Teaching in the Museum
The Colby College Museum of Art invites faculty members to collaborate with museum staff on academic engagements to bring students into our galleries for experiential learning and transdisciplinary dialogue. With more than 10,000 objects in our collection, we are able to support a range of disciplines and accommodate varied curricular needs. Faculty members have access to our permanent collection, special exhibitions, the Landay Teaching Gallery, Davis Art Archives, and Lunder Institute fellows in residence. Museum staff collaborate with faculty to schedule class visits, select objects to suit course content, develop lesson plans and student assignments, and arrange engagements with artists and scholars at the Lunder Institute for American Art.
If you are interested in an academic engagement for your course, please contact Jessamine Batario, Linde Family Foundation Curator of Academic Engagement, or Phoebe Zipper, Linde Family Foundation Educator for College Audiences.
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Guidelines for Class Visits
Current exhibitions
The Landay Teaching Gallery
The Landay Teaching Gallery supports the Museum’s teaching mission by providing a dedicated space for the study of works of art for courses across the Colby College curriculum. Faculty may request an installation of works in the collection that are not currently on display for the public.
If you would like to schedule a curricular installation in the Landay Teaching Gallery and/or consult with a museum staff member on selecting artworks for installation, please contact Phoebe Zipper, Linde Family Foundation Educator for College Audiences.
Guidelines for the Landay Teaching Gallery
Davis Art Archives
Faculty and students researching a particular work in the collection may request access to the museum archives. Appointments to view museum records and object files must be scheduled two weeks prior to the desired visit date. To schedule an appointment, please contact Jenna Buckingham, Collection Access Coordinator.
Guidelines for the Davis Art Archives
Lunder Institute for American Art
Artists, scholars, and arts practitioners in residence at the Lunder Institute for American Art often engage with Colby courses, through class and/or studio visits, workshops, or other long-term creative and research projects. To inquire about possibilities for engagement, please contact Siera Hyte, Lunder Institute Manager of Programs and Fellowships.
Sharing our Knowledge
The museum invites Colby courses engaging in long-term research or creative projects related to our collection, special exhibitions, and Lunder Institute fellows in residence to contribute to our collective knowledge. Project documentation may be submitted for inclusion in the object files in the Davis Art Archives. Essays, interviews, creative writing, and multimedia projects may be submitted for publication in The Lantern, the Museum’s digital magazine. The Museum also organizes public programs each semester to feature student projects.
To discuss publishing opportunities in The Lantern, please contact Augusta Weiss, Anne Lunder Leland Curatorial Fellow.
To submit materials for inclusion in the Davis Art Archives, please contact Jenna Buckingham, Collection Access Coordinator.
To explore possibilities for a public academic program, please contact Jessamine Batario, Linde Family Foundation Curator of Academic Engagement.