Stories about "arts at bates"
There's something quietly radical about handing the keys of a museum's permanent collection to its community — about saying, this decision is yours. Bates Curates is an intimate evening built around exactly that. Curator Samantha Sigmon will guide attendees through three photographs by Shellburne Thurber — works that linger in doorways and dim interiors, that hold the weight of lives lived just out of frame — before opening the floor to a vote that will shape the museum's collection for good. Organized in conjunction with Shellburne Thurber: Full Circle, on view through March 21. Made possible by the Barbara Morris Goodbody Collection Endowment Fund.
Night at the museum: The community curates Museum of Art’s permanent collection

Thursday, March 26, 2026 9:13 am

During the first-ever Bates Curates event in March, faculty, staff, and students, and President Garry W. Jenkins, became “curators” as they gathered to select a new addition to the Museum of Art’s permanent collection.

Cultural cornucopia continues with folk festival, Beethoven quartets, much more

Friday, February 11, 2011 8:22 am

After an evening that saw a concert by an acclaimed singer, a novelist's reading and a look at the state of Hip Hop Nation, a big weekend of can't-miss culture at Bates continues on Friday, Feb. 11.

Arts Crawl culminates historic week for the arts at Bates

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 1:36 pm

Culminating Bates Arts Week, the first-ever Arts Crawl on Jan. 28 presented a campus-wide, sights-and-sounds manifestation of the College's renewed emphasis on the community's creative work.

Events Schedule: November 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010 2:36 pm

Here is a preview of public events at the college in November 2010. Except as noted, these events are open to the public at no charge.