Bates College art graduate works on a series of self portraits in her studio. Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen When Grace Smith visited colleges four years ago, she happened to show up at Bates College the day the senior thesis exhibition opened in the campus museum. She was impressed the museum showed respect to graduating seniors by displaying their work and treating them as professional artists, and decided that day to enroll. "I was so inspired by the opportunity for studio majors to show their work in the museum," she said. That's why she is so disappointed that she and her peers won't have that same experience, because of the coronavirus. Instead of a museum exhibition, they get an online exhibition , which is on view until June 7. The exhibition shows the work of 15 graduating seniors, and includes artist statements and a downloadable exhibition brochure. It's a nice online display, and Smith said she was grateful for the effort of the art dep