates College has expanded access for talented international students who come to Bates from the highly respected secondary schools of the United World Colleges movement.The gift, from Jonathan Blair Frank ‘89 and Tena Fishman Frank ’89, provides need-based financial aid for UWC students at Bates under the Davis United World College Scholars Program.The world’s largest international undergraduate scholarship initiative, the Davis UWC Scholars Program is dedicated to bringing together “promising students from diverse cultures and supporting their undergraduate educations at selected American colleges and universities…to create greater international understanding among the world’s future decision makers.”Bates is among 99 U.S. colleges and universities that have partnered with the Davis UWC Scholars Program, which helps provide college access to 3,800 students from 165 nations.(Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)Yvonne Chu ’25 of Changzhou, China, with Alan Wang ’24 of Henan, China
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."

Multifaith Chaplain and Lecturer in the Humanities Brittany Longsdorf takes her first-year-seminar FYS 532, “Arts and Spirituality: Art Making and Aesthetic Experience as Conduits for Reflection and Connection” for a visit to the Museum of Art’s Pedagogy Exhibition, on Sept. 22, 2022. Peter Philbin, assistant museum curator, hosted the group.The student participated in a “Visio Divina” that translates into “Sacred Looking” and says Longsdofr in a handout to the students, “ is a way to engage any visual art a a source of sacred connection. Visio Davina has been practiced for thousands of years in several different spiritual traditions and is rooted in the belief that the Divine is everywhere. The rocks and stoned and oceans and paintings and dancers and sculptors are all showing us new expressions of the spiritual realm among us if we only look with Sacred Sight. Find some quiet time, a half an hour works well, and follow these Visio Divina instructions to embrace some art-based spiritual practice. (See photo in PhotoShelter gallery for instructions).
‘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"

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