October e-bulletin

Greetings from the Museum of Art, where we are excited this month to celebrate the inauguration of Bowdoin’s 16th president Saka Zaki on Saturday, October 14. Staff and students will be providing special tours of the Museum throughout that weekend. This month the Museum opens two exhibitions, Currents: Art Since 1875 and Threads: Artists Weave Their Worlds, both of which highlight modern and contemporary artworks from the Permanent Collection. Please join curator Casey Braun on Thursday, October 12 for a tour of these new exhibitions and a special reception. Also, on October 5, we welcome back to campus photographer Kevin Bubriski ’75, who will lead a program in Beam Classroom about his new book of photographs documenting the Uyghurs in China.

We look forward to seeing you at the Museum of Art!

Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear

Co-Directors

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

exhibitions

Opening Soon

Threads: Artists Weave Their Worlds

The exhibition highlights the work of modern and contemporary artists who have engaged with the expansive and ancient practice of weaving in innovative and sometimes unexpected ways.

Continuing

People Watching: Contemporary Photography Since 1965

Through more than 120 photographs from the Permanent Collection, the exhibition explores how people witness each other.

spotlight

Two New Exhibitions Open in October

Currents: Art Since 1875 and Threads: Artists Weave their Worlds highlight the richness of the Museum’s collections of modern and contemporary art.

news

Collection on the Road

Works from the Collection are included in exhibitions across the country.

Objects of the Month

Two marble reliefs by Lot Torelli depicting scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin are discussed.

calendar

October 5, 2023

"The Uyghurs: Kashgar before the Catastrophe–A Photographer's Story"

4:30 p.m. | Beam Classroom, VAC

October 12, 2023

Opening Tour: Currents: Art Since 1875 and Threads: Artists Weave Their Worlds

4:30 p.m. | BCMA

October 28, 2023

Family Saturday at the Museum

10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon | 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.

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

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Banner image: Autumnal Landscape (detail), 20th century, oil on panel, by Tom Goldenberg, Bequest of Hilton and Esta Kramer. 2021.73.67.