Happy February! On February 19th
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anniversary of the Museum's Walker Art Building. Please join us for cake, performances, and a chance to toast to the legacy that has made so much possible. As the chill pervades the air, there's no cozier place to spend time than the Museum of Art! In addition to our Celebration of the 125th, we hope you will join us for an outstanding slate of upcoming programs and remarkable exhibitions. The month ahead features gallery talks with student and faculty curators and with artists and visiting scholars. Bowdoin dancers offer a performative interpretation of Let's Get Lost and Listening Glass, and George Lopez offers one of his signature concerts.
Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear
Co-Directors
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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CLOSING SOON
Kate Furbish and Edwin Hale Lincoln: New England Botanical Studies
Closing February 10, 2019
This exhibition highlights two exceptional artist-botanists, watercolorist Kate Furbish (1834-1931) and photographer Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938).
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Rarely seen masterpieces from Bowdoin's collection offer insights into the materials, technologies, and changing tastes that shaped Chinese art over the past five centuries.
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Happy 125th Birthday, Walker Art Building!
2019 marks the 125th anniversary of the Walker Art Building, the distinctive domed home of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Named for three members of the Walker family, it has been a symbol on campus of the multifold impact that the study of fine arts can have on students and community members alike.
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February's Object of the Month is Grandma and JC in Her Kitchen by LaToya Ruby Frazier. A depiction of familial bonds, Frazier's multi-generational portrait speaks about these women's lives amidst the slow decline of the steel industry in Pennsylvania. Click below to read more about this piece.
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Spotlight on the BCMA Tour Guides
Three retired educators, Karen Dyer, Cindy Guertin, and Dan Mocarski comprise the team of dedicated BCMA tour guides, who have led tours for thousands of adults and K-12 students just in the past year. Learn more about these invaluable docents in this month's spotlight.
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Become a Member of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
We hope you'll visit the Museum this winter!
There are several exhibitions, featuring art from ancient times to the present, on view for your enjoyment.
The support of our members helps realize future exhibitions, public programs, and educational offerings, which are always open to students and the general public. Membership offers special access to events and serves as a connection to a community of students and faculty, who are actively engaged in the Museum. If you are not already a member, we hope that you will show your support for the Bowdoin College Museum of Art by
joining today
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Curator's Tour of "Fashioning Modernity"
12:00 p.m.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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Curator's Tour of "Among Women"
4:00 p.m.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
FEBRUARY 7
Music at the Museum with George Lopez
5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
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FEBRUARY 8
Music at the Museum with George Lopez
12:00 p.m.
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FEBRUARY 9
Family Saturday
10:00 a.m.
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FEBRUARY 19
The Walker Art Building's 125th Birthday Party
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FEBRUARY 21
Active Surrender: linn meyers, Jonathan Frederick Walz, and Anne Goodyear in Conversation
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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Student tour of "Fashioning Modernity"
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
FEBRUARY 23
"Let's Get Lost through Dance"
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
FEBRUARY 28
Mark Tribe: Landscape and Technology
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Cener
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Illustration:
Poppies and Convolvulus, 1938, (detail), color woodcut by Margaret Jordan Patterson. Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
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