Children and their caregivers are invited to join Waterville Public Library staff for a free read-aloud story time! Enjoy a reading of Ashley Bryan’s picture books and then visit the Colby Museum’s exhibition Ashley Bryan/Paula Wilson: Take the World Into Your Arms to see his artwork in person. This program is suggested for children ages…
Amanda Hilton Research Scientist, University of Arizona Food for Thought: Lecture Series Living Landscape of Loss and Love: Oliviculture in Sicily February 27, 7pm. Lovejoy 215. Free! Food highlights a living paradox: it represents the key ingredient that binds us together, yet divides us when power dynamics and privilege are at play. By shedding light…
Food and community go hand in hand. Some live to eat and others eat to live, but no matter the reasoning, food ties people together. Contribute your food stories to the Center for Book & Print’s community project: Waterville Food Stories! Be as creative as you want and submit a variety of materials such as:…
Learn about the science of food, as well as how to make and decorate some super tasty dishes in this hands-on afterschool program. Best for ages 6-9. This session runs every Tuesdays 3:30–5pm, from March 7th–April 4th. There will be a bus running from Waterville Public Schools to the museum for each session. The program…
Join the Colby College Museum of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center to celebrate the opening of Ashley Bryan/Paula Wilson: Take the World into Your Arms. The evening includes remarks, art-making, music performances, refreshments, and a children’s picture book giveaway. This program is part of the monthly First Friday offerings across downtown Waterville.…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, Marisa C. Sánchez, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow for Research and Scholarly Engagement at the Lunder Institute for American Art, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Headdress – Shadae, by Dana Claxton, located in…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Jaime McLeod, Colby Museum communications manager, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Creatures of the Fire, by Paula Wilson, located in the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at Paul J. Schupf Art Center,…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Kate McCowan, Downtown Gallery Assistant, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Remodeled, by Paula Wilson, located in the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at Paul J. Schupf Art Center, downtown Waterville. Art Break…
Each Thursday, join us to spend thirty minutes with one work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Tessa Greene O’Brien, a Maine-based artist, curator, and Lunder Institute of American Art residential fellow, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Burning House, Night, Vertical by Lois Dodd, located in the Bernard and Barbro…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Karen Shi ’25, a Colby Museum student assistant, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Winter Evening, by George Inness, located in the Osher Gallery. Art Break programs are grounded in the practice of…
Each Thursday, join us to spend thirty minutes with one work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Joshua Veilleux, Downtown Gallery Assistant, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Jojo, by Ashley Bryan, located in the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at Paul J. Schupf Art Center, downtown Waterville. Art…
Move and groove every Friday, March 3–April 7, 9:30–10:30am. Bring your little person and come find the groove in this creative movement class. The class will offer a loose and playful structure for both caregiver and child to explore yoga poses and dance moves in order to inspire a playful creative connection between each other.…
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