On December 13th, 2024 the Bates College Museum of Art will be hosting a Continued Education Credits workshop for local teachers in the Benjamin Mays…

Come to the Mays Center to print your own holiday card during the Printmaking Workshop. All materials are provided, signup ahead of time is required…

Please join us for a reception in the Museum to see our new Fall exhibitions! Light refreshment will be provided. The reception will be preceded…

Please join us for a panel discussion with four artists featured in the new Across Common Grounds exhibition will discuss the challenges and advantages of living and…

Ever thought about what it would be like to work in an art museum? Join the Curator of Education, Anthony Shostak, and our new Assistant…

Join us for a reception hosted by the Dean of Faculty to wish Dan well in his retirement, and take a moment to enjoy the current…

Do you need a midweek pick-me-up?  Free coffee drinks from Espresso Dave will be available at the Bates College Museum of art between 4:00-6:00pm on…

Please join us for a closer look at three photographs by artist and photojournalist Donna Ferrato, guided by Assistant Education Curator Morgan Hough.

Join us for visiting artist Eda Čufer in discussion with Marina Filipovic, Visiting Lecturer in Russian at Bates. Their talk will encompass subject matter relating…

Welcome back to campus! Join us for a reception in the Museum to see the exhibitions that opened over the summer and reconnect with friends…

Learn more about the brilliant, witty, inventive, and cerebral artist, known internationally for six decades of The New Yorker Covers and illustrations, in this lecture by exhibition…

Please join us for the opening of Hartley | Hopper: Drawings from Two New England Collections and Saul Steinberg: Brilliant Witty Inventive Cerebral during this…

Join us at the museum to hear from some of the artists represented in the Senior Thesis Exhibition about their artistic process. Light refreshments will…

Please join the Museum of Art and the department of Art and Visual culture in celebrating the opening of the 2024 Senior Thesis Exhibition, highlighting…

* * UPDATE: Monday, March 11 – Both sessions are now sold out. Thank you all for your interest! * * Friday, March 15th at…

Please join us for a lecture from Art and Visual Culture and Asian Studies Professor Trian Nguyen. Nguyen will lecture on his research of Yao…

In anticipation of the the Literary Arts Live talk by Morgan Talty on April 4, a group discussion of his book Night of the Living…

Immerse yourself in a wide variety of Indigenous short films alongside Bates Museum of Art’s current exhibition Exploding Native Inevitable (on view through March 4).…

Looking for a chance to destress or make a last minute valentine? Come down to the Museum for our next Museum Art Café! Make fun art…

Are you a graduating senior interested in a career in museum education or a related field? Come learn about the Assistant Education Curator of Academic and…

Please join us on February 2 when video and sound artist, photographer, and writer Sky Hopinka will discuss his work in a lecture presented by…

Department of Theater and Dance Event Page Rosy Simas (Seneca, Heron Clan) will share and overview of her transdisciplinary practice, and discuss her current installation…

Looking for a space to relax and get in from the cold? Come down to the Museum for the first Museum Art Café of the…

Please join us for welcoming remarks by curators Brad Kahlhamer and Dan Mills, and performances and screenings of several video shorts by artists in the Exploding Native…

Please join us for the reception of the Exploding Native Inevitable exhibition, and Brad Kahlhamer: Nomadic Studio Maine Camp. Some of the artists will speak about their work…

In collaboration with the Ronj and the Bates Arts Society, the Museum of Art is proud to introduce the Museum Art Café! Come on down to…

Join the Multifaith Chaplaincy and the Museum of Art for a relaxing collaging event. We have newspapers, magazines, art catalogues, and more for you to…

Join our current museum interns for a series of short conversations about art in the Museum. Through their work in collections management, exhibition organization, and…

Please join us for a lecture from artist and composer Elisa Harkins. Harkins makes innovative, interdisciplinary, and multimedia work in performance, electronic music, and sculpture.…

Come grab a slice of Otto’s Pizza and talk with some of the professional painters, sculptors and installation artists whose work will be on display…

Interested in getting meaningful work experience in a museum environment? Come and learn about internship opportunities at the Bates Museum of Art! We offer internships…

Please join us for a lecture with Randy Williams, visual artist and Professor Emeritus of Studio Art and Art Education at Manhattanville College in Harrison,…

Espresso Dave is back at the museum on 9/28 from 4-6pm! Come enjoy FREE custom coffee beverages, including special seasonal drinks to welcome in the Fall…

Following lecture by curator Ashleigh Coren, ’07, please join us in the museum galleries for a welcoming reception for the Bates community!

Please join us for a lecture with Ashleigh Coren, ’07, Head of Education for the American Women’s History Initiative, Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. In…

Image: Daniel Minter, Daughters of the Passage, 2020, print, acrylic, bronze, fabric on wood panel, 27 x 51 x 2 1/2 in., Museum purchase with…

Please join us for the opening of Who Are They? Who Am I? Portraits of Artists and Artist Self-Portraits from the Permanent Collection, an exhibition…

Join us at the museum for a special series of talks from the artists featured in the 2023 Senior Thesis Exhibition. Artists Jordan Walker and…

Looking for fun activities this Short Term? Come on down to the Museum for the latest edition of the Museum Art Café!  Expect more coffee…

Please join the Museum of Art and the Art and Visual culture department in celebrating the opening of the 2023 Senior Thesis Exhibition, showcasing the…

Calling all student artists! We want YOU to help us create a new sticker design for the museum. The winner chosen by the museum will…

Grace Acton ’24, Museum collections Intern, will be presenting her talk “Into the Zooniverse: Crowdsourcing Data for the Bates Museum of Art Collection” during the…

 Friday, March 31st at the Muskie Archive The Bates College Museum of Art will host two Ukrainian egg decorating workshops with Lesia Sochor on Friday, March…

Come on down to the Museum for the March edition of the Museum Art Café! This is a great chance to destress as we push ahead…

Join our current museum interns for a series of short conversations about art in the Museum. Through their work in collections management, exhibition organization, and…

Thursday, March 2nd from 6:00 – 7:00pm Lauded documentary photographer and author Donna DeCesare will discuss her work in the arts and journalism on March…

Are you interested in art, archival work, exhibitions, or the museum field? Would you like to receive both academic training and credit and hands-on museum…

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!…

Join us for a special lecture from alumna Meg White. Meg has been running Gallery NAGA, a contemporary art gallery in Boston, for 22 years.  The gallery’s…

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