Spooky Month 👻🦇 The Gossip by Elizabeth Ginno Winkler, mid 20th Century Color lithograph on paper 13 5/8 in. x 8 ¾ in. October is “Spooky Month” on campus, so all month we’re highlighting works from the collection that are spooky, ghostly, haunting, or just plain creepy.

Spooky Month 👻🦇 Ghosttown – Bodie by Charles Frederick Surendorf, ca. 1940 Linoleum engraving on paper 12 in. x 15 in. October is “Spooky Month” on campus, so all month we’re highlighting works from the collection that are spooky, ghostly, haunting, or just plain creepy.

Spooky Month 👻🦇 The Duck Ghost & Her Red Skull Eggs by Prince Twins Seven-Seven, ca. 1970 Mixed media, 34 ¼ in. x 23 ¼ in. October is “Spooky Month” on campus, so all month we’re highlighting works from the collection that are spooky, ghostly, haunting, or just plain creepy.

Spooky Month 👻🦇 Ghost Trees, Josephine Edwards Capwell, early 20th Century Oil on canvas 21 ¾ in. x 15 ½ in. October is “Spooky Month” on campus, so all month we’re highlighting works from the collection that are spooky, ghostly, haunting, or just plain creepy.

Spooky Month 👻🦇 Dark Bath by Kenjilo Nanao, ca. 1975 Lithograph on paper 18 in. x 15 1/8 in. October is “Spooky Month” on campus, so all month we’re highlighting works from the collection that are spooky, ghostly, haunting, or just plain creepy.

Happy Haunted Halloween! 👻🦇 Ina Coolbrith by Ansel Adams, early 20th Century Gelatin silver print 8 ¾ in. x 6 1/8 in. Ina Coolbrith was not only a lover of spooky cats, but also an American & Californian poet laureate and librarian.

2025 marks the 100th anniversary of MCAM! Every month we'll feature a new essay by MCAM staff reflecting upon the museum’s history. In January, Director Stephanie Hanor writes about the origins of MCAM and its many distinguished directors and faculty. loom.ly/mvKk_lA

Did you know there was once a Mills College Ceramic Guild? For February's centennial reflection, MCAM Director Stephanie Hanor writes about the Art Museum's distinguished history of experimental ceramics. loom.ly/NFLdCfM

In honor of Women’s History Month, MCAM Director Stephanie Hanor writes about the Art Museum’s long-held mission of supporting the work of women artists over its 100-year history. loom.ly/WbCke8U

Since its founding, one of the most important aspects of MCAM’s mission has been supporting student learning. As we prepare to open our last Senior Thesis Exhibition on April 6, read Director Stephanie Hanor’s essay on MCAM’s history of supporting students loom.ly/IHVJsoE

For Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Director Stephanie Hanor writes about MCAM's 100 year-history of exhibiting Asian and Asian American art. loom.ly/UVHBFwk

Happy Mother’s Day! 🌼 🌺 Read letters written by First Year Writing students Julia Cunningham, Ava Jacobsen & Ileanna Pena inspired by Anne Chamberlain’s work, Domestic Interior, seen during a class visit to MCAM’s Photography & the Specimen exhibition loom.ly/pcEVxxU

To celebrate the start of summer, #MCAM Program Director Christa Cesario reflects upon the Summer Sessions, a series of classes & workshops at Mills College from 1933-1952 that hosted internationally renowned artists on campus to teach & exhibit their work loom.ly/meOaM1k

This month, #MCAM Director Stephanie Hanor writes about the museum's role as an important center for photography since the early 1930s, a particularly rich period of photographic development in the Bay Area. loom.ly/UdM0kV0

While artworks from the #MCAM collection are researched, written about, and loaned out every year, there are certain works that prove more popular than others. Here, MCAM Program Director Christa Cesario writes about the top five. loom.ly/io41DZ4

For our September feature, MCAM Director Stephanie Hanor reflects upon the museum’s early and deep engagement with Mexican and Latin American modernist artists. loom.ly/Issqxxo

Read #MCAM Director Stephanie Hanor’s essay about one of the Mills College Art Museum’s great strengths—its large collection of prints, drawings, and watercolors dating from the 15th century to the present. loom.ly/AzXVcxk

"Car of the Future," from the 1971 Mills College Senior Thesis Exhibition, was a full-sized painted steel rod contour of a Volkswagen Beetle by student Caryn Gregg (C '72). It even made it into the Oakland Tribune edition on May 29, 1971!

Director Stephanie Hanor reflects upon MCAM’s history of prioritizing the work of living artists to build the collection and demonstrate the myriad ways artists represent and reflect our communities. loom.ly/oy873kw

For our final centennial reflection, Program Director Christa Cesario writes about MCAM’s history of hosting artists-in-residence, as well as its new collaborative fellowship with the Mills Institute.