ArtCenter College of Design presents Dorr Bothwell: In Her Mind’s Eye, a major exhibition celebrating the extraordinary life and work of California Surrealist artist, designer and educator Dorr Bothwell (1902–2000). Co-organized by the Frances Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, the exhibition will be on view from October 24, 2026, through April 24, 2027, in the College’s flagship space, the Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, and at the Loeb Art Center in Poughkeepsie, New York in summer 2027. In Her Mind’s Eye marks the first comprehensive survey of Bothwell’s work.

Nearly 20 years in the making, Dorr Bothwell: In Her Mind’s Eye features more than 100 works spanning six decades of Bothwell’s artistic practice and representing the breadth of her oeuvre. Focusing on her paintings and prints while also highlighting her work as a West Coast designer, the exhibition includes paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics, textiles and selected ephemera, demonstrating the artist’s lifelong creative practice and her independence as a creative force.