Museum of Art

In collaboration with the Ronj and the Bates Arts Society, the Museum of Art is proud to announce another edition of the Museum Art Café! At this event on Valentine’s Day, all comers can enjoy making paper flower bouquets with friends, loved ones, and fellow community members with coffee and chai provided by the Ronj! Be sure to stop by, and keep an eye out for future Museum Art Cafés throughout the semester!

In collaboration with the Ronj and the Bates Arts Society, the Museum of Art is proud to introduce the Museum Art Cafe!

Museum will be closed from December 23, 2022 – January 2, 2023

Looking for a way to destress as finals week looms? Come to the Museum of Art this Friday from 4-6 for a relaxing, students only printmaking session! All materials will be supplied free of charge, and all students are welcome. Be sure to stop by!

This group exhibition features the work of eight contemporary artists who make compelling art that engages with the work of Marsden Hartley. The title is a passage from “The Royal Love Child”, a 1904 poem by Hartley, chosen as it captures a range of imagery and themes found in the art of Hartley and participating artists.

Join us for an evening with art critic and poet Claire Raymond, who will add context to the exhibition Expressions of Compassion: The Barbara Morris Goodbody Photography Collection with her lecture “Photography, Resistance, & Compassion”.

Friday, October 28 at 6pm

Join us for informal gallery talks by several participating artists and the opening reception for the “And So Did Pleasure Take the Hand of Sorrow and They Wandered Through the Land of Joy.”

Barbara Morris Goodbody, a generous supporter of the Museum of Art, recently gave over one hundred photographs from her distinguished collection to the museum. Focusing on 20th and 21st century photographers, the collection has an emphasis on empathy and compassion, themes of great importance to her. “Expressions of Compassion”, the museum’s first exhibition from this collection and first to make selections from the collection available to the public, celebrates this gift.

The Museum reopens, after a summer closure for a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning construction project, with an exhibition that focuses on the essence of our role on campus: to support the academic mission of Bates.

While we’re closed, please enjoy our several virtual exhibitions and related lectures

The Museum of Art will be closed for climate control renovations May 29 -September 14. These virtual offerings let you connect with the world of ideas we’ve brought to Bates since the onset of the pandemic.