Bates College Museum of Art

Ongoing: Across Common Grounds: Contemporary Art Outside the Center. Drawing upon diverse styles and media from traditional craftwork to digital art, this exhibition features works by over twenty artists living across America that expand, deepen, and challenge how we cultivate and connect to land, culture, art, and one another in rural places. Through December 21: ARRAY: Recent Acquisition Series, Part 1: Jeffrey Gibson and Sarah Rowe. The first of a three-part rotation highlighting the wide variety of artworks the museum is currently collecting features a textile by Gibson (Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee) and a print by Rowe (Lakota/Ponca).

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Colby College Museum of Art

Ongoing: Some American Stories is the newly installed thematic presentation of works from Colby’s collection in the museum’s Lunder Wing that leads visitors on a journey from before the founding of the United States to the present day. Galleries represent a different topic within the broader narrative of American art and history, reflecting a great diversity of experiences.

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