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Arts 2010 Bates
MORE OF THE ARTS AT BATES The arts at Bates radiate well beyond their vibrant center within the academic departments and the Olin Arts Center. Reflecting the College’s essential interest in enabling students to bring their best ideas to fruition, students have a vigorous and unencumbered role in Bates arts. The Chase Hall Committee is a powerhous e among student arts organizations, offering the best in cutting-edge performance, from comedians to magicians to such musical icons as Snoop Dogg, The Roots and Gogol Bordello. The CHC also has an eye for new talent: Joan Baez came in 1961, just before her second album went gold, and an ascendant Dave Matthews Band played Bates in 1995. The work of the CHC is supported by the Student Activities Office, whose own Village Club Series for the campus community showcases emerging comics and singer-songwriters from across the musical spectrum. The Freewill Folk Society hosts monthly contradances (a traditional social dance form distinctive to the Northeast) and folk concerts. The Robinson Players are among the nation’s oldest student-run theater organizations. Working closely with the theater department, this prolific troupe’s offerings run from traditional musicals to avant-garde one-acts. Under the aegis of the Art Commons, young artists, musicians and stage performers hone their craft in the wide-open spaces of Chase Hall’s Memorial Commons. Print and Web publications provide other avenues for expression and reflection: SEED Magazine is a venue for creative work in word and image, while The Garnet has been the student literary magazine since 1922. New in 2009 was Blonde, dedicated to photography made by Bates people. Also presenting pop, rock and roots performances is the student-run radio station, WRBC-FM, whose on-air presence is a creative outlet for both Bates people and local residents — forging an important link with the Lewiston-Auburn community. Learn more: bit.ly/facebook-wrbc
Bates © Bates College Office of Communications and Media Relations 10-238 / MISC / 9/10 / 11.5M Designer: Victoria Blaine-Wallace Publisher: Camille Buch, Bates College Office of Communications and Media Relations Copy Editor: Doug Hubley, Bates College Office of Communications and Media Relations
The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series, KVF IX (detail), a 1991 serigraph by Robert Indiana.
Photographs by Phyllis Graber Jensen except where indicated. Cover: Acadian Spring, a 1990 woodcut by Charles Hewitt
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