Ten studio art majors have completed their semester-long senior seminar, which resulted in an exhibition in the Peeler Art Center. “These students spent a year working on their own original ideas ...

Art is such a beautiful demonstration of freedom of expression, and Detroit’s Fall of Freedom show reminded me exactly why.

The issues may have changed, but the urgency to respond through art is nothing new. The origins of art as a profession — and as subversion — are deeply connected to systems of power. "The money was ...

We sit down with Professor Mia Nakamura, from Kyushu University’s Faculty of Design to discuss the transformative power of the arts for promoting social inclusion My journey began during my graduate ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs offers those who served an array of resources, but even veterans might be surprised to hear about the VA’s annual Creative Arts Festival. The festival, which is both ...

The film "Right On Be Free" emphasizes the importance of art and community in the African American experience. It calls for black individuals to engage with their heritage through artistic expression, ...

Although no one in the film hatches an elaborate plan to break beyond prison walls, “Sing Sing” is in its own way about an escape. Director Greg Kwedar’s potential awards season favorite starring ...

For Carol Chase Bjerke ’65, time spent at Bates set the stage for her artistic career. Carol was a visual artist and educator whose work is anchored in her love of mountains and rock walls, ...

Discover the power of juxtaposition, a literary and artistic technique placing contrasting elements side-by-side to create ...

I sometimes feel I’m in a daily struggle not to become a shallower version of myself. The first driver of shallowization is technology, the way it shrinks attention span, fills the day with tempting ...