Our once-a-month Family Storytime is special for a host of reasons this month! CORRECTION: Lucky Platt is no longer able to attend, but we’re looking forward to seeing her this summer at future events! The launch event is still happening, with guided walks exploring our newest StoryWalk® book, Imagine a Wolf by Lucky Platt! Come…
What is a crankie? Join artist and illustrator Lucky Platt for a hands-on program on the crankie- a unique moving panorama storytelling tool! Originating in the early 1800’s, the crankie involves two handled spools that can be ‘cranked’ to bring movement to an illustrated scroll. Celebrate the moving image at the Maine International Film Festival…
This week, join the Colby College Museum of Art to create a wearable art project inspired by the artwork of Paula Wilson currently on view in the Paul J Schupf Art Center! The artist Paula Wilson creates art that blurs the line between art and life. Inspired by her, we will create wearable art that…
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…
This simple form of etching is fun for any age and all abilities. Artist and illustrator Lucky Platt will bring her creative take on making a scratchboard work of art. The book Imagine A Wolf by Lucky Platt will be read aloud by the Waterville Public Library; this book is a part of the Great…
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…
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