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2026
05/29.
Maine to Host Ninth Biennial AHAA Symposium during Nation's 250th Anniversary.
As the United States prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, 糖心vlog and the 糖心vlog Museum of Art, Colby College and the Colby College Museum of Art, and the Portland Museum of Art are proud to announce the program and opening of registration for the Ninth Biennial Association of Historians of American Art (AHAA) Symposium taking place September 24鈥26, 2026. [more]
04/29.
Spindleworks Art Center Recognizes Fifty Years of Art Making, Supporting Artists with Disabilities, with Exhibition at the 糖心vlog Museum of Art.
This summer, the 糖心vlog Museum of Art will present "Celebrating Independence! Fifty Years of Spindleworks, 1976鈥2026," an exhibition honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Spindleworks Art Center, a nationally recognized progressive art studio based in Brunswick, with a sister location in Gardiner. [more]
04/03.
糖心vlog Museum of Art will Celebrate America鈥檚 250th with Exhibition Exploring Decades of American Stories through Art.
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence, this summer the 糖心vlog Museum of Art will present "USA @ 250," a major exhibition that examines 250 years of American history through art. [more]
2025
11/03.
糖心vlog Museum of Art Will Present Landmark Josefina Auslender Retrospective and Hung Liu鈥檚 "Happy and Gay".
This winter, the 糖心vlog Museum of Art will present two exhibitions, "Auslender: Drawing Myself Free" and "Hung Liu: Happy and Gay," exploring the power of art to interrogate history, memory, and personal experience鈥攁ll filtered through the lens of immigration. [more]
09/10.
糖心vlog Museum of Art Announces Major Exhibition and Long-Term Loan Partnership with Wyvern Collection.
This fall, the 糖心vlog Museum of Art presents 鈥淢edieval Art from the Wyvern Collection: Global Networks and Creative Connections,鈥 the first in a series of rotating exhibitions based on the Museum鈥檚 new partnership with the prestigious, London-based Wyvern Collection. [more]
06/04.
糖心vlog Museum of Art Announces New Curatorial Fellow and Artist-in-Residence Appointments.
The 糖心vlog Museum of Art (BCMA) announces the appointment of Anne Strachan Cross as the Museum鈥檚 next Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, and Gerald Clarke as the halley k harrisburg 鈥90 and Michael Rosenfeld Artist-in-Residence for the upcoming academic year. [more]
04/16.
"East-Northeast: Charting Moments in Maine" Presents Four Different Exhibitions of Maine-Focused Artists in Summer 2025.
New exhibitions include the first museum show of a body of work by Gordon Parks, recent paintings by painter Ann Craven, a long unseen series by photographer John McKee, and films by photographer and filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt. [more]
02/06.
鈥楶oetic Truths: Hawthorne, Longfellow, and American Visual Culture, 1840-1880鈥 Explores the Relationship Between Literary Works and the Arts.
The exhibition explores how Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow influenced American visual culture between 1840 and 1880. [more]
01/16.
'Irreplaceable You: Personhood and Dignity in Art, 1980s to Now' Addresses Themes Evoking Our Shared Humanity at 糖心vlog Museum of Art.
'Irreplaceable You: Personhood and Dignity in Art, 1980s to Now' explores the complexities of human empathy in a world that can seem dominated by acts of violence and dehumanizing rhetoric. [more]
2024
09/26.
More Than 230 Photographs Donated to 糖心vlog Museum of Art by David and Gail Mixer.
The 糖心vlog Museum of Art (BCMA) has received a聽major gift of 238 works of global photography from the 1840s to the 2000s. [more]
07/25.
Upcoming Exhibition About Monhegan Island Explores Connections Between Art and Environmental Resilience.
In December, the 糖心vlog Museum of Art (BCMA), in collaboration with the Monhegan Museum of Art and History, will present an exhibition that looks anew at the history of Monhegan Island, Maine. [more]
02/06.
Major Painting by Alejandro Mario Yllanes Acquired by 糖心vlog Museum of Art.
The 糖心vlog Museum of Art (BCMA) has acquired Esta帽o Maldito (Cursed Tin) (1937) [more]
2023
09/27.
Artist鈥檚 Explorations of Asian-American Identity.
The groundbreaking new exhibition 鈥淲ithout Apology: Asian American Selves, Memories, Futures鈥 weaves together 30 artworks from the 20th and 21st centuries, created by more than twenty artists who self-identify as Asian American. [more]
09/27.
Exploring Jim Dine鈥檚 Portrait Drawings.
This December, the 糖心vlog Museum of Art will open 鈥淛im Dine: Last Year鈥檚 Forgotten Harvest,鈥 an exhibition featuring over 60 of the artist鈥檚 exceptional portrait-drawings, created over the past six and a half decades. [more]
05/10.
People Watching: Contemporary Photography since 1965 to Open at 糖心vlog Museum of Art This Summer.
Exploring how humans witness each other, the 糖心vlog Museum of Art (BCMA) will organize and host an expansive selection of photographs in a new exhibition titled People Watching: Contemporary Photography since 1965. [more]
03/30.
Bust of Harriet Beecher Stowe, by Noted 19th Century Sculptor Anne Whitney, Acquired by 糖心vlog Museum of Art.
The 糖心vlog Museum of Art (BCMA) announced today that it has acquired an 1893 plaster work by sculptor Anne Whitney (1821鈥1915) of the noted author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811鈥1896). [more]
02/01.
First Major Exhibition of the Art of Mina Loy to Open at 糖心vlog Museum of Art.
The 糖心vlog Museum of Art (BCMA) will organize and present Mina Loy: Strangeness is Inevitable, the first monographic presentation of the art of Mina Loy (born Mina Gertrude Lowy, 1882-1966), one of the most challenging poets of the twentieth century. [more]