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Guided Exhibition Tour

Every Friday this summer, join us on campus for an in-person tour of our current exhibitions! This week, we’ll be taking a closer look at Eastman Johnson and Maine and Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village. These guided experiences will be led by staff, student interns, and our museum educators, offering special insight …


Guided Exhibition Tour

Every Friday this summer, join us on campus for an in-person tour of our current exhibitions! This week, we’ll be taking a closer look at Eastman Johnson and Maine and Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village. These guided experiences will be led by staff, student interns, and our museum educators, offering special insight …


Guided Exhibition Tour

Every Friday this summer, join us on campus for an in-person tour of our current exhibitions! This week, we’ll be taking a closer look at Eastman Johnson and Maine and Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village. These guided experiences will be led by staff, student interns, and our museum educators, offering special insight …


Guided Exhibition Tour

Every Friday this summer, join us on campus for an in-person tour of our current exhibitions! This week, we’ll be taking a closer look at Eastman Johnson and Maine and Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village. These guided experiences will be led by staff, student interns, and our museum educators, offering special insight …


First Friday: Opening Celebration for Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson

This First Friday, join the Colby Museum to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson at Paul J. Schupf Art Center, downtown Waterville.
Kendall DeBoer, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, will share insights about the installation and the creative …


Frame by Frame: Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists

Join us for a free screening of Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists (2013, 1h 49m), a stunning documentary about a ragtag group of young artists coming onto the Chicago scene in the mid 1960s that highlights the career of Gladys Nilsson, an artist on view at the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art (right below …


Art in the Park: Rainbow Art!

Celebrate Pride Month with Waterville Creates and the talented students of Waterville Alternative High School as we come together to create vibrant rainbow art works! Join us for a free and inclusive program that welcomes individuals of all ages and skill levels to participate in spreading love and acceptance through art.
OUT Maine will also …


Guided Exhibition Tour

Our weekly summer tours are back! Join an in-person tour of our current exhibitions, Eastman Johnson and Maine and Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village. These guided experiences will be led by staff, student interns, and our museum educators, offering special insight into each exhibition.

Opening Day Exhibition Tour for Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts …


First Friday: Pride

Join the Colby College Museum of Art to celebrate Pride at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center.
Celebrate LGBTQIA+ artists in the museum’s collection with coloring pages inspired by their artwork! Also, stop by our table to grab free Museum swag, including rainbow stickers and Margaret Middleton’s Queer Possibility in the Museum booklet …


2024 Summer Luncheon

Join us for the annual Museum Summer Luncheon, a cherished tradition since the museum’s inauguration in 1959. Each July artists, educators, curators, collectors, volunteers, and dedicated friends gather together in a day-long celebration of the museum’s commitment to transforming lives through art, the contribution of artists, and the unwavering support of friends …


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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