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Colby Museum Announces Four New Team Members

The Colby College Museum of Art announced today that it has appointed four new staff members to key roles in its senior leadership and curatorial teams.
Christian Adame (he/him) will join as Mirken Director for Learning and Engagement on May 13.A member of the museum’s senior leadership team, he will set strategy …


Lunder Institute @ the Addison Gallery—Defining American Art: Then and Now

The Addison’s founding history provides a snapshot into the state—and stakes—of American art in the 1920s and 30s. Defining American Art: Then and Now is a two-part symposium that takes the Addison’s own formation as a case study to track evolving notions of American art over the last century, with …


You're Speaking My Language: Chinese & Japanese

Ready, set, あそぼう, 玩游戏, play! Come practice your Chinese and Japanese skills and converse with other art lovers in this one-hour language-based social event held at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville. Enjoy free food, music, and conversational activities in Playscape: Contemporary Art from the …


Alumni Weekend - Curator Tour of The World Outside: Louise Nevelson at Midcentury

One of the first exhibitions to explore Louise Nevelson’s sculptures and works on paper in dialogue with their historical moment, The World Outside: Louise Nevelson at Midcentury showcases the artist’s command of form and her attunement to postwar culture in the United States. It features more than sixty major artworks by Nevelson, including …


Alumni Weekend - Curator Tour of The World Outside: Louise Nevelson at Midcentury

One of the first exhibitions to explore Louise Nevelson’s sculptures and works on paper in dialogue with their historical moment, The World Outside: Louise Nevelson at Midcentury showcases the artist’s command of form and her attunement to postwar culture in the United States. It features more than sixty major artworks by Nevelson, including …


First Friday: Lunder Institute Open Studios

Get to know the current cohort of artists in residence with Lunder Institute of American Art Fellows during the Lunder Institute Open Studios event at Greene Block + Studios. Lunder Institute fellows Papay Solomon, Dominique Duroseau, and Brian Smith invite community members to visit their studios, see their in-progress work, and learn more about their …


Shape, Surface, and Form: A Printmaking Workshop with Elizabeth Jabar and Veronica Perez

Join the Colby College Museum of Art and HINGE Collaborative for a free printmaking workshop guided by two local artists: printmaker Elizabeth Jabar and sculptor Veronica Perez.
Register here.
Taking inspiration from the exhibit The World Outside: Louise Nevelson at Midcentury, workshop participants will create their own constructed and assembled prints.
One key aspect of …


First Friday: Youth Art Month

Join the Colby College Museum of Art to celebrate Youth Art Month at the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art in the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, downtown Waterville.
The Colby Museum is one of the exhibition sponsors of Youth Art Month at the Ticonic Gallery.
Enjoy complimentary refreshments in the HUB while mingling with …


Art Break: Esprit de Corpse by Jared Flood

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby College Museum of Art’s galleries. This week Glenda Winn will facilitate a conversation focusing on Esprit de Corpse by Jared Flood and his collaborators.
Art Break programs are grounded in the practice of slow looking, an educational …


Art Break: Rain Forest Wall by Louise Nevelson

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby College Museum of Art’s galleries. This week, Dominic Bellido ’24, Colby College senior and museum intern, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Rain Forest Wall by Louise Nevelson.
Art Break programs are grounded in the practice of …


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
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