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Summer Luncheon

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Carolyn Muzzy Director Jacqueline Terrassa in conversation with artist Katherine Bradford on a stage at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Artists and curators gather to cut a ribbon in front of the doors to the Upper Jetté Gallery, which includes the Imagining Archipelagos exhibition.
  • Members of the Eastman family smiling for a photo in front of Henri Matisse's "Océanie, le ciel".
  • Carolyn Muzzy Director Jacqueline Terrassa embraces former director Sharon Corwin.
  • Michelle Lasser and Susan Klein smile for a photo as they walk arm in arm.
  • Guests of the summer luncheon seated in an auditorium as Carolyn Muzzy Director Jacqueline Terrassa speaks at the podium.
  • Carolyn Muzzy Director Jacqueline Terrassa in conversation with artist Katherine Bradford on a stage at the Summer Luncheon.
  • A group of guests at the Summer Luncheon smile for a photo in front of the Miller Library building at Colby College.
  • Sherri Athanasia in conversation with guests at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Artist Daniel Minter in conversation with two other guests at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Paula Lunder and Rob Radloff smile for a photo at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Two people enter an embrace at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Two people smile for a photo at the Summer Luncheon.
  • A group of Summer Luncheon attendees smile for a photo in front of the Miller Library at Colby College.
  • A group of Summer Luncheon attendees smile for a photo in front of the Miller Library at Colby College.
  • A group of people smile for a photo at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Jim Ffrench and President David A. Greene shake hands by the podium at the Summer Luncheon.
  • President David A. Greene speaking at the podium at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Guests clapping at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Carolyn Muzzy Director Jacqueline Terrassa speaking at the podium at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Artist Katherine Bradford speaking at the podium at the Summer Luncheon.
  • President David A. Greene and guests at their tables at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Two people shake hands at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Two people smile for the camera at the Summer Luncheon. The person on the left holds a white circular object.
  • A group of people smile for the camera at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Four people smile for a photo at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Two people smile for a photo at the Summer Luncheon.
  • A group of people smile for a photo at the Summer Luncheon.
  • Two people smiling for a photo on a pathwalk.
  • People walking up a path to the Colby College Museum of Art.
  • View of the Colby College Museum of Art building and the garden at its entrance.
  • Four artists smiling for a photo in front of a wall with the exhibition title, "Imagining an Archipelago: Art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Their Diasporas".
  • Three artists smiling for a photo at a reception in the museum lobby.
  • A group of people smiling for a photo in the museum lobby.
  • Two people smiling for a photo at a reception in the museum lobby. Their name tags read, "Jeff DiSandro" and "Mary DiSandro".

2026 LUNCHEON BENEFACTORS

Luminary | $25,000

Visionary | $15,000+

Leader | $10,000–14,999

Partner | $5,000–9,999

Supporter | $2,500–4,999

Friend | $1,000–2,499

Contributors

We appreciate the philanthropic contributions made through today’s event. These include gifts in support of the Colby Museum’s mission and its commitment to access for all, as well as gifts in support of artist, educator, and partner tickets.

Gifts $500+

Gifts up to $499

Ticket Supporters

ro Adams and Lauren Sterling; Anonymous (43); Phil Alexandre and Aliza Nisenbaum; Courtney Bassett; Susan Jane Belton and David Belton; Jana Benitez; Jacob Billiar, Tilton Gallery; Jean Bird; Jenny and Deedie Finney Boylan; John and Irene Bush; Gail Catharine and John Bertuzzi; Maxine and William Coleman; Sean Collins; Daphne Cummings; Bret Dixon; Dowling Walsh Gallery; Melanie Essex; Farnsworth Art Museum; Gretchen Faulkner; James E. Fell, Jr.; The Ffrench Family; Beth Finch; Fred Fisher; Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen; Jessica Gandolf; Carly Glovinski; Ellen Golden; Karen E. Haas and Greg Heins; Corey Hascall; Tanja Hollander; Nicholas Holmes; Eric and Sharyn Hopkins; Rhianne Irving; Larry and Janice Kassman; Brittany Canniff Kimball; Lydia F. Kimball; Allan and Paula Landau; Judy G. Lauder; Shalini Le Gall; Joe Logan; Helene and Matt Lorentzen; Marjorie J. Lunder; Mr. and Mrs. Lance Mahaney; Michael Mansfield, President Maine Media Workshops; Rosemary McNeely, KHR McNeely Family Foundation; Wendy Miller; Mary and Kenny Nelson; Sunne Savage Neuman; Susan Newbold; Ginny Newell; Lia Newman; Ogunquit Museum of American Art; Sean Padgett and Ann Margaret White; Kirsten and Dwight Poler; Rachel Portesi and Eric Aho; Portland Museum of Art; Kristina Powell; Nina Rayer; Hilary Robbins; Stillman Rockefeller; Anne Roosevelt; Richard Russell and Thomas Ouellette; Sarah Bouchard Gallery; Ruth and Ken Scheer; Tobi Leanna Schneider & Steven Neumeister; Earle Shettleworth; Robert Solomon; Peter Soriano; Isabel Swift and Steven Phillips; Martha Tedeschi and Michael Lukasiewicz; Richard Uchida and Nancy Hale-Uchida; Paula Volent; Waterville Creates; Craig and Carolyn Watson; and Katie Ziglar and Dickinson Miller.

Program

Katherine Bradford in conversation with Jacqueline Terrassa, Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art.

A first look at the museum’s summer exhibition, Imagining an Archipelago: Art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Their Diasporas. This immersive presentation connects generations across oceans through approximately fifty contemporary artworks by more than forty artists.

A chance to see Alex Katz | Out of Sight: A Drawing Survey, the first major exhibition in more than three decades to focus on Katz’s drawings, discover the latest rotations in our collection galleries, and visit the museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville to see By Design: The Worlds of Betsy James Wyeth.

Honorees

Katherine Bradford

Barbara L. Alfond and Theodore B. Alfond

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Information about the awards and previous recipients.

2025 Museum Summer Luncheon recap.