Stories about "Creativity"
Bates’ top 10 Instagram and Facebook posts of 2024
Friday, December 13, 2024 4:25 pm
Check out Bates' top 10 Instagram and Facebook posts of the year, ranked by the number of online engagements they received.
Retiring after 14 years, Bates Museum of Art Director Dan Mills reflects on highlights from ‘a good run’
Thursday, November 21, 2024 11:00 am
Mills has overseen dozens of exhibitions, encompassing multiple mediums and groupings of artists, including contemporary works from Saudi and Native American artists.
Fun facts and awesome abilities of the incoming Bates Class of 2028
Thursday, August 22, 2024 3:34 pm
From local heroes to global advocates, the incoming Bates Class of 2028 coruscates with myriad and fascinating talents, achievements, and successes.
In Gomes Chapel, a Buddhist healing ritual grows, one grain of sand at a time
Friday, June 28, 2024 11:50 am
Created in Gomes Chapel this week by Tibetan nuns, the colorful, exquisite sand mandala will be dissolved into Lake Andrews, but its healing energy will remain.
Picture Story: Alumni Parade at Bates Reunion 2024
Friday, June 14, 2024 1:11 pm
It's been called a grand jubilee of fun and frolic, with clangorous hullabaloo and everyone tremendously full of the dickens. We love a parade!
Make way for ducklings and the Bates Class of 2024 ivy stone
Thursday, May 23, 2024 4:00 pm
Amelia Hawkins ’24 wants her Bates classmates to graduate with a sense of hope, so she created an ivy stone design everyone can rally around: the ducks at Lake Andrews.
What It Took: A childhood hobby creates community, a fun honors thesis, and me time for Grace Acton ’24
Friday, March 1, 2024 1:00 pm
At high risk for COVID, Grace Acton arrived at Bates during the height of the pandemic. By embracing a childhood hobby of sewing, she found mentors, community, and academic fulfillment.
What It Took: Whether happy or not, our personal stories can improve our well-being, says Jonathan Adler ’00
Friday, February 2, 2024 5:00 am
Storytelling is one of the oldest art forms. Adler, a clinical psychologist and researcher, tells us that our personal stories that don’t have to have a positive or happy ending. Difficult stories can offer a narrative option for how we make meaning.
At Commons on first Friday, it’s a grateful day to be a Bobcat
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 3:57 pm
On the first Friday of each month, students heading into Commons can stop to write a note of gratitude to a person of their choosing — an act that's more valuable than a 53-cent postcard.
Picture Story: A winter night for the arts
Friday, January 26, 2024 11:16 am
From Coram Library, home of the new Immersive Media Studio, to Olin Arts Center, flung open for Open Studio night, the campus was alight with the arts on a winter night.