Join weathervanes historian and collector Larry Kassman in conversation with Lunder Curator for American Art Sarah Humphreville as they discuss the artistic processes and historical significance of the weathervanes on view in Into the Wind: American Weathervanes. Larry Kassman, Colby ’69, has been collecting and studying weathervanes for over 45 years.
This conversation will take …
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Into the Wind: American Weathervanes with Larry Kassman
You're Speaking my Language: Chinese
Celebrate Lunar New Year at the museum by making lanterns and practicing Chinese! Local artist Evelyn Wong of Fireball Bookbindery will facilitate an artmaking workshop in English, with Mandarin instructions provided. Enjoy refreshments, connect with other language learners, and welcome the New Year with art. Open to Chinese speakers of all levels.
Co-sponsored by …
Art Break: Retrato de lo eterno (Portrait of the Eternal; Woman Combing Her Hair)
by Manuel Álvarez Bravo
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, Elisa Germán, the Lunder Curator of Works on Paper and Whistler Studies, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Retrato de lo eterno (Portrait of the Eternal; Woman Combing Her Hair …
Art Break: I Am Somebody: Together We Are Strong (by unidentified artist)
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, Virginia Lopez-Anido, the Coordinator of Community and Visitor Engagement, will facilitate a conversation focusing on I Am Somebody: Together We Are Strong.
Art Break programs are grounded in the …
Art Queeries
The word “reflection” can refer to the mirror images we see on shiny surfaces or to the process of thinking back on the past. How can we think about queerness with both of these definitions in mind?
Free and open to all, join us for a night of reflecting on queerness in art at the …
Art Break: Laburnum Tree by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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, Danae Lagoy, Museum Art Preparator, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Laburnum Tree by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
Art Break programs are grounded in the practice of slow looking, an educational …
Art Break: Durand's Homage to the Mohawks by Kay WalkingStick
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, Sarah Humphreville, the Lunder Curator of American Art, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Durand’s Homage to the Mohawks by Kay WalkingStick.
Art Break programs are grounded in the …
Art Break: La Llorona Desperately Seeking Coyolxauhqui by Alma Lopez
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, Angela Gallegos, the Academic Engagement Intern, will facilitate a conversation focusing on La Llorona Desperately Seeking Coyolxauhqui by Alma Lopez
Art Break programs are grounded in the practice of slow …
Art Break: Folded Plate with Houses by Sascha Brastoff
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, Christopher Richards, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Folded Plate with Houses by Sascha Brastoff.
Art Break programs are grounded in the practice of slow …
Art Break: Five Argentinas and Casserole by Fabián Cereijido
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, Gussie Weiss, the Anne Lunder Leland Curatorial Fellow, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Five Argentinas and Casserole by Fabián Cerejido.
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