September e-bulletin

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Happy Fall! With a special welcome to the Class of 2029, we look forward to greeting members and friends of the Bowdoin community at the Museum of Art as the new academic year gets underway. Come join us for a host of programs featuring the voices of artists, curators, and scholars that shed light on the Museum’s current exhibitions, its collections, and on the intersection of the visual arts and the environment. In this issue of the e-Bulletin, learn more about upcoming and recently opened exhibitions, the team behind cultural property management and museum security, the outstanding work of the Museum’s summer interns, and a new acquisition.

We look forward to seeing you in the galleries!

Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear III

Co-Directors, Bowdoin College Museum of Art

exhibitions

Now Open

Front Lines: Women Etchers at the Fore, 1880 to Today

This exhibition brings together the etchings of an international array of women who have continued to expand the scope of etching and their own creative practices.

Opening Soon

Medieval Art from the Wyvern Collection: Global Networks and Creative Connections

This exhibition brings together works of premodern art from the Wyvern Collection (London, UK) with the collections of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art to explore the deep ties that linked Asia, the Near East, North Africa, and Europe from the fifth through the fifteenth centuries.

spotlight

Staff Highlight: Steve Perkins, Assistant Director of Cultural Property

A conversation with Steve Perkins, Assistant Director of Cultural Property Security, offers a glimpse into cultural property management and museum safety and security at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

news

Highlights from the 2025 Summer Intern Cohort

Emily Jacobs '23, Curatorial Assistant and Manager of Student Programs, highlights the 2025 summer intern cohort.

Object of the Month

A photograph recently acquired by the Museum shows artist John La Farge at work in his studio on his mural Athens (1898).

calendar

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Opening Tour & Reception: Medieval Art from the Wyvern Collection: Global Networks and Creative Connections

3-4 p.m. | Tour

4-6 p.m. | Reception

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

"A Timeless Arctic: Anna Boberg, the Lofoten Islands and a Circumpolar Landscape" with Dr. Isabelle Gapp

5-6 p.m. | Visual Arts Center

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Performing Change: An Artist Talk with Wafaa Bilal

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Visual Arts Center

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Rudy Burckhardt’s New York Films: A Screening and Discussion

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Visual Arts Center

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 (Persian), Bowl, 1175-1225, earthenware. Bowdoin College Museum, Brunswick, Maine. Gift of Miss Elizabeth P. Martin, 1968.33