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As summer moves into full bloom in mid-coast Maine, we invite you to celebrate the pleasures of the season with family and friends at the Museum! Outstanding exhibitions await you, including an exploration of the development of the memento mori in The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe and Barkley Hendricks: "Let's Make Some History," opening July 20. This month, we put our programming focus on the act of drawing, with gallery talks on the historical and contemporary dimensions of this practice. We also provide opportunities to think about the art of collecting both in James Bowdoin III's time and our own. Finally, the Music at the Museum series continues with offerings from the Bowdoin International Musical Festival. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear
Co-Directors
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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CONTINUING
The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe
Closing November 26, 2017
This exhibition examines a critical facet of late medieval and early modern culture: the centrality of the macabre. The theme reached the apex of its popularity in the years around 1500, when artists working in a variety of media treated it in innovative and compelling ways. The exhibition focuses in particular on a group of carved ivories, but will also display related works in other media to demonstrate the widespread interest in human mortality.
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OPENING SOON
Barkley Hendricks: "Lets Make Some History"
Opening July 20, 2017
Barkley Hendricks is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential American painters of his generation. His reinterpretation of portraiture and his reckoning with contemporary life were ground-breaking. For younger artists today, Hendricks's work provides an important touchstone as they articulate their own identities and question perceptions of race in America.
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Why Draw? 500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors at Bowdoin College represents the first comprehensive survey of the Museum's collection of drawings. Visitors to our galleries will discover nearly 150 unique works on paper by some of the most original artists of the past 500 years. The roster of contributors ranges from members of the studio of Raphael, Peter Paul Rubens, and John Singleton Copley to Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Pablo Picasso, and highly esteemed contemporaries.
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Talented young musicians from around the world come to Brunswick every summer to take part in the Bowdoin International Music Festival. This gathering provides these musicians with a unique opportunity to learn from world-class artists and hone their individual skills. Each year the Brunswick community eagerly awaits their concerts.
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The BCMA is delighted to welcome five Bowdoin student interns this summer to engage in a range of different projects, programs, and exhibitions. We look forward to working with the students whose contributions to each aspect of the BCMA's mission are indispensable to our daily work.
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Become a Member of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
We hope you'll visit the Museum this summer! There are several exhibitions, featuring art from ancient times to the present, on view for your enjoyment.
For more information, please check our home page, or contact Caroline Baljon, Membership and Programs Coordinator, at (207)-725-3276.
The support of our members helps us to realize future exhibitions, public programs, and educational offerings, which are always open to students and the general public free of charge. Membership offers special access to events and serves as a connection to a community of students and faculty who are actively engaged at 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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calendar
July 11
"Sketch, Study, Cartoon-Workflow in the Studio"
12:00 pm
Museum of Art
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July 14
"Growing/Drawing- Translating Nature into Art"
5:00 pm
Museum of Art
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July 15
Family Saturday
10:00 am
Museum of Art
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July 18
"Winslow Homer-Drawing and Watercolor"
12:00 pm
Museum of Art
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July 20
Bowdoin International Music Festival
11:00 am
Museum of Art
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July 20
Children's Hour at the Museum
5:00 pm
Museum of Art
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July 25
"John Smibert, James Bowdoin III, and the First Public Collection of Drawings in America"
12:00 pm
Museum of Art
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July 27
"Why Collect? An Introduction to Collecting Old Master Drawings and Prints"
6:30 pm
Museum of Art
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