Music-lovers filled the Bowdoin College Museum of Art’s Bowdoin Gallery on Thursday, June 29, 2017, for a lunchtime concert. This was the first of the “Music in the Museum” events being staged as part of the Bowdoin International Music Festival, featuring some of the young, talented musicians who are taking part in the festival.
"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.
Workshop: "Tracing the Artist's Hand"
August 24, 20176:30 PM – 8:15 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Artist Elise Ansel leads a drawing workshop in conjunction with the exhibition, "Why Draw?"
'Egon Schiele, Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore: The Figure in Drawings of the European Avant-Garde"
August 25, 201712:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Joachim Homann leads a discussion in the exhibition "Why Draw?"
"Appreciating Paper: Art's Best Supporting Actor"
August 31, 20174:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
Two specialists discuss works on paper in this final event for the "Why Draw?" exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
