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Aesthetic Harmonies: Whistler in Context

… art. Aesthetic Harmonies thus constructs a history of modern art through Whistler’s diverse practices, philosophies, and influences. This exhibition is curated by Associate Professor of Art Tanya Sheehan and the students in AR497 (Fall 2014); Maria Bowe ’15, Catherine Maguire ’15, Caroline Pelham ’17, Francesca Soriano ’16, Veronica Vesnaver ’15, and Marina Wells ’15.

Staff and Board of Governors

… LL.D. ’05
James A. Ffrench ’85,
Michael L. Gordon ’66
Carolyn Greene
Geoffrey L. Hargadon
Séan Alonzo Harris
Bree Jeppson ’93
Marjorie J. Lunder
Lisa Marie Marin
Lynn J. McKinley-Grant ’69
John A. Pelosi
Matthew Rubin
Theresa Secord, D.F.A. ’21
Jennifer A. Seeman ’92
Nikki Vanasse
Andy Verzosa
Will Whitney ’16 …

Colby College Museum of Art to Open New Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion This Weekend

… Foundation; Alex Katz: A Matter of Light, featuring 48 prints, drawings, and paintings by Alex Katz from the permanent collection; “A Thing Alive”: Modern Views from the Marin Collections, offering works from the museum’s extraordinarily rich holdings of John Marin’s work, shown alongside contemporaneous photographs from the Norma B. Marin Photography Collection; American …

Colby Museum to Celebrate Reopening with Community Day, July 14

… In addition to The Lunder Collection, the museum will present Spaces and Places: Chinese Art from the Lunder-Colville Collection and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; “A Thing Alive”: Modern Views from the Marin Collections; Nowhere But Here: Art From the Alex Katz Foundation; Alex Katz: A Matter of Light; American Weathervanes from a

Expanded Colby College Museum of Art to Open with Seven Exhibitions

… renowned Chinese art collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
On view from July 13 through Sept. 29, 2013, “A Thing Alive”: Modern Views from the Marin Collections features work by artist John Marin, a trained architect who expressed the cityscape and landscape through gestural, unrestrained line and color. Writing in 1913, Marin declared …

Photography Dominates Colby College Museum of Art This Summer

… citywide impact of Detroit’s industrial decline and the gradual encroachment of nature on the city most associated with American mobility.
Celebrating a Gift: The Norma B. Marin Photography Collection
Through October 2
Norma B. Marin began collecting photographs in 1970, gradually acquiring works by such major practitioners as Berenice Abbott, Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams …

Colby Museum to Celebrate Art Museum Day May 18 

… range of writers—scholars, curators, critics and artists—are paired with reproductions of pieces from the collection: James Cuno on Henri Fantin-Latour, Rackstraw Downes on John Marin, Alex Katz on Winslow Homer and Richard Hell on Joe Brainard, for example. Participation by AAMD member museums emphasizes the lasting impact art museums have on their …

Making and Breaking! “Home” Plates Workshop

Making and Breaking! “Home” plates workshop:
In this community workshop, given in conjunction with the exhibition Square + Triangle: Home in the Colby Museum’s Collection, participants can create a “home plate” object. They will build a personal version of a good home by collaging paper squares and triangles, scrabble letters, keys and other hardware, scraps …

Cupid's Concert with Valentine Making

Join the Colby Museum on February 13th for an evening of love songs and art making to celebrate Valentine’s Day. A cappella groups including the Colby Eight, Mayflower Chill, the Megs, and the Colbyettes will serenade gallery guests from 4 to 5pm. Immediately following, all are invited for a Valentine-making activity and sweet …

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].