After a festive graduation ceremony last weekend, we look forward to greeting returning alumni/ae and their families this weekend. The Museum’s staff will be leading tours throughout the Reunions weekend. Later in the month, on Saturday, June 24, the Museum will open its major summer/fall exhibition, People Watching: Contemporary Photography since 1965. Drawn almost exclusively from the Permanent Collection and featuring more than 120 photographs by more than sixty artists from around the world, the exhibition explores photography’s role in mediating our relationship to and understanding of the diverse populations in our midst. That afternoon photographers Laura McPhee and Michael Kolster will present the exhibition’s opening program in Kresge Auditorium. Also, a hearty congratulations to our colleagues at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum for the successful opening of their new museum building and exhibitions. Be sure to check it out! We look forward to seeing you at the Museum of Art! Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear Co-Directors Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Continuing Mina Loy: Strangeness Is Inevitable The exhibition addresses the art of this pioneering modernist artist, poet, and feminist. more Opening Soon People Watching: Contemporary Photography Since 1965 Through more than 120 photographs from the Permanent Collection, the exhibition explores how people witness each other. more

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Museum of Art’s Major Summer/Fall Exhibition Opens June 24 People Watching: Contemporary Photography since 1965 features more than 120 images from more than 60 photographers. more

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Academic Year Students Thank you to the seventeen Bowdoin students who worked at the Museum during this academic year. more

Object of the Month Mei Bock '24 discusses a recent gift, an acrylic on canvas painting, Untitled by William T. Williams. more

calendar June 9, 2023 Second Friday ArtWalk Family Art Night 4:00-7:00 p.m. | BCMA more June 29, 2023 Music at the Museum: The Bowdoin International Music Festival 11:00 a.m | BCMA more June 24, 2023 Keynote Program: "People Watching: Contemporary Photography Since 1965" 4:00 p.m. | Kresge Auditorium, VAC more

Museum Hours Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 pm | Thursday: 10:00 a.m.-8:30 p.m. | Sunday: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Closed on Mondays and national holidays.  The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is open to the public free of charge. The Museum is wheelchair accessible through the Pavilion entrance. Bowdoin College Museum of Art | 9400 College Station | Brunswick, ME 04011 | 207.725.3275  artmuseum@bowdoin.edu   bowdoin.edu/art-museum

Banner image: Untitled #5, pastel (detail) by Wendy Edwards. Gift of the artist. Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

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