Students passing through the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) may have noticed a sign blocking access to the second-floor galleries. These galleries are currently closed for renovations and are set to reopen in parts, with the Shaw Ruddock Gallery, …
On Thursday evening, students and community members gathered in the Visual Arts Center to celebrate the opening of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art’s (BCMA) exhibition “Drawing Herself Free,” featuring work by artist Josefina Auslender and curated by Cassandra “Casey” …
On Thursday, Dr. Dorothy Moss joined students, community members and friends and family of Hung Liu in the Visual Arts Center to celebrate the opening of ‘Hung Liu: Happy and Gay’ at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Moss, who …
“I love telling stories. I love listening to stories. I love thinking about why people tell the stories they do,” Jaed Coffin said. “I love the way that stories shape the world we live in.” Today, Coffin uses his storytelling …
Yesterday, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) invited Hong Chun Zhang, a Chinese-born and Kansas-based artist, to the Visual Arts Center to discuss her piece “The Eye of the Tornado.” The work features a spiral of Zhang’s hair drawn …
Last Friday, music was played, dance was performed and art was displayed—all underneath the domed ceiling of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) Rotunda. Student band Night Hawk performed six original songs inspired by Edward Hopper’s paintings in matinee …
On Tuesday, local Baha’i activists Parivash Rohani and her husband Nasser Rohani held a reception for the new exhibit they curated in Smith Union’s Lamarche Gallery, a collection of collages, paintings, sculpture and a tapestry promoting the global #OurStoryIsOne campaign. …
At the end of each semester, students in various visual and performing arts classes, ensembles and groups present their work to the campus community. This is the Orient’s guide to every event.
Last Thursday, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) opened “Currents: Art Since 1875,” an exhibition of contemporary and modern art centered on three themes: “Labor / Bodies,” “Migration / Environment,” and “Inspiration / Appropriation.” BCMA Curator Casey Braun selected …