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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 …

… the Colby Museum collection. She will draw on a chapter of her recent book, Temporary Monuments, in which she discusses the artists’ lives, works, and legacy in Maine in the context of America’s racial enterprise.
Rebecca Zorach teaches in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University, with affiliations in programs in American Studies …

The Whitney Museum of American Art presents an afternoon of discussion reflecting on the category of American art today through the lens of museum collecting and artistic practices today. The conversations will explore how exhibition making can propel new art historical narratives and how artists can inspire audiences to understand American art and history from …

… 3:30-3:35 – Welcome (Peter Bruun)
3:35-3:55 – Portraits of Young Waterville Artists Performances by three Waterville artists (Julia Badaraco, John Logan, and Jonas Maines), followed by reflections on their paths as performers in Waterville and their hopes for the new generation of creative energy in Waterville.
3:55-4:05 – Recognizing …

UPDATE: Please notice that this event has been rescheduled from April 4 due to inclement weather.

How does a seemingly simple idea take shape and become a magazine described in the New York Times as “a thing of lavish, eccentric beauty?”
Esopus Magazine was an alternative arts publication that helped realize the visions of artists …

… Sayre Gomez + Patrick Martinez + Lynell George, the first Un-Private Collection conversation of 2024. Featuring Desire, Knowledge, and Hope (with Smog) exhibition artists Sayre Gomez and Patrick Martinez, and moderated by noted author and native Angelino Lynell George. Gomez and Martinez’s paintings are emblematic of a new generation of artists using the visual language …

Examine the state of American art through the lens of radical imagining and collective care. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, in collaboration with the Colby College Museum of Art’s Lunder Institute for American Art, present an afternoon of discussion featuring artists, curators, and interpretation specialists. Together, we will explore the responsibility of …

… first exhibitions to explore Louise Nevelson’s midcentury sculptures and works on paper in dialogue with their historical moment—and delve into the artist’s ties to Maine and the significance of the Pine Tree State in her art.
This a 60-minute virtual program will be hosted via Zoom. Please register here. A recording …

… This program is part of the monthly First Friday offerings across downtown Waterville, at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street.
5-7 pm: Art-Making Activity—“When Something Becomes Something Else: Let the Gourd Times Roll.” Located in the Taconic Classroom, 1st floor of Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street …