Celebrate the humans in your circle with an art project designed by Colby College Museum of Art. More on this project soon! Book: The Circles All Around Us by Brad Montague Please note the new location as Art in the Park and the Summer reading program will be at Castonguay Square, the little park at…
Create rainbow art with us! More details on the art project coming soon. Book: Something Good by Marcy Campbell Please note the new location as Art in the Park and the Summer reading program will be at Castonguay Square, the little park at the corner of Common and Main Street!  Summer Reading Theme: “All Together…
What is a crankie? Join artist and illustrator Lucky Platt for a hands-on program on the crankie- a unique moving panorama storytelling tool! Originating in the early 1800’s, the crankie involves two handled spools that can be ‘cranked’ to bring movement to an illustrated scroll. We will make mini crankies and the book Imagine A…
Come for a walk in the woods this winter. The museum meets at the Quarry Road yurt in Waterville every Tuesday at 10:00 am for an outdoor adventure! Weekly meetups take place completely outside, are socially distanced, last about an hour, and include a walk through the trails and a simple activity. This program is…
Come for a walk in the woods with the Children’s Discovery Museum! We meets at the Quarry Road yurt every Tuesday at 10:00 for an outdoor adventure! Weekly meetups take place completely outside, are socially distanced, last about an hour, and include a walk through the trails and a simple nature-based activity. This program is…
Come Sing with us at the StoryWalk®! Saturday, September 24th, 2022, 1-3PM StoryWalk® at North St. Community Connector Trail (across from Maine General Hospital) Come see the opening of a new book for the StoryWalk®, “CHIRP! Chipmunk Sings for a Friend” by Jamie A. Swenson where we’ll have a musical guest leading sing-alongs! Guided…
Get to know the Lunder Institute for American Art Residential Fellows during the monthly Lunder Institute Open Studios at Greene Block + Studios. Joining the Lunder Institute this summer are textile artist, painter, and art educator Bryana Bibbs, the New York-based performance duo of Millie Kapp and Matt Shalzi, José Santiago Pérez, an artist and educator based in Chicago who…
Join the Colby College Museum of Art for our annual Community Day celebration. Create your own works of art with the Common Threads Art Tent, engage with looking activities in our galleries, spend time in our summer exhibitions—Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photography Collection, Sarah Cain: hand in hand, and Andrew Wyeth: Life and…
Come celebrate the start of summer and the end of the school year with the brand-new summer StoryWalk® book, There are NO MOOSE on this island! by Stephanie Calmenson! We will be taking a guided walk with Liz Davis, the Children’s Librarian, Serena Sanborn, Waterville Creates’ Education + Outreach Coordinator and Citizen Scientist, and Amarinda…
A Place for All of Us, Community Day Colby College Museum of Art Saturday July 30 12-4pm Join artists Elizabeth Jabar, Colleen Kinsella and Evelyn Wong in the Future Mothers tent for screen printing posters, bookmaking, and stamping! This workshop is part of Waterville Creates Common Threads project. Follow the link for more information on…
Sharing Your Story with Handbound Books with artist Evelyn Wong Greene Block + Studios Thursday, July 14, 6:00 – 8:00pm Learn how to make 3 softcover books: the pamphlet-bound book, the Chinese flutter book, and the Japanese Musubitoji. Tell your story through writing, stamping, and stitching with artist Evelyn Wong from Fireball Book Bindery! This…
Join Alexandra Méndez and Serena Sanborn, a Maine Master Naturalist, for a reflective walk through Head of Falls Park. Méndez and Sanborn bring together their expertise across collective writing, the natural world, ecological restoration, and water to create a memorable experience that invites participants to contemplate the river, its pasts, properties, and futures. Field notebooks…
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