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Colby Senior Exhibition Opening Reception

Join us in celebrating the opening of the 2025 Senior Exhibition on Thursday May 8, 5–7 p.m. at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center.
Remarks and awards will begin at 5 p.m. in the lobby before the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery opens to the public. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
The …


You're Speaking my Language: Russian

Join us for dinner and Russian conversation inspired by Into the Wind: American Weathervanes, an exhibition on view at the Colby Museum. Consider the rich traditions of folk art common to both Russian and American cultures, enjoy an Eastern-European meal, and practice your language skills. All levels welcome!
You’re Speaking my Language: Russian …


Summer Luncheon 2024

Saturday, July 13, 2024
Since the museum’s founding in 1959, the Colby College Museum of Art’s philanthropic community, its academic and artistic partners, and its local and regional neighbors have contributed to making the museum what it is today. As a leading academic museum a tone of the country’s preeminent liberal arts …


April First Friday!

Join us for April First Friday!
Stop by The Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center at 5:30 p.m. for a free, public curator led walk-through of Square + Triangle: Home at the Colby Museum’s Collection, closing on April 21, 2025.
Head upstairs to Maine Film …




You're Speaking my Language: Spanish

Join other Spanish speakers for lunch and conversation in the Colby Museum exhibition Radical Histories: Chicanx Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Explore the wide-ranging imagery produced by Chicanx political movements, enjoy a Mexican lunch, and connect with other language learners. All levels welcome!
This event is co-sponsored by the Colby College …


First Friday! Youth Art Month!

Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St: COME CELEBRATE YOUTH ART MONTH!
4:00–7:00 p.m. Opening Reception for Youth Art Month (grades K–5)
Enjoy food, juice boxes, swag bags for youth artists, and more!
Ticonic Gallery is delighted to partner with the Colby Arts Office at Greene Block + Studios (located …


Quill Dyeing Workshop with Jessa Rae Growing Thunder

Join us for a quill dyeing workshop with Jessa Rae Growing Thunder, a third-generation beadwork and quillwork artist from the Fort Peck Assiniboine/Sioux tribes. She is a current Fellow with the Colby College Museum of Art’s Lunder Institute of American Art.
In this workshop, participants will learn about indigenous science and will …


Art& Radical Histories: A Conversation with Claudia Zapata

Join us in conversation with Claudia Zapata, Associate Curator of Latino Art at the Blanton Museum, and curator of Radical Histories: Chicanx Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, opening on February 6, 2025 at the Colby College Museum of Art. Zapata will speak with Julianne Gilland, Deputy Director for Planning and Operations and curatorial …


Banner Image: Sanford Robinson Gifford, A Twilight in the Adirondacks, 1864, Oil on canvas, 10 1/2 in. x 18 1/2 in., The Lunder Collection, 2013.130
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