December e-bulletin

As 2023 draws to a close, we want to thank the many people who make the Museum of Art such a special place. Our gratitude to the extraordinary staff at the Museum, to the faculty and students who work with the exhibitions and collections, and to the many alumni and friends in our community and beyond who support this institution. This month the Museum unveils two exciting new exhibitions, Jim Dine: Last Year’s Forgotten Harvest (opens December 7) and Without Apology: Asian American Selves, Memories, Futures (opens December 14). Each is accompanied by a new publication. Also, mark your calendar for two musical performances with George Lopez, Bowdoin’s Beckwith Artist in Residence, on December 14. Be sure to get your free tickets in advance, as seating is limited. Finally, please note that the Museum will close for the holidays beginning on Sunday, December 24. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear

Co-Directors

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

exhibitions

Closing Soon

Figures from the Fire: J. Pierpont Morgan's Ancient Bronzes from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

The exhibition features a selection of small-scale ancient Greek and Roman bronze sculptures.

Closing Soon

Metamorphosis and Malice: Pontormo's Three Monochrome Paintings from Renaissance Florence and Related Works

The exhibition brings together three of the only known monochromatic paintings by Pontormo, a leading painter in sixteenth-century Florence.

spotlight

Jim Dine: Last Year's Forgotten Harvest opens in December

The exhibition features over 60 of the artist's portrait drawings, completed between 1957 and 2023.

news

Without Apology: Asian American Selves, Memories, Futures opens in December

The new exhibition spotlights the vibrancy and diversity of Asian American artistic expression over the past century.

Object of the Month

Curator Casey Braun discusses a recently acquired 19th-century photographic print by Ichida Kuichi (Japanese, 1844–1875.)

calendar

December 2, 2023

Family Saturday at the Museum

10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon | BCMA

December 14, 2023

Music at the Museum with George Lopez

12:00 noon and 5:00 p.m. | BCMA

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 Museum will be closed from December 24, 2023 through January 8, 2024 for the winter break.

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is open to the public free of charge. The Museum is wheelchair accessible through the Pavilion entrance.

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Banner image: Untitled (Kata-gami Japanese Stencil), (detail), Japanese (Mulberry?) paper. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Gift of David Thorndike. 2005.15.