November e-bulletin

A detail of a landscape oil painting depicting silhouettes of mountains and a luminous sunset

As the days become shorter and a chill begins to fill the air, we invite you to enjoy the warmth and brightness of the great indoors at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. A host of new and continuing exhibitions provide opportunities to voyage across time and space and even to contemplate the very nature of the self. With the opening of Hello, Stranger: Artist as Subject in Photographic Portraits Since 1900, we invite you to explore modern and contemporary artists whose self-portraits and portraits challenge traditional conventions. Also, be sure to see the work of Ogawa Kazumasa, one of Japan’s most important photographers, and to enjoy Abigail DeVille: In the Fullness of Time through November 10. In this issue, we offer an opportunity to learn about the Museum Shop and to meet the BCMA’s new student interns, as well as a deep dive into the work of artist Anne Harris.

We look forward to seeing you at the Museum!

Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear III

Co-Directors, Bowdoin College Museum of Art

exhibitions

An art gallery with wooden floors and gray and purple walls holds large scale artwork

Closing Soon

Abigail DeVille: In the Fullness of Time

Artist Abigail DeVille explores how marginalized communities persevere through their search for renewal and happiness as they migrate to new places that become sanctuaries.

An art gallery with dark red and white walls displays art on the walls

Closing Soon

Empires of Liberty: Athena, America, and the Feminine Allegory of the State

The exhibition explores female personifications of the nation state from antiquity through the Enlightenment to today.

spotlight

A photo of an art museum gift shop shows two people smiling behind the counter

BCMA Staff Highlight: Rachel Rodrigues, Shop Manager

A conversation with Rachel Rodrigues, Shop Manager, offers a behind-the-scenes look into the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Shop.

news

Highlights from the 2024-2024 BCMA Intern Cohort

Emily Jacobs '23, Curatorial Assistant and Manager of Student Programs, highlights the 2024-2025 intern cohort at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

A detail of an oil painting of a nude pregnant woman

Object of the Month

Julia Smart '25 writes about Second Portrait with Max by Anne Harris.

calendar

November 5, 2024

"Make History on Election Day at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art

12-4 p.m. | Bowdoin College Museum of Art

November 20, 2024

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar: Kristina Richardson

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

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Museum Store Sunday

1-5 p.m. | Bowdoin College Museum of Art Shop

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Holiday Sale Reception

5-7 p.m. | Bowdoin College Museum of Art Shop

Thursday, December 12, 2024

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

4:30 p.m. | Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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.

Bowdoin College Museum of Art | 9400 College Station | Brunswick, ME 04011 | 207.725.3275

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Banner: Worthington Whittredge, Twilight on the Marsh, 19th century-20th century, oil on canvas. Bowdoin College Museum, Brunswick, Maine. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Rea, Jr., in memory of Charles Austin Cary, Class of 1910.