Join the Colby College Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Asian Art for Whistler’s Cities, Our Cities. This program will consider artist James McNeill Whistler’s urban imagery in the context of Washington D.C. and Waterville, Maine, the two cities hosting the exhibition Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change. What …
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Whistler’s Cities, Our Cities
Fall Open House
Join the Colby College Museum of Art for our Fall Open House, an art-tastic evening of gallery tours, art projects, food and drink, and more.
We’re celebrating our current on-campus museum exhibitions—Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village, Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change, Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973–2023, Come Closer: Selections from …
Frame by Frame: Shorts by Bill Morrison
Join us for a free screening of a collection of Bill Morrison’s short films that use decaying footage. These films (which include The Film of Her and Light is Calling) bring a new perspective to Morrison’s career, spanning both film and gallery contexts.
The screening will be followed by a brief conversation with …
Works by Agnes Pelton and Edmonia Lewis Among Colby College Museum of Art’s Newest Acquisitions
WATERVILLE, Maine, July 27, 2023 – Works by groundbreaking female artists Agnes Pelton and Edmonia Lewis are key among more than 300 new acquisitions approved by the Colby College Museum of Art’s Board of Governors during the 2022–2023 academic year.
Among other notable acquisitions are a group of paintings, drawings, and works on paper …
Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts and Village Symposium
Join the Colby College Museum of Art and its Lunder Institute for American Art for a two-day symposium organized in conjunction with the Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village exhibition, on view through July 28, 2024.
Exhibition collaborators, artists, curators, and scholars will gather for a series of panel discussions on Native American art …
Allen Island Summer 2023 Retreat: Implementing Wabanaki Studies through the Arts
Hosted by the Colby College Museum of Art, Farnsworth Art Museum, and Abbe Museum
We are excited to announce the second annual Allen Island Teacher Retreat, taking place this summer July 21-23. This year, in partnership with the Farnsworth Art Museum and the Abbe Museum, we are offering a retreat-style convening on Colby …
The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Donates 186 Artworks and Objects to Museums to Honor the Artist’s Centenary
Foundation-Supported Celebrations and Commemorations in 2023-24 Begin with Gifts to the Albertina, Colby College Museum of Art, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art
NEW YORK, NY, June 1, 2023—Inaugurating its celebrations and commemorations to honor artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923 …
South End National Night Out Festival
Waterville’s South End Festival is back for its 18th year. Hosted by the South End Neighborhood Association and other community partners, this event promises to feature plenty of family fun, with food, games, live music, and community resources.
The Colby College Museum of Art will provide free ice cream from Stone Fox Farm Creamery …
Art in the Park: Nature Collage
The collage illustrations by Alma Fullerton in the book Community Soup use natural objects like sticks, leaves, and grasses. Each collage she creates has textures that can look bumpy, smooth, rough, or soft. Join us in creating your own collage with texture using natural objects.
The Colby College Museum of Art has joined forces with …
Art in the Park: Veggie Print Flags
Did you know you can make stamps out of vegetables? Inspired by the book Our Little Kitchen, we will use vegetables from the farmer’s market to carve designs and patterns for stamps. Each participant will create a vegetable print flag to bring home.
This week’s book, Our Little Kitchen, is by Jilliam Tamaki …
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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