After 18 years of cheerful service, Jaime Reatiraza is retiring from his position of security officer at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. To recognize his service, Museum Director Katy Kline is declaring Friday, March 28, Jaime Reatiraza Day at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
A colorful Italian painting in the Museum’s collection, depicting nymphs, goddesses, a love-struck shepherd and his worried parents inspired Beauty and Duty: The Art and Business of Renaissance Marriage. The exhibition of art and artifacts that looks at past rites and rituals, opens on the evening of March 26, 2008, and continues through July 27 at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
The Bowdoin Collge Museum of Art will be closed on Sunday, March 23, 2008 for Easter.
Please visit the Museum to see Beauty and Duty: The Art and Business of Renaissance Marriage, opening to the public on Thursday, March 27, 2008.
Two Exhibitions Closing Soon
It is the final week for two exhibitions at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. The last day for Modern Times: Alumni Collect and Great Graphics: 1470-1970 is Sunday, March 9, 2008. The Museum is open
The inaugural exhibition in the Zuckert Seminar Room, Representing America: Ties that Bind and Lines that Divide, is featured on the Bowdoin website.