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HINCKLEY — On Saturday, May 4, the L. C. Bates Museum is set to host Walking Conversations as part of Jane’s Walk. Jane’s Walks are free, volunteer-led walking conversations emphasizing the power of individuals to influence the places they live and the participatory planning approaches that have helped people connect, support each other, and improve […]

The L. C. Bates Museum at Good Will-Hinckley is set to offer a free workshop, Safe, Practical Storage and Display Spaces for Historic Objects rom 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Monday, May 6, at 14 Easler Road. The workshop, to provide training on how to better care for historic objects or family treasures, will […]

The Bates College Museum of Art will present “Presence is Power,” a night of 11 short films by Indigenous filmmakers from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at several locations on campus at Bates College in Lewiston. This night’s showing broadens and deepens the film program on view as part of the current exhibition “Exploding […]

The state's major art institutions each chose a piece they felt represented the heartfelt sentiment associated with Valentine's Day.

Video and sound artist, photographer, and writer Sky Hopinka will discuss his work in a lecture presented by the Bates Museum of Art at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, in Room 104 of the Olin Arts Center. The public is welcome to the event and the exhibition free of charge. Hopinka’s four-minute video “Mnemonics […]

An evening with artist/choreographer/dancer Elisa Harkins, who will share video screenings of her performances and talk about her work, will be presented at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Bates College Museum of Art. Four videos by Harkins play in Bates Museum’s current exhibition “Exploding Native Inevitable,” on view through March 4. The […]

The exhibition “Exploding Native Inevitable,” on display October 27, through March 4, 2024, at the Bates College Museum of Art, features thirteen Indigenous artists and one collaborative from around the nation on the vanguard of their practices in ceramics, painting, video, fiber arts, and more. Occurring simultaneously, a new solo exhibition “Brad Kahlhamer: Nomadic Studio, […]

Ashleigh D. Coren is a Bates College alumna (Class of '05)

HINCKLEY — The L. C. Bates Museum, 14 Easler Road, has announced the following January Saturday morning Children’s Nature Programs. All programs begin at 10 a.m. • Saturday, Jan. 7: Mammal Skulls, Teeth and Claws will offer the opportunity to examine mammal skulls, teeth and claws to determine how they help each mammal. They can […]

Cindy Gagnon began some detective work this summer to find out where a damaged headstone kept in storage in a Fairfield museum really belonged, and ultimately made her way a few towns over to China.