Colby students, faculty, and staff, be sure to stop by the museum welcome desk to pick up an art kit packed with art supplies and instructions for a project inspired by Maya Lin‘s environmentally-themed works of art at the museum and the celebration of Earth Day in April. The art kits are designed …
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Create-It Kits for Colby: Earth Connection
What Is Missing?: Get Involved
Maya Lin, 2020-21 senior fellow at the Lunder Institute for American Art and world-renowned artist, designer, and environmentalist, has invited people around the world to collect personal narratives about the natural world and be part of the What is Missing? project.
Designed by Maya Lin as her “last memorial,” What is Missing? is …
Jessamine Batario Named Linde Family Foundation Curator of Academic Engagement
… where she has led innovative work to engage Colby students and faculty in collaborative scholarly and creative projects with Lunder Institute visiting artists and research fellows, including Maya Lin.
As Linde Family Foundation Curator of Academic Engagement, she will advance the teaching mission of the museum by serving as a liaison to Colby’s academic …
Thursday Art Party
… ask a Student Guide for must-see art recommendation
CREATE your own work of art, using the Create-It Kit: Earth Connections, inspired by the art of Maya Lin
NOSH on brownies, hot chocolate, and seltzers
LISTEN to music, inspired by art on view; bring your headphones or earbuds to listen to our Spotify Student …
What is Missing? Virtual Information Session
… Missing?, artist Maya Lin’s “last memorial.” This project involves creating science-based artworks that include stories about environmental changes witnessed in the places where we live. Maya Lin is a Lunder Institute senior fellow during the 2020–21 academic year. Museum staff will explain how anyone can contribute to Lin’s “map of memories …
Colby College Museum of Art acquires Jacob Lawrence’s The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture print series
… Isamu Noguchi, and Alma Thomas. The museum also maintains a significant collection of contemporary American art, including works by Alex Katz, Richard Serra, Agnes Martin, Sol LeWitt, Maya Lin, Kara Walker, Elizabeth Murray, Martin Puryear, Terry Winters, and Julie Mehretu. Other principal areas of the collection include Greek and Roman antiquities, European prints and drawings …
Artful Healing
… Artful Healing offering is inspired by Richmond Barthé’s Inner Music (c. 1956). Watch now!
Time to Flow
This month’s Artful Healing offering is inspired by Maya Lin’s Pin River-Kissimmee (2008). Watch now!
Time to Let Go
This month’s Artful Healing offering is inspired by Martin Puryear’s Up and Over …
Artful Meditation
… the help of Richmond Barthé’s Inner Music (c. 1956). Watch now!
Time to Flow
In this session, we’ll ground our thoughts with the help of Maya Lin’s Pin River-Kissimmee (2008). Watch now!
Time to Let Go
In this session, we’ll ground our thoughts with the help of Martin Puryear’s …
Artful Movements
… Barthé’s Inner Music (c. 1956), and will explore Natarajasana (Dancer Pose). Watch now!
Time to Flow
In this Artful Movements session, we will be inspired by Maya Lin’s Pin River-Kissimmee (2008), and will explore bhujangasana (cobra pose). Watch now!
Time to Let Go
In this Artful Movements session, we will be inspired …
Artful Healing: Time to Flow
During this Artful Healing offering, we will come together to learn how to enter into the state of “flow” through the creative process. This month’s artwork Pin River-Kissimmee, created by artist Maya Lin, invites in the element of water and the metaphor of the expansive, flowing river. Flow state is a common experience …
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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