In the coming weeks, the Museum of Art welcomes four outstanding artists who visit to speak about their work: on Thursday, February 27, Juan Jose Barboza-Gubo and Andrew Mroczek visit to discuss work with LGBTQ communities in contemporary Peru; on the following day, Cat Mazza conducts a textile workshop related to her work in the exhibition,
Fast Fashion/Slow Art
; and on Tuesday, March 3, Andrea Dezsö, the halley k harrisburg '90 and Michael Rosenfeld Artist-in-Residence, speaks about her new Becker Gallery installation,
The Visitors.
Also, of note,
on Thursday, March 5, Smithsonian scholars Jessica S. Johnson and Corine Wegener discuss their work at the site of Nimrud.
Don't miss them. Later in the month, be sure to join us on Thursday, March 26 for the opening of
The Presence of the Past: Art from Central and West Africa
, curated by David Gordon, professor of history, and his students.
See you at the Museum!
Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear III
Co-Directors
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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CONTINUING
Andrea Dezsö: The Visitors
The Visitors features new work by Andrea Dezsö and objects from Bowdoin's collections to demonstrate the the curious power of visual experience across cultures and times.
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This exhibition highlights how the arts of Central and West Africa represent social themes across time.
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Museum of Art co-director Frank Goodyear previews the summer exhibition
At First Light: Two Centuries of Artists in Maine and the companion book to the exhibition, as Maine celebrates 200 years of statehood this month.
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Laura F. Sprague, senior consulting curator and co-curator of Rufus Porter's Curious World: Art and Invention in America, 1815-1860, discusses Thomas Long by Rufus Porter
, one of Porter's "correct likenesses" that he produced as an itinerant artist.
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Assistant Professor of Art Jackie Brown and Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow Sean P. Burrus discuss the work of Andrea Dezsö, halley k harrisburg '90 and Michael Rosenfeld Artist-in-Residence, as she collaboratively prepared for the opening of
The Visitors.
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Drawn Together: Master Drawings New York
Museum of Art co-director Anne Collins Goodyear discusses
the BCMA's participation in the art fair Master Drawings New York 2020, where Drawn Together: Five Centuries of Drawings from the Bowdoin College Museum of Art was on view.
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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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calendar
MARCH 3
Gallery Talk with Andrea Dezsö
MARCH 5
"Recovering Nimrud: Smithsonian's Projects in Iraq"
4:30 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center
MARCH 26
"Fulbright Forum: Forging New Global Relationships in the Ethical Display of African Art"
4:30 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center
MARCH 28
Family Saturday at the Museum of Art
Museum of Art
MARCH 31
"Rufus Porter: The Polymath at Work"
Museum of Art
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Banner image: Boys Playing Baseball, vintage gelatin silver print by Manuel Carrillo, Mexican, 1906-1989. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Gift of Christopher Foundation for the Arts, Elizabeth Hayes Christopher, Class of 1986 and Scott Christopher. This photograph is on view in the exhibition Pasado y Presente.
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