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Lunder Institute Fellow artist E. Saffronia Downing working with clay

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Lunder Institute fellow welcoming three visitors into their studio
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Artist Lynn Daphne Rudolph performing at The Broad
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Summer Think Tank

Performance artist on her knees in a gallery in front of an audience casts her gaze upward and spreads her arms out behind her
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Audio Archive

Summer Think Tank participants convening, seated in a circle
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Past Projects, Programs, Partnerships

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Throughout its history, the Lunder Institute has organized a variety of special projects, events, and initiatives in partnership with other institutions and key collaborators.

Recent Lunder Institute News

Whistler and Colby—Together in London

An oil painting showing the side profile of a woman with long, thick auburn hair facing left. She wears a textured, loose-fitting cream or light-grey dress with vertical folds on the bodice. Her hands are loosely clasped at her waist. She stands against a backdrop featuring a dark wooden balcony or ledge in the lower left, a green landscape with trees in the middle ground, and a cloudy pale blue and grey sky above. The painting has a soft tonalist style with visible brushwork.
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With Deep Colby Connections, a Whistler Retrospective is a ‘Luscious, Seductive Blockbuster’

An oil painting on canvas rendered in a muted, atmospheric palette of greys, soft blues, and ochres. It depicts a misty river landscape under a hazy, overcast sky. In the upper right, a small dark steamboat plies the water, emitting a plume of pale smoke. The background shows a dark, silhouetted shoreline with industrial chimneys rising on the left. In the foreground, a path or bank is populated by simplified, silhouetted figures—including a couple standing near bare, slender trees on the right and a small group near the left.
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Lunder Institute Launches Audio Archive

A group of about ten people are seated in a large circle on a curved, emerald green velvet sectional sofa. They are gathered in a bright, minimalist room with light wood floors and high white walls. A large glass garage-style door on the right lets in natural light, and a projector is mounted on the ceiling. The atmosphere appears casual and collaborative; some individuals are talking and gesturing, while others listen or look at laptops. The group is dressed in relaxed, everyday clothing. A brown paper gift bag sits on the floor in the foreground.
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Colby Museum’s Lunder Institute for American Art Announces Lunder Institute @ 2026 

Colby College Museum with Sol Lewitt wall drawing.
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