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Come join other Spanish learners in an exploration of the museum’s special exhibition, Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village. Learn about the Southwest’s histories of Spanish colonialism and ongoing Indigenous resistance on a scavenger hunt through the galleries, practice your language skills in a low-stakes setting, and enjoy food and conversation. All …

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, José G. Martínez, an assistant professor of music at Colby College, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Wild Girl by Bill Morrison, located in the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main …

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Glenda Winn, a member of the museum learners community, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Composition with Masked Forms by Jackson Pollock, located in the Gordon Gallery.
Art Break programs are grounded …

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Beth Finch, head curator, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Section by Terry Winters, located in the Lower Jette Gallery.
Art Break programs are grounded in the practice of slow looking, an …

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Sarah Humperville, Lunder Curator of American Art, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Being by Agnes Pelton, located in the Upper Jetté Gallery.
Art Break programs are grounded in the practice of …

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Noam Reinhorn ’26, a Colby College Student, will facilitate a conversation focusing on the Final Study for The Icebergs by Frederic Edwin Church, located in the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation Gallery.
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Autumn is a time of both beauty and decay. Join us for an evening that explores seasonal change through a hands-on activity focused on compostable, fall-inspired outdoor art. There will also be snacks, a storytime reading and giveaway, and a free showing of Bill Morrison’s film Decasia (2002) at the Maine Film …

During the Civil War era, artists from the U.S. traveled far and wide to paint sublime landscapes. Perhaps the most famous of these artists was Frederic Edwin Church, whose destinations included the frigid and otherworldly Arctic.
How did U.S. viewers make sense of Church’s strange pictures of ice? Maggie Cao, professor of …

Get to know the Lunder Institute for American Art Resident Fellows during and visit their work spaces at the Greene Block + Studios.
Lunder Institute resident fellowships provide artists with spacious studios as well as opportunities for collaboration with Colby College faculty, students, staff, and the Waterville community. The program, encompasses artists at all stages of …

Learn about Sol LeWitt, an artist who made huge drawings on walls, and then make your own art (on slightly smaller walls). After School Art Club is a program of the Ticonic Gallery + Studios, in collaboration with other area organizations. The Colby Museum joins forces with them to present this week’s program.
About Afterschool …