Student Curated Exhibitions
June Lei ’18 and Hailey Beaman ’18, student curators of the 2018 exhibition Reading Room: Experiments in Collaborative Dialogue and Archival Practice in the Arts
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art offers students the unique opportunity to curate exhibitions. These are often installed in the Becker Gallery, a space that is designated for faculty- and student-curated exhibitions during the academic year. Individual students, groups, or student organizations collaborate with Museum curatorial staff and a faculty sponsor to develop a show that might relate to an experimental idea, academic interest, or specific subject matter.
The exhibitions generally run for six weeks, allowing the Bowdoin and local community extended access to the works on view. In partnership with curatorial staff and a faculty sponsor, students select works, plan the layout, and write gallery texts for their exhibition. Students may think of programming related to student organizations on campus as part of the development process.
Student-curated exhibitions generally require several months of planning, so please contact us early if possible. If the project can be accommodated, curatorial staff will collaborate with you to develop an exhibition concept, choose appropriate works of art, and design and install the exhibition.
Calls for exhibition proposals happen during the Fall and Spring semesters.
Access the Exhibition Proposal Form here.