Museum Acquisition: Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Taking Nourishment, 9, 2025 Embroidery and gouache on canvas, 36 × 312inches

Thanks to the generosity of a private donor and the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Sarah Bouchard Gallery is PLEASED to announce the acquisition of five works from our recent exhibition ‘Every Infinitesimal Thought,’ co-curated with Kate Russo, by the BCMA.

It is an honor to have these works in the permanent collection Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Works include:
CECILIA CHARLTON
under the cloud of passing time, which flows endlessly, constantly spinning its thread, rarely golden, often leaden [purple-yellow psychic portal]
39.5” x 35.5”
Hand-embroidered wool yarn on cotton canvas over cedar panel, 24-carat gold leaf
2024

JULIE COCKBURN
Small Cable Car
6.5” x 10”
Hand embroidery on collages found photographs
2025

KATE RUSSO
Emma’s Room
5.8” x 8.3”
Thread, graphite, and colored pencil on graph paper
2024

AMANDA VALDEZ
Taking Nourishment 9
36” x 32”
Embroidery and gouache on canvas
2025