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PLAY! Seminar

PLAY! Seminar – The Affective Properties of Images within the Power of Play: The Last Physician of Images, American Artist and Critic
The Last Physician of Images is the founder and host of the online forum and discussion series “Criticism and Value,” a forum for sharing experimental essays about art, criticism, and hosting live public conversations …


Frame by Frame: Mary Cassatt

Join us for a free screening of Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman (2023, 1h 33m), a new feature-length documentary that introduces viewers to the Impressionist artist whose depictions of women demonstrated a major shift in the way women were depicted in art. Before the film, hear Elisa Germán, Lunder Curator of Works on …


You're Speaking my Language: Italian

Practice your language skills, enjoy refreshments, and converse with other art lovers in this one-hour language-based social events held in the galleries of the Colby College Museum of Art. This program is designed to connect and build relationships among language learners and native speakers using art as a catalyst for conversation. Co-sponsored …


Thursday Art Party

Join the fun at the Colby Museum’s Thursday Art Party on October 24th from 6-8pm. Get creative as you decorate a tote bag with stamps inspired by one of our current exhibitions: Surface Tension: Etchings from the Collection. Enjoy music from [Fleeting Noise Orchestra] in the lobby and hear the Mayflower Chill perform …


You're Speaking my Language: French

Join other French learners for a museum salon. Enjoy refreshments, connect with other French speakers, and practice your language skills in the galleries. This program is designed to connect and build relationships among language learners and native speakers using art as a catalyst for conversation. Co-sponsored by the Colby College French and Italian Studies …


Into the Windlyn: Post Pardon: The Opera in the Museum

To develop Post Pardon: The Opera, choreographer Laurel Jenkins has invited Maine-based dancers Katherine Ferrier, Annie Kloppenberg, and Liz Mulkey to create “wind scores” in response to the exhibition Into the Wind: American Weathervanes at the Colby College Museum of Art. Cellist Robin Lane and poet-librettist Arisa White will accompany the two thirty …


Into the Windlyn: Post Pardon, The Opera in the Museum

To develop Post Pardon: The Opera, choreographer Laurel Jenkins has invited Maine-based dancers Katherine Ferrier, Annie Kloppenberg, and Liz Mulkey to create “wind scores” in response to the exhibition Into the Wind: American Weathervanes at the Colby College Museum of Art. Cellist Robin Lane and poet-librettist Arisa White will accompany the two thirty …


Art Break: The Mask by Kay Sage

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby College Museum of Art’s galleries. This week, Christian Adame, the Mirken Director of Learning and Engagement, will facilitate a conversation focusing on The Mask by Kay Sage.
Art Break programs are grounded in the practice of slow …


Art Break: The Payment of Judas by Romare Bearden

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby College Museum of Art’s galleries. This week, Sae Gelba, the Mirken Family Postbaccalaureate Fellow in Museum Practice, will facilitate a conversation focusing on The Payment of Judas by Romare Bearden.
Art Break programs are grounded in the …


Art Break: Girl on Bed in London by Joan Brown

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby College Museum of Art’s galleries. This week, Kendall deBoer, the Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Girl on Bed in London by Joan Brown.
Art Break programs are grounded in …


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
Works in the museum's collection are presented with basic information consisting of artist, date and media. When available, an image of the artwork is displayed. Images are presented as a fair use educational resource and commercial use is strictly prohibited. To request an image, please contact [email protected].