Bates Museum of Art Podcast
1) #19 - Live at Life Drawing
Peter visits the museum's weekly life drawing session to interview local artists Joel Babb, Anita Clearfield, and Joe Klofas. Topics include challenges of drawing from a live model, the role of the lo...Show More
2) #18: Meet Our Director w/Dan Mills
Peter sits down with the museum's Director, Dan Mills, to discuss his career in museums as well as past and upcoming exhibitions. Topics include the many roles of a director, what it takes to connect ...Show More
3) #17 - Collection Deep Dive w/Student Interns
Peter joins Julia Neumann '25, Simone Obregon '27, Owen Haddad '25, Carley Freund '26, and Kevin Duong '25 to talk about their semester at the museum and collections research. Topics include the recen...Show More
4) #16 - NSK and the Absurdity of Power
Peter sits down with returning guests Samantha Sigmon and Clara Kennedy to explore the museum's new exhibition, Neue Slowenische Kunst | Monumental Spectacular. Topics include totalitarianism, parody,...Show More
5) Arthur Rothstein, the FSA, and the Ethics of Documentary Photography
In 1936, Arthur Rothstein created the black and white photograph, Migrant Family Oklahoma, which depicts a family of six in front of their car. Through his lens, Rothstein captured the realities of mi...Show More
6) Ming Zhou: Untitled (1)
In this episode, Olivia Torrington ‘27 and Leo Silverman ‘27 analyze the composition and impact of the 2002 documentary photograph titled Untitled (1), taken in China by Chinese photographer Ming Zhou...Show More
7) You Can’t Become What You Can’t Accurately See: An Investigation into Blackness in Documentary Photography
In this podcast, we delve into a photograph by Larry Fink from the Harlem Youth Congressional School Collection. Taken in February of 1964, this image depicts a well-dressed Black man delivering a spe...Show More
8) Consequences of Conflict
This podcast explores the photographer Ernst Haas and his photograph Homecoming Prisoner taken in 1948. Through visual analysis and critical thinking, we will attempt to unearth the photographs' meani...Show More
9) Serena Williams, Key Biscaayne, Florida
Most of us know Serena Williams to be one of the most accomplished female tennis stars or athletes known in the US. But how do we, as outsiders of her personal life, truly view her? This image, “Seren...Show More
10) Walker Evans, the FSA, and the Politics of the 1930s
In this podcast, we explore Walker Evans’ work with the Farm Security Administration (FSA), specifically his photograph Store with false front. Vicinity of Selma, Alabama. We engage with Roy Stryker’s...Show More