Featuring nearly 70 objects, this exhibition incorporates rarely-seen loans from major North American and European museums and works from Bowdoin’s own collection revealing new insights into the understanding of mortality and morality in Renaissance Europe.
June 29, 201711:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Bowdoin International Music Festival faculty perform in conjucntion with the summer exhibitions.
"Sketch, Study, Cartoon - Workflow in the Studio"
July 11, 201712:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Joachim Homann, curator, leads a discussion in the exhibition "Why Draw?"
"Growing/Drawing-Translating Nature into Art"
July 14, 20175:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
A discussion with the artist, John Walker, in the exhibition "John Walker: A Painter Draws"
Family Saturday at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
July 15, 201710:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
David Ying and Philip Ying, artistic directors for the Bowdoin Internationl Music Festival, lead a family program about music and the fine arts.
"Winslow Homer-Drawing and Watercolor"
July 18, 201712:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Frank Goodyear, co-director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, leads a discussion of works on paper by Winslow Homer.
Children's Hour at the Museum of Art
July 20, 20175:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Bowdoin students lead creative activities relating to the exhibitions for children and families.
"John Smibert, James Bowdoin III, and the First Public Collection of Drawings in America"
July 25, 201712:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Katharine J. Watson, Director Emerita, Bowdoin College Museum of Art leads a discussion in the exhibition "Why Draw?"
"Why Collect? An Introduction to Collecting Old Master Drawings and Prints"
July 27, 20176:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
George Keyes guides participants in a close study of historic European prints and drawings.
Gallery Conversation: "Death Personified"
August 1, 201712:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Honor Wilkinson leads a discussion in the exhibition, "The Ivory Mirror"
Movie Night! "'Ghostbusters II' and the Macabre in Popular Culture Today"
August 3, 20177:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
"Ghostbusters II," followed by a conversation about contemporary culture and historical examples of the "memento mori" in conjunction with the exhibition, "The Ivory Mirror."
Family Saturday at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
August 5, 201710:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Bowdoin students lead art activities for families in the Museum of Art.
"The Moment of the Memento Mori: The Past as Prologue for Contemporary Art"
August 8, 201712:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Anne Collins Goodyear, co-director, leads a discussion in the exhibition "The Ivory Mirror"
Family Art Night at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
August 11, 20174:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Bowdoin students offer a variety of activities for families during "Second Friday Brunswick"
"Reflections on the Ivory Mirror"
August 15, 201712:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Stephen Perkinson, guest curator, leads a discussion in the exhibition "The Ivory Mirror"
"Art and Anatomy: A Physician's Perspective on Renaissance Depictions of Mortality"
August 17, 20177:00 PM – 8:15 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
A conversation regarding the art and science of grappling with our mortality, historically and today.
