This week, join the Colby College Museum of Art to create an art project inspired by the artwork of James McNeill Whistler, currently on view at the Colby College Museum of Art’s campus location. Create a mobile or wall hanging that features pencil and watercolor sketches of the streetscapes and places you see each day—gas…
Create rainbow art squeegee art at Art in the Park! Using acrylic paint, we will create rainbows of color using squeegees, cardboard, and paper. This messy fun art is inspired by Pride celebrations around Maine and beyond. Book: Something Good by Marcy Campbell Please note the new location at Castonguay Square, the little park at…
If you have never made scratchboard art, you are in for a treat! This simple form of etching is fun for any age and all abilities. Artist and illustrator Lucky Platt will join us to bring her creative take on making a scratchboard work of art. The book Imagine A Wolf by Lucky Platt will…
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…
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