Please join us at Beam Classroom in the Visual Arts Center for “Making Art Work: Spindleworks and its Legacy” with Melissa Warak, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of El Paso, Texas and “Curiosity Cabinets to All Species Parade: Flipping the Script on Museums + Disability” with Jonathan Walz, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of American Art at the Columbus Museum.

Talks to be followed by a panel with Anne Collins Goodyear, exhibition Co-Curator and former Co-Director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Celebrating Independence! 50 Years of Spindleworks, 1976-2026 on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art through August 16, 2026.
 

Bowdoin College is committed to providing an accessible and welcoming environment. Please contact the Events Office (events@bowdoin.edu or 207-725-3433) with any questions regarding the accessibility of this event and/or to request accommodations. Please note: some accommodations require advance notice and may require documentation of a disabling condition.

Photos: (left) Courtesy Melissa Warak, (right) Courtesy Jonathan Walz.