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 our event page or Facebook. In March, our theme of Let’s Be Present is…
Join the Colby College Music Department for a series of live performances in the Colby Museum galleries, featuring local and regional musicians. For this program, members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, joined by Colby faculty member Yuri Funahashi, will present a chamber music program featuring works by Fauré, and others.
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 to support…
For March’s First Friday, join Lunder Institute Residential Fellow Veronica Perez and their co-organizer Stacey Tran for an evening of art, music and poetry focusing on Black and Brown voices from Maine. Stemming from Perez’s developing sculptural work composed of hair and storytelling, this event invites audiences to consider their own intimate experiences of identity…
Intellectual exchange between thinkers within and beyond the Caribbean archipelago has long informed the modes of resistance in the region. These connections have influenced the works of writers such as Langston Hughes from the United States, Nicolás Guillén from Cuba, Luis Palés Matos from Puerto Rico, and Aimé Césaire from Martinique, among others. Join us…
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 March we will…
Please note: Due to the increase in Covid-19 transmissions, this month’s program will be held virtually via Zoom. To receive the link to join this free program and learn about the materials you will need to gather or request, please register here. If you are having problems or have questions, please email Kris Bergquist or…
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…
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