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October 27, 2017 – March 23, 2018 - This remarkable exhibition, the first to present a substantial body of each of their work together, includes nine sculptures and a series of prints by Pondick and twelve paintings by Feintuch. After premiering at Bates, the exhibition will travel to several U.S. museums. A couple since the mid-1970s, when they met in school, sculptor Rona Pondick and painter Rob...

June 10 – October 8, 2016 - This exhibition focuses on The Book of Only Enoch, a portfolio of 20 woodcut and relief etchings, and selected plates used to create the prints. Through these media, Bolotin tells the story of Only Enoch, a sensitive Jewish boy from Kentucky who is named after an apocryphal book left out of the Hebrew Bible. The large, highly detailed prints of Only Enoch each combine w...

June 10 – October 8, 2016This extensive exhibition presents works showcasing Indiana’s unique method of working on paper, canvas, print, and in three dimensions with the same image. One of America’s most celebrated living artists associated with Pop Art, Indiana is a long-time resident of Maine. This exhibition follows the career of this seminal Pop artist. Featured are over 70 works in which he c...

April 8 – August 27, 2016 - The Doorway Portfolio contains twelve serigraphs by David C. Driskell, and twelve pages of handset letterpress prose by Michael Alpert. Driskell and Alpert worked independently of one another, so, as publisher Howard Greenberg states, “…neither medium is subservient to the other; the visual art is not illustrative of the text, nor is the writing directly descriptive of ...

April 8 – May 28, 2016 - The exhibition highlights work selected from the thesis projects of graduating seniors majoring in Studio Art. Thesis projects vary from student to student, each pursuing an individual interest. The emphasis of the program is on creating a cohesive body of related works through sustained studio practice and critical inquiry. The year-long process is overseen by Art and Vis...

This exhibition focuses on photographs of rather than art by Hartley. The Painter of Maine begins with photographs of Hartley as a young man, including images taken during his travels in Europe and the U.S., and ends with informal images in Corea, Maine from the early 1940s at the end of his life. For most of this group, the photographer is unknown. The exhibition also includes a fine and pensive ...

An exhibition of contemporary photography featuring new and recent works by Jay Gould, of Baltimore, Maryland, Gary Green, of Waterville, Maine, David Maisel, of Marin, California and Shoshannah White, of Portland, Maine. Viewing elements of the Maine landscape from different levels of scale – from great distance to close-up, each artist explores a different aspect of the boundaries and interrelat...

This exhibition includes work in most media and in a wide variety of themes and styles, many of which have not been on view in the museum previously. Maine Collected features selected works by living artists connected to Maine from the Bates Museum of Art’s permanent collection. The collection has significant strengths in Maine art. Closed Sunday