October e-bulletin

A detail of a charcoal drawing on yellowed paper depicting ghostly figures

Greetings from the Museum of Art! We are excited to announce a major gift of fine art photographs. Numbering more than 230 images created over the last two centuries by artists from around the world, this collection has been generously donated by Gail and David Mixer of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and includes images by more than forty artists whose work was not represented previously in the Museum’s collection. A selection of these artworks will be featured in a new exhibition, Hello, Stranger: Artist as Subject in Photographic Portraits since 1900, opening on October 30. Also this month, we are thrilled to welcome Abigail DeVille back to campus. On October 1, she will be in conversation with artist Daniel Minter. Other notable programs include a presentation by artist Jefferson Pinder on October 9, a lecture by photography scholar Karen Fraser on October 15, and two “Music at the Museum” performances with George Lopez and Gulimina Mahamuti on October 17.

We look forward to seeing you at the Museum!

Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear III

Co-Directors, Bowdoin College Museum of Art

exhibitions

Closing Soon

Threads: Artists Weave their Worlds

The exhibition brings together work by contemporary artists who incorporate weaving, sewing, quilting, and fabric to explore ideas about gender, identity, memory, and cross-cultural encounters.

A black and white photograph shows a figure in a suit standing against a graffitied wall with double shadows

Opening Soon

Hello, Stranger: Artist as Subject in Photographic Portraits since 1900

This exhibition features thirty-five photographs—self-portraits or portraits of other artists—which reflect radically new propositions for what a portrait might be.

spotlight

A black and white photograph depicts the face of a male figure with a mustache wearing coke bottle glasses and a suit

Notable Photography Collection Gifted to the BCMA

David and Gail Mixer have gifted a collection of more than 230 historic and contemporary photographs from around the world.

news

A portrait painted with vivid blues depicts a figure wearing a suit coat with a beard and glasses set against a backdrop of ocean and sky

Bowdoin's Presidential Portraits and the Visualization of Legacy

Anne Collins Goodyear, co-director, contextualizes the newly unveiled portrait of former Bowdoin College president Clayton Rose within the greater tradition of formal portraiture.

An oil painting depicts a woman wearing ornate Baroque clothing holding a severed head on a gold platter

Object of the Month

Gabi Sennett ‘25 writes about Salome with the Head of John the Baptist by Giovanni Andrea Sirani (possibly after).

calendar

October 1, 2024

"In the Fullness of Time": A Conversation with Abigail DeVille and Daniel Minter

5 p.m. | Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center

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October 9, 2024

"Black to the Future": Artist Talk with Jefferson Pinder

5 p.m. | Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center

October 15, 2024

"Between East and West: The Photographic Albums of Ogawa Kazumasa"

5 p.m. | Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center

October 17, 2024

Music at the Museum with George Lopez and Gulimina Mahamuti

Noon and 5 p.m. | BCMA

October 30, 2024

Tour and Opening Reception: Hello, Stranger: Artist as Subject in Photographic Portraits since 1900

4:30 p.m. (tour) and 5:30 (reception) | 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: Eugène Carrière, Apparition (detail), 1849-1906, charcoal on paper. Bowdoin College Museum, Brunswick, Maine. Museum Purchase.