Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, Kris Bergquist, Mirken Curator of Education and Engagement, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Vale of Kashmir by Robert S. Duncanson, located in Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Gallery. Art Break is a program that…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, Sally Kashala ’23, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on The Spinners by Thomas Hart Benton, located in the Booth Ferris Foundation Gallery. Art Break is a program that is based on the practice of…
Practice your language skills and converse with other art lovers. This program is designed to connect and build relationships among language learners and native speakers using art as a catalyst for conversation. Come join us for a scavenger hunt to explore the galleries and practice your target language! Speakers of Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, German, Russian,…
This program will feature traditional shakuhachi pieces performed by a shakuhachi grand master Hanzaburo Araki, and contemporary works for modern flute inspired by the rich tradition of the shakuhachi. The performance will highlight the deep and ancient traditions of the Japanese shakuhachi, a bamboo end-blown flute, and how these traditions have influenced contemporary compositions for the…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, Marisa C. Sánchez, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow for Research and Scholarly Engagement at the Lunder Institute for American Art, will facilitate the conversation in Time and Tide Flow Wide: The Collection in Context, 1959-1973. For…
Gather live in Ostrove Auditorium for a virtual-talk and Q&A with Oscar Santillán, who will deliver the 2022 Miles and Katharine Culbertson Prentice Distinguished Lecture. The artist will speak about his practice and introduce the research and work that he will be doing at Colby College during the 2022–23 academic year. The livestreamed talk and…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, Jillian Impastato, Mirken Coordinator of Campus and Community Collaboration, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Cascade VIII by Louise Nevelson, located in the Sally and Michael Gordon Gallery. Art Break is grounded in the…
Join us for a virtual program featuring the artist Sarah Cain in conversation with Beth Finch, the curator of hand in hand, Cain’s current exhibition in the William D. Adams Gallery. They will discuss how Cain realized this extraordinary painting installation, her inspirations for it, and the interplay between her studio practice and site-responsive projects. A…
Practice a series of gentle yoga poses inspired by artworks in the Alex Katz: Theater and Dance exhibition, now on view at the Colby College Museum of Art. Our Let Art Inspire: Yoga in the Galleries sessions begin with a deeper look at an artwork, followed by yoga and meditation led by Kathleen Leisure Haberstock of School Street Yoga. This…
This First Friday Greene Block + Studios will be filled to the brim with multidisciplinary arts experiences, free and open to all! Starting at 5 pm, enjoy Songs From Here, a concert of classical songs composed and performed by Maine-based musicians and writers 6:30 pm – 8 pm: Make risograph prints in the Center for…
Join us at The Stage at CDM for a performance with Michael Menes. A delightful and inspiring show for children of all ages! Michael’s Awesome Juggling & Variety Show features dazzling acts to upbeat music, fun audience participation, zany illusions, and hilarious comedy. Tickets are $10 per person, or $40 for a bundle of 5…
Join the Colby College Department of Art for The James M. Carpenter Lecture: Serving History with Faux Food and Artists’ Games: Works by Angela Lorenz, on Tuesday, November 1st at 5 p.m. in the Given Auditorium, Bixler Art and Music Center. Angela Lorenz, a visual artist whose interests are voraciously polymathic, will be presenting the…
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