In a collaboration with the Bowdoin College Art Museum, ten young composers recently showcased original music inspired by works of art on display. The composers are all summer students at the Bowdoin International Music Festival.
Gallery Conversation with Susan Danly
August 23, 201812:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Susan Danly, art historian, discusses "Winslow Homer and the Camera"
Symbolic Form and Materiality: Richard Pousette-Dart's Connections to Cambridge University
September 6, 20184:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
Jennifer Powell presents new research on the painter Richard Pousette-Dart.
September 7, 20184:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Macauley Lord '77 discusses nineteenth-century fishing techniques and Homer’s passion for fishing.
Color TV, Psychedelic Culture, and Visual Art of the 1960s: Richard Pousette-Dart in Context
September 14, 20185:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Sarah Montross discusses parallels between color television's entrancing qualities, 1960s psychedelic culture, and simultaneous artistic experiments with vivid colors and patterns.
Curator's Tour of "Winslow Homer and the Camera"
September 18, 201812:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Dana E. Byrd leads a tour of the exhibition "Winslow Homer and the Camnera"
Family Saturday at the Museum of Art
September 22, 201810:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Bowdoin Students lead family activities related the exhibitions on view at the Museum of Art.
September 26, 20187:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
Opening Reception for "Let's Get Lost" and "Listening Glass"
September 27, 20185:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Open House and Tours celebrating "Let's Get Lost" and "Listening Glass"
Creative Collaboration in Line, Sound, and Gesture
September 28, 201812:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Artists linn meyers, Rebecca Bray, Josh Knowles, and James Bigbee Garver discuss the creation of "Let’s Get Lost" and "Listening Glass."
Gallery Conversation: Crafting a Handheld History: Bowdoin's Molinari Medals in Context
October 2, 20184:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
Amber Orosco '19, Stephen Pastoriza '19, and Benjamin Wu '18 speak about their research on Renaissance medals
We Endured: The Civil War and the Visual Culture of Eyewitness
October 4, 20184:30 PM – 5:45 PM
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
Makeda Best speaks about artists' engagement with the American Civil War.
Artist's Tour of the exhibition "Winslow Homer and the Camera"
October 10, 201812:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Museum of Art, Pavilion
James Mullen, associate professor of art, discusses Homer's painting practice.
