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Whistler and Colby—Together in London

With Deep Colby Connections, a Whistler Retrospective is a ‘Luscious, Seductive Blockbuster’

An installation view inside a dimly lit museum gallery featuring several large, vertically framed oil portraits hung on dark blue-gray walls. Visitors stroll across the polished dark wood floors, viewing the classical paintings under soft spotlight illumination. A white doorway stands open in the center background, leading into another brightly lit gallery room.

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.

Colby Museum’s Lunder Institute for American Art Announces Lunder Institute @ 2026

Colby College Museum with Sol Lewitt wall drawing.

Meet Our 2026 Fellows

A grid of six portrait photographs of the 2026 Lunder Fellows, arranged in two rows of three. Each photo is framed in a thick black border with the artist's name listed below it, preceded by a small black play icon. Top row: Laylah Ali, a person with short hair looking directly at the camera; Maria de Los Angeles, a woman with long dark hair standing in front of a colorful, abstract painting; Demian DinéYazhi', a person with long dark hair wearing a brown hoodie and leaning their head on their hand. Bottom row: Merik Goma, a man with long dreadlocks and a wide-brimmed hat looking off-camera; Alex Jackson, a man with an afro and beard looking forward; Joshua A.M. Ross, a man with dreadlocks smiling in front of a brick wall.

Transforming the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art Journal

A woman with gray hair and glasses, wearing a long-sleeved black dress and reddish-brown boots, stands with one hand on her hip in a hallway with a red accent wall.

Student-Scholars Shine at International Art Conference

Colby College Museum of Art Launches Five-Year Whistler Studies Initiative with Tate Britain Partnership

Painting

Summer Think Tank

A group of individuals on couches in conversation

Meet Our 2025–26 Fellows

Black and white portraits of Ernest A. Bryant III, Dianne Smith, Alexandra Grant, Michael Namingha, Hannah Haynes, and william cordova against a light blue background.

A Year When Art Was Everywhere

A woman looking at an etching

Join Lunder Institute @ The Broad

Two portraits presented side by side of the two musical artists

American Art in Flux

A group of people convening for a discussion about the state of American Art in a high-ceilinged auditorium with glass windows

Lunder Institute @ Colby College Museum of Art

Jacqueline Terrassa, Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art, introduces the panelites during the Lunder Institute at Colby College Museum of Art symposium on “What is the state of American Art?” on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in Studio 1 in the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts.

Meet Our 2024–25 Fellows

Join the Lunder Institute @ the MFA

Detail of painting of Jackie Robinson by Sam Doyle

Dwayne Tomah Named a 2024 Lunder Institute Fellow

2024 Lunder Institute Fellow Dwayne Tomah

Join the Lunder Institute @ the Addison Gallery

Artwork by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Watch Lunder Institute @The Broad

Side by side photograph of Sayre Gomez, Patrick Martinez, and Angelino Lynell George.

Taking off the White Gloves: A Performance Art Series in Honor of Lorraine O’Grady

Portraits of Dominique Duroseau, M. Lamar, Tsedaye Makonnen, Nyugen E. Smith , Ayana Evans, and Eleanor Kipping