by Wendy Hutchins
What a lovely way to spend a rainy
summer day! Under the direction of Kathleen DeVore, several members
of WMSC, along with a few guests, ventured to the Bates College
Museum of Art. While there, the docent guided us through the two
current exhibits: Convergence: Jazz, Films,
and the Visual Arts, and Encountering
Maine. Both collections were inspirational,
to say the very least.
The Convergence
show offers the viewer many different
media which
include sculpture, wood cuts, silk screen prints, multi-media
collages and more, all depicting the African influence on our music,
films and visual art.
Encountering Maine, while containing a similar variety of art forms, features works by Maine artists or artists with a relationship to Maine, or works that includes part of Maine as a subject. For most of us, the highlight of the exhibit was the stunning, original watercolor of Andrew Wyeth, “Master Bedroom,” which is on long-term loan to the museum through the generosity of Wyeth’s granddaughter, who is a graduate of Bates.
After a wonderful few hours of steeping in the arts, the group put the finishing touch to a grand day by having a fabulous lunch at Davinci’s in the old Bates Mill complex! How appropriate!
Encountering Maine, while containing a similar variety of art forms, features works by Maine artists or artists with a relationship to Maine, or works that includes part of Maine as a subject. For most of us, the highlight of the exhibit was the stunning, original watercolor of Andrew Wyeth, “Master Bedroom,” which is on long-term loan to the museum through the generosity of Wyeth’s granddaughter, who is a graduate of Bates.
After a wonderful few hours of steeping in the arts, the group put the finishing touch to a grand day by having a fabulous lunch at Davinci’s in the old Bates Mill complex! How appropriate!
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| Anthony, our docent, explains Faith Ringgold's Jazz Stories: Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow #4, 2004 photo Denise Hurd |
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| Sonié Joi Ruffin-Thompson, Strange Fruit, 2010 photo Denise Hurd |
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| Close-up of Strange Fruit photo Denise Hurd |
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| Andrew Wyeth, Master Bedroom, 1965 photo Google Images |
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