Sarah Cain: hand in hand, Colby College Museum of Art, 2022. Photo by Luc Demers.
Join us for a year-end celebration of our Let Art Inspire programs—Artful Movements and Artful Meditation and Expression. Both programs are part of the museum’s wellness initiative, which includes a variety of programs that connect mind, body, and art in innovative ways.
Enjoy a day of relaxation and rejuvenation with creative activities, yoga, ice cream, and more. This event is free and open to all.
Let Art Inspire Year-End Celebration Full Program
Saturday, April 30th, 1–4 p.m.
ICE CREAM!
Mayflower Hill Drive/Bixler Pathway
Enjoy a scoop of Stone Fox Farm Creamery’s delicious premium Maine-made ice cream.
Let’s Create
Stradley Terrace
Create a beautiful self-care vessel using scratchboard paper and photography with Bodhi Simpson and Lisa Wheeler. This vessel will serve as a reminder to create space for daily self compassion.
Let’s Remember
William D. Adams Gallery/Lobby
Use our instant cameras to take photographs of your friends and family or print photos instantly from your phone. Learn about how you can get involved with the Picturing Our Community engagement project.
Set Your Intention
Paul J. Schupf Sculpture Court
Choose an inspirational word that describes a goal, dream, or action that will help you become your best self. Handstamp it on a wearable daily intention bracelet.
Let’s Reflect
William D. Adams Gallery/Lobby
Pick out a colorful, handmade notebook, and take a moment to sit down and do some journaling with our prompts. As you journal, take some time to reflect on how you feel in this space—an on-site installation, hand in hand, by the artist Sarah Cain.
Let’s Discover
Upper and Lower Jetté Galleries
Join the student guides in a mindful scavenger hunt to help you slow down and look carefully at details of works featured in the special exhibition, Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photography Collection.
Artful Movements
Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz
Join Kathleen Haberstock and Brenda Colfer for a calming yoga practice and sound bath that will restore and revitalize. Release tension from problem areas with gentle movement, practice yogic breathing techniques and meditation, and lie in restorative yoga poses while the healing sound bath washes over us. The goal is to leave feeling more relaxed and at ease.
We will have three sessions of yoga classes that will start at 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:15 pm. The classes will have about twenty minutes of movement & then 10-15 minutes of meditation, breath work & restorative yoga.
Note: Museum staff will direct participants to the pre-set yoga mats in the gallery space, placed in locations that help keep the art safe. Cleaning materials will be provided.
Let’s Bloom
Paul J. Schupf Sculpture Court
Make seed bombs with members of the Museum Student Advisory Board (MSAB). Choose the spot where you toss it carefully—find a place in your yard, or the yard of a friend or family member.
Note: In case of inclement weather, art-making activities taking place on the Stradley Terrace and Paul J. Schupf Sculpture Court. will be modified and moved to indoor locations.
Sun & Games
Front of Museum
Enjoy the sunshine with some classic lawn games—cornhole and giant Jenga©.