Practice a series of gentle yoga poses inspired by artworks in the Colby Museum galleries. Our virtual Artful Movements sessions begin with a deeper look at an artwork, followed by yoga and meditation led by Kathleen Leisure Haberstock of School Street Yoga. In January, our theme of Let’s Reflect is inspired by Sister by Elizabeth Catlett. Artful Movements is part of the museum’s wellness…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we will focus on Cathedral by Bob Thompson, located in the Lower Jetté Gallery. This is the last week of the Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine exhibition, which closes on Sunday, January 9. Talking as a group…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we will focus on Return from the Cross by Henry Ossawa Tanner, located in the De Ferrari Gallery. Talking as a group about works of art can offer us new ways to see the world, pose…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we will focus on Muhammad Ali, Miami Beach, Florida, by Gordon Parks, located in the Upper Jetté Gallery. This is the opening day for the exhibition, Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photography Collection, which includes…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we will focus on The Residual by Julie Mehretu, located in the Davis Gallery. This is the opening day for the exhibition, A Poetics of Atmosphere: Lorna Simpson’s Cloudscape and Other Works from the Collection, which includes…
Practice a series of gentle yoga poses inspired by artworks in the Colby Museum galleries. Our virtual Artful Movements sessions begin with a deeper look at an artwork, followed by yoga and meditation led by Kathleen Leisure Haberstock of School Street Yoga. Watch the program on this event page or on our Facebook. In February, our theme of Let’s Keep Going…
NOTE: Due to the increase in COVID-19 transmissions, we have transformed this in-person experience into a live virtual workshop, using the Zoom meeting format. Experience greater mind-body connection through our in-person Artful Meditation and Expression program. Participants will join art therapist Bodhi Simpson in a guided meditation session in the Colby Museum galleries, followed by an…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we will focus on Souvenir 1 (Queen Victoria) by Hew Locke, located in the Gladys Brooks Foundation Gallery. Talking as a group about works of art can offer us new ways to see the…
Artists have long been preoccupied with the sky; through depictions of the atmosphere, they elicit new understandings of corporeality and transcendence. The Poetics of Atmosphere: Lorna Simpson’s Cloudscape and Other Works from the Collection presents Lorna Simpson’s video Cloudscape (2004) in dialogue with selected works from the Colby Museum’s permanent collection that reference weightlessness and presence through…
K-12 educators, join Colby College Museum of Art staff and guest instructors for a monthly virtual meeting to have fun, spark ideas for your classroom, and create a community of practice and support. Each month, we’ll share a new set of looking activities, games, or other innovative approaches to encountering art. In January we will…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, student guide Stella Gonzalez will lead the program focusing on Lunar negro con tatuaje (Black Moon with Tattoo) by Zilia Sánchez, located in the Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery. Talking as a…
Experience greater mind-body connection through our in-person Artful Meditation and Expressionprogram. Participants will join art therapist Bodhi Simpson in a guided meditation session in the Colby Museum galleries, followed by an art making experience in our Mirken Education Center. This offering will support your personal comfort with creative expression, increase self-awareness, and offer simple tools to…
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