Meet the Artists Behind the Bowdoin College Museum of Art’s New Commissions, “Let’s Get Lost” and “Listening Glass”: linn meyers, Rebecca Bray, James Bigbee Garver, and Josh Knowles
On September 27, the Museum of Art will open a collaborative, site-specific, multi-media art installation featuring a large-scale wall drawing entitled Let’s Get Lost by linn meyers, a Washington, D.C.-based contemporary artist. meyers will also serve as the 2018-2019 halley k harrisburg ’90 and Michael Rosenfeld Artist-in-Residence at the College. This important residency will enable […]
Richard Pousette-Dart: Painting as a Modern Medium
The current exhibition, Richard Pousette-Dart: Painting| Light| Space, provides the rare opportunity to spend time with several major paintings by one of the great artists of the New York School. Painted between the late 1950s and mid-1970s, the mural-sized works announce a dramatic shift in American art history. Pousette-Dart’s artistic trajectory is paradigmatic for his generation: […]
Sean P. Burrus, Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellow at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
I’m delighted to have landed at the Museum of Art as the 2018–2020 Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellow. I arrived at the beginning of June and have spent the past few months exploring the collection and enjoying my first summer in Maine. I’ve been thrilled to discover the truly global reach of our collections […]
Introducing the Bowdoin Magazine Podcast
Introducing the Bowdoin Magazine Podcast, where we’ll take deep dives into recent editions, go behind the scenes to expand on articles, showcase extra content, and tell new Bowdoin stories.
Academic Year is Officially Underway with 217th Convocation Ceremony
The College’s annual Convocation ceremony, marking the official opening of its 217th academic year, was held August 28, 2018, in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall.
Dean of Student Affairs Timothy Foster’s 2018 Convocation Remarks: “Voices from the Past”
Voices from Bowdoin’s Past Convocation 2018 Among the more than fifty orientation trips completed Saturday by the Class of 2022 were two hiking trips to Mount Katahdin, two-hundred miles to the north. At 5,267 feet, Katahdin is small by some standards, but it is Maine’s highest mountain and the second tallest in New England. If […]
Professor Michael Kolster’s 2018 Convocation Address
Putting Our Creative Dispositions to Work, Across the Curriculum and Beyond Michael Kolster–Convocation Speech–Bowdoin College–August 28, 2018 Good Afternoon. I want like to thank President Rose for asking me to speak today. I feel fortunate to share some of my thoughts, and humbled to address the class of 2022. I’d also like to thank a […]
Students Add Their Names to Bowdoin’s History
It is a tradition for the president of the College to oversee the signing of matriculation books by first-year students.