September e-bulletin

A detail of a painting shows tree branches and autumn leaves

As Bowdoin College opens its 2024–2025 academic year, we offer a hearty welcome to the Class of 2028! With the arrival of the fall season, we are delighted to share an exciting array of exhibitions, including the work of Abigail DeVille, the photographs of Ogawa Kazumasa, and important installations growing out of the Museum’s rich collection of historic and contemporary art. We are excited to share with our audiences several public presentations by artists and scholars related to these current shows. Also, this issue of the e-Bulletin provides a behind-the-scenes view of recent acquisitions supported by the research and expertise of students and alumni, as well as a profile of Emily Jacobs, the Museum’s new Postbaccalaureate Curatorial Assistant and Manager of Student Programs.

We look forward to seeing you at the Museum!

Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear III

Co-Directors, Bowdoin College Museum of Art

exhibitions

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Now Open

Witnessing War: Ogawa Kazumasa and Visual Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Japan

The exhibition explores the social, cultural, and political changes taking place in Japan during the Meiji Restoration (1868–1912) through the work of Ogawa Kazumasa.

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.

spotlight

Emily Jacobs '23 appointed Curatorial Assistant and Manager of Student Programs

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is thrilled to welcome Emily Jacobs ’23 as the next Postbaccalaureate Curatorial Assistant and Manager of Student Programs.

news

An artistic photograph shows two people on a blanket on a sandy beach and one holds a 'Chinese finger trap' puzzle game

Collectors' Collaborative Acquisition

Casey Braun writes about Finger Trap by Jarod Lew, chosen for acquisition by the Collectors' Collaborative alumni group.

Object of the Month

Emily Jacobs '23 writes about Second Moon #2 by Samira Abbassy, acquired through the new Student Acquisition Program.

calendar

September 12, 2024

"Dragon Wind": Artist Talk with Hong Chun Zhang

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

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September 17, 2024

Gallery Talk: Abigail DeVille: In the Fullness of Time with Anne Collins Goodyear

Noon | BCMA

September 24, 2024

Gallery Talk: Alejandro Mario Yllanes’s Estaño Maldito (Cursed Tin) and Elegia (Elegy) with Anne Collins Goodyear and Cassandra Mesick Braun

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.

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Banner image: Benjamin Foster, Autumn, n.d., oil on canvas. Bowdoin College Museum, Brunswick, Maine. Gift of Mrs. Woodbury Bedell.