![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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Senior Exhibition 2010: Allison Spangler
Spangler uses digital and analog photography to capture images of nude models in outdoor settings. Shooting in cold weather caused discomfort for the models that brought forth a sense of unnaturalness, which has become a goal of the work: to evoke a sense of discomfort or dislocation. Using a uniform position for all her subjects, with faces turned away, Spangler wants “viewers to identify with my models as ‘the figure’ rather than a specific person.”
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