How can we bring our own memories and experiences to our interpretation of art? How can queerness be a creative tool for observing and connecting with the world? Join us for a night of exploring queerness in art in the Colby Museum galleries. Participants will engage in facilitated discussions in the exhibition Alex Katz: Repetitions…

Esopus Magazine was an alternative arts publication that helped realize the visions of artists such as Jenny Holzer, Kerry James Marshall, and Marilyn Minter. Join Tod Lippy, the magazine’s founder, and Chris Young, its printer, in a conversation on the process behind creating a magazine that continually pushed the boundaries of what was possible in…

Join the fun at the Colby Museum’s Thursday Art Party, co-hosted by the Colby College Student Government Association. Get creative as you decorate your own mug inspired by art on view at the museum. Enjoy Grey December’s set in the lobby and hear the Colby 8 perform in the galleries. We’ve got refreshments covered, including…

Each Thursday at 12:30pm! Join us to spend thirty minutes with one work of art on view in the Colby College Museum of Art’s galleries. Art Break is grounded in the practice of slow looking, an educational approach that asks people to give patient, immersive attention to a work of art as a way to…

Crafternoons for March at Waterville Public Library

Crafternoons are fun weekly crafts for young children and their families! Come to the Children’s Room between 2:30 and 4pm to make the craft with help from library staff! 3/5:  Sam I Am Puppet 3/12:  Lucky Rainbow Twirler 3/19:  Sugar Shack Craft 3/26:  Spring Scratch Art FB: https://www.facebook.com/watervillelibrary/ Take pictures of the results and share…

Homeschool students who are pre-school through elementary grade levels* are invited to come to the library for fun and activities! 3/7: Dr. Seuss Read-a-Thon 3/14: LEGOs with Friends 3/21: Spring Lamb Craft 3/28: Interview a Librarian *The Bartlett Room for Teens is available for older siblings! Questions? Call 207-872-5433 or email [email protected].

Examples of Grab & Go crafts

Pick up Grab & Go kits for adults and teens at Waterville Public Library anytime after 2Ppm every other Friday, for so long as supplies last. Each kit will contain the supplies and instructions for the current craft or activity. February’s projects are Sock Hamsters on March 8, Felt Pocket Monsters on March 22, and…

Come celebrate with us! This culminating event for the Together project opens with a reception including music from Elm City Music and family activities from the Children’s Discovery Museum of Central Maine, followed by a 1:30pm program featuring collaborative dancemaker Matthew Cumbie and Together partners from Educare Central Maine, Greene Block + Studios, High Hopes…