January e-bulletin

Detail of an ornately carved amber ornament

Happy New Year! In wishing each of the Museum’s supporters all the very best for the year ahead, we invite you to join us to ring in 2025 with exciting new exhibitions and programs. As we look forward to the reopening of our galleries following the holidays on January 7th, we invite you to enjoy our recently opened From Mothers to Daughters: A Study of Reproductive Labor, curated by Talia Traskos-Hart '25, with support from Cassandra Mesick Braun, Curator, on view until March 2nd; and Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island: The Monhegan Wildlands, curated by Barry Logan, Jennifer Pye, and Frank Goodyear, on view until June 1st. We hope you will also join us to celebrate the upcoming opening of Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow Sean Kramer’s Irreplaceable You: Personhood and Dignity in Art, 1980s – Now, on view from January 16th until June 1st. – Outstanding programming featuring the work of scientists, historians, and artists kicks off the spring semester. Come share your perspective!

We look forward to seeing you in the galleries!

Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear III

Co-Directors, Bowdoin College Museum of Art

exhibitions

A luminous painting depicts a golden setting sun over a coastal landscape

Now Open

Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island: The Monhegan Wildlands

This exhibition brings together artworks, objects and representations of ecological inquiry, and historical documents and photographs to chart forest conversion and recovery on the island.

A photograph depicts a woman in a floral dress and heals running down a sidewalk carrying a child

Now Open

From Daughters to Mothers: A Study of Reproductive Labor

This exhibition investigates the complex concepts of motherhood through the lens of reproductive labor.

spotlight

A black and white photographic portrait of a figure with dark skin and crown like headwear set against a dark backdrop

Irreplaceable You: Personhood and Dignity in Art, 1980s to Now Addresses the Theme of Our Shared Humanity

Opening January 16th, this exhibition explores the nuances of human empathy and personal dignity through contemporary art and subjects.

news

A black and white photograph of a graffitied wall and a singular figure with a double shadow

A Conversation with co-curators Isa Cruz ’27 and Frank Goodyear on Hello, Stranger

Isa Cruz ’27 and Frank Goodyear, co-director, discuss their curatorial process in developing Hello, Stranger: Artist as Subject in Photographic Portraits since 1900.

An abstract painting of soft pastel colors

Object of the Month

Neiman Mocombe ’26 discusses Untitled (1960) by Beauford Delaney.

calendar

Thursday, January 23, 2025

"Plausible Deep Time Landscapes and the Art of Paleoart" with Kirk Johnson

4:30 p.m. | Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center

Friday, January 24, 2025

"From Lighthouse and Signal Station and Cove to Head: Four Centuries of Mapping Monhegan" with Libby Bischof

2:30 p.m. | Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center

"Sustaining the Community and the Wildlands": A Conversation with Doug Boynton and David Foster

3:45 p.m. | Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Opening Tour and Reception: Irreplaceable You: Personhood and Dignity in Art, 1980s to Now

4:30 p.m. | BCMA

Museum Hours

Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 pm | Thursday: 10:00 a.m.-8:30 p.m. | Sunday: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Closed on Mondays and national holidays.

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is open to the public free of charge. The Museum is wheelchair accessible through the Pavilion entrance.

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Banner: Artist Unidentified, Ornament (detail), 1800-1900, amber. Bowdoin College Museum, Brunswick, Maine. Gift of the Misses Harriet Sarah and Mary Sophia Walker.