Featured Events
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THURSDAY MAY 3, 2012 EVENTS - LECTURE
4:30 p.m., Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center
“Slow Looking: The Art and Neuroscience of Visual Attention”
Barbara M. Stafford, Distinguished University Visiting Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology
Barbara Maria Stafford's work has consistently explored the intersections between the visual arts and the physical and biological sciences from the early modern to the contemporary era.
FRIDAY MAY 4, 2012 EVENTS - STUDENT SCREENING
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Beam Classroom, VAC
FRIDAY MAY 4, 2012 EVENTS - THEATER AND DANCE
12:30 p.m. Museum of Art terrace.
Museum Pieces
A Bowdoin tradition for more than twenty years. Celebrate spring in front of the Bowdoin Museum of Art with dancing and music from the Department of Theater and Dance, featuring class projects, independent student work, and student clubs.
Due to inclement weather, the final Common Hour of the year, Museum Pieces, scheduled for Friday, May 4, at 12:30 p.m., has been postponed until Monday, May 7, at 5 p.m.
SATURDAY MAY 5, 2012 EVENTS - STUDENT SCREENING
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Beam Classroom, VAC
Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season Six: Episode 3: History
In this episode, artists play with historical events, explore and expose commonly held assumptions about historic 'truth', and create narratives based on personal experiences. Featuring Marina Abramović, Glenn Ligon, and Mary Reid Kelley.
Free and open to the public.
SATURDAY MAY 5, 2012 EVENTS
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. - Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Family Saturday
Student assistants to the curator organize Family Saturdays on the first Saturday of each month when the College is in session. The program is open to all and free of charge. Enjoy interactive learning and fun.
