{"id":3276,"date":"2025-04-15T16:57:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/?page_id=3276"},"modified":"2025-05-10T14:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T14:51:53","slug":"l-c-bates-summer-exhibition-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/l-c-bates-summer-exhibition-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"L.C. Bates Summer Exhibition 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gardens<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Welcome Words \u2013 V\u00e9ronique Plesch, Professor, Colby College<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The L.C. Bates Museum is an extraordinary encyclopedic museum with a focus on the natural world. Nestled among the trails, fields, and grounds of Good Will-Hinckley, it was conceived as an integral part of the educational vision of its founder. Since 2010, I have had the pleasure of supervising two Colby students in a curatorial practicum in which they curate the L.C. Bates Museum’s annual summer exhibition. As is the tradition and in keeping with the Museum’s collections, this year\u2019s theme engages with the natural world gathers artists from Maine or with ties to the state and who work in a range of media and styles. For our student curators, this represents a unique opportunity to experience all the aspects of the organization of an exhibition. It is an honor to be able to contribute to the true gem that is the L.C. Bates Museum and to showcase Maine\u2019s vibrant art community. I would like to seize the opportunity to thank the Museum and its director, Lyndell Bade, for offering Colby students this transformative experience and to Colby College\u2019s Center for the Arts and Humanities for their support of the opening reception\u2019s catering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viewing the Exhibition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To view each artist\u2019s submission alongside their statement, click on the names of the artists listed below. To return to the gallery, click the \u201creturn to gallery\u201d button at the bottom of the page. To view all of the works in the exhibition, scroll down below the list of artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To navigate the gallery, click on the images to view a larger image. Navigate between works in the gallery by clicking the arrow buttons on the right and left sides of the images. To close the gallery and return to this page, click the small X<\/em> button in the upper right corner of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gardens<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gardens, orchards, and backyards exist at the intersection of the natural and the human world. In them, we cultivate vegetables and fruit to provide sustenance, herbs to enhance cooking and improve health, and flowers to bring colorful bouquets inside homes. Both work and leisure, gardening is in sync with the cycles of the planet and teaches values such as patience. A successful garden is grounded in a profound understanding of a place\u2019s climate, of the chemistry of the soil, and of complex interactions between flora and fauna. Since times immemorial, gardens have inspired artists, who have painted still lives and bouquets and who have exploited the symbolism of plants. But gardens are not only the domain of humans, for they receive the visit of wildlife\u2014whether they are welcomed or not. And that\u2019s the beauty of art: artists may be inspired by a destructive pest! We invited artists to contribute artwork that captures gardens, their symbolism, design, and contents, the people who care for them, and the fauna that visits it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of Artists<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Nancy Barron<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louise Bourne<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Branca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asher Briant<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robin Brooks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophie Cangelosi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lois Dodd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Daly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeff Epstein<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Frus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy Glassman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cig Harvey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maggie Libby<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amanda Lilleston<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dean McCrillis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abbott Meader<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Valerie Mendelson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ed Nadeau<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tessa Greene O’Brien<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christine Olson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daphne Pulsifer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellen Roberts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barbara Sullivan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy Wissemann-Widrig<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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VIEW PAST EXHIBITIONS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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