Join us for an in-person poetry workshop with Arisa White, assistant professor of English and creative writing at Colby College. Participants will engage with the exhibition Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine, spending time with multiple works of art before arranging, mixing, and remixing their own words to reflect the pattern and mood of one…
Elm City Small Press Fest is a community event that focuses on independent publishing in the Maine region. The event highlights contemporary print and publishing culture while activating conversations around creative labor and commerce as viable artistic practices. The goal of the fest is to inform attendees of contemporary creative publishing while stimulating and promoting…
Elm City Small Press Fest is a community event that focuses on independent publishing in the Maine region. The event highlights contemporary print and publishing culture while activating conversations around creative labor and commerce as viable artistic practices. The goal of the fest is to inform attendees of contemporary creative publishing while stimulating and promoting…
Please join us for an opening reception for the Faculty Biennial exhibition, from 5:30–7 p.m. at the Colby Museum. The 2021 Faculty Biennial features works in a diverse range of media explored by art department faculty members Bradley Borthwick, Bevin Engman, Gary Green, Amanda Lilleston, and Garry Mitchell. The exhibition will be on view through…
Join the Colby College Music Department for a series of live performances in the Colby Museum galleries, featuring local and regional musicians. This program features the Duane Edwards Trio in a jazz and modern music performance, with selections from Edwards’ first album, Time Machine, new material from a forthcoming record, Birds, and improvisational arrangements of…
Get the know the art practices of the Lunder Institute of American Art Residential Fellows during the monthly Lunder Institute Open Studios at Greene Block + Studios. Meet Julia Arredondo, E. Saffronia Downing, Veronica Perez, and Adriane Herman. Free and open to all. Simultaneously, enjoy the first day of programming with the Elm City Small…
Join Lunder Institute residential fellow Julia Arredondo for Solon Morning Session #1, a non-denominational, sonic offering to the the South Solon Meeting House. The interior of this unique historic structure is covered in fresco paintings created in the 1950s by artists affiliated with the Skowhegan School of Painting. Solon Morning Session #1 aims to stand in…
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 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…
The 2021 Faculty Biennial features works in a diverse range of media explored by art department faculty members Bradley Borthwick, Bevin Engman, Gary Green, Amanda Lilleston, and Garry Mitchell. The Colby Museum is free and open to all, Tuesday–Sunday. Plan your visit today.Â
The general public is invited to attend this event virtually on Tuesday, October 26, at 6:00 p.m. Click on this link to view the event: https://www.colby.edu/livestream/. Dr. Ater’s lecture considers the efforts of two small colleges in the United States to memorialize the slave past through the built environment and the natural landscape. This event…
Spend 30 minutes with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we’ll focus on a group of works, Vessel #21, Vessel #5, and Vessel #2 by Theaster Gates, located in the William D. Adams Gallery (Lobby). Talking as a group about works of art can offer us new ways…
Spend 30 minutes with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we’ll focus on a group of new acquisitions, Untitled by Carmen Herrera. Talking as a group about works of art can offer us new ways to see the world, pose difficult questions, get us in touch with our emotions,…
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