Join us on the first and third Thursday of each month for Art Break, a slow-looking session with a work on view in the Colby College Museum of Art. This week, Kate Hunter, Arts Office Program Manager, will lead a conversation on Gertrude Abercrombie’s Search for Rest. Image: Gertrude Abercrombie, Search for Rest, (Nile River),…

Celebrate the opening of Mαwte: Bound Together and enjoy catering from Smokey’s BBQ! Join us at 5:30pm for an introduction to the show by the exhibition’s curators and artists. The Penobscot word mαwte (mαw tteh) means “it is together.” Ideas of togetherness and interconnection shape both the artworks and the curatorial process behind this group exhibition…

Join on the first and third Thursday of each month during the academic semesters for Art Break, a program that invites you to slow down and spend time with a single work of art from the Colby College Museum of Art’s galleries. This week, Sae Gleba, Mirken Family Postbaccalaureate Fellow in Museum Practice, will guide…

Gertrude Abercrombie’s close circle of queer friends and artists deeply influenced her painting’s subjects and motifs, and inspired her famous parties that lasted into the night. For this edition of Art Queeries, the Colby Museum pays homage to her ‘continuous gatherings’ by exploring her paintings through a queer lens with facilitated conversations by Christian Adame,…

Join us on the first and third Thursday of each month during the academic semesters to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby College Museum of Art’s galleries. This week, Bridget R. Cooks, scholar and curator of American art, will facilitate a conversation in the new exhibition, Is anything the…

Art Break programs are 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 make connections and create meaning for yourself. These looking experiences are facilitated by museum staff, interns, community collaborators, and special guests. This week, Kendall…

Join the museum on the first and third Thursday of each month during the academic semesters to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby College Museum of Art’s galleries. This week, Ashton Wesner, assistant professor of Science, Technology & Society, will facilitate a conversation on Untitled Basket by Sarah Sockbeson.…

Art Break programs are 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 make connections and create meaning for yourself. These looking experiences are facilitated by museum staff, interns, community collaborators, and special guests. This week, Sarah…