![With the assistance of Environmental Studies major Haley Crim '19 who works in the Bates theater carpentry shop, Grace Link '19 hangs a series of her black and white photographic portraits in the Upper Gallery. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
Seniors in studio art install their work in the Bates College Museum of Art in the Olin Arts Center on the Monday afternoon of the week the exhibition opens.
Opening Reception: Friday, April 5th from 5:00-7:00pm
April 5-May 25, 2019
Since its dedication in 1986, The Bates College Museum of Art has maintained a special relationship with the collegeís Department of Art & Visual Culture. Part of this is a commitment to supporting the work of Bates students through our Annual Senior Thesis Exhibition. The exhibition highlights work selected from the thesis projects of graduating seniors majoring in Studio Art.
Thesis projects vary from student to student, each pursuing an individual interest. The emphasis of the program is on creating a cohesive body of related works through sustained studio practice and critical inquiry. The year-long process is overseen by Art and Visual Culture faculty, and culminates in this exhibition.
Other exhibiting students include:
Flannery Black-Ingersoll
Jo Cunningham
Sarah Daehler
Daisy Diamond
Meha Jhajharia
Lily Kip
Morgan Lewis
Grace Link
Mickai Mercer
Erica Moore
Abigail Myers
Bailey Richins
Chandler Ryan
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Photojournalist to speak in Bates spiritual series
Portland photojournalist Jim Daniels will discuss Witnessing Spirit: A Photojournalist’s View at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 27, in Skelton Lounge of Chase Hall on the Bates campus. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Now a freelance photographer, Daniels worked for more than 20 years as a photojournalist for major New England newspapers. Hungering to cover “things that matter,” he documented for four years the life of a Maine woman living with AIDS and found his life changed as a result. He is currently completing a book about Maryknoll missionaries accompanying and serving the poor in remote locations around the world.
Using his photography, Daniels’ presentation will focus on how he developed a deepened respect for the poor and marginalized by what he began to see through the lens of his camera.
Sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain at Bates, the Spiritual Journeys lecture series features speakers from a variety of traditions who tell the stories of their spiritual awakening and development. Speakers are invited to explore how they experience a sense of the holy in their everyday lives, how their perspectives and disciplines have shaped that sacred experience and how they understand religion as a resource or an obstacle to the life of the soul. Speakers may also address the political and social consequences of their spirituality.
Next and last in the Spiritual Journeys series will be Laura Cluff, staff member of the Cambridge Zen Center and spiritual adviser at Wellesley College, discussing “My Life, The Big Mistake: The Long Journey Out of Perfectionism,” at 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 1, in Skelton Lounge of Chase Hall on the Bates campus.