How did people first create photographs? This free workshop led by artist, Michel Droge and archeologist, Sarah Loftus, is a perfect pairing of science and art to answer this question. The cyanotype process uses paper that undergoes a chemical change when exposed to sunlight and resulting in one-of-a-kind prints! Each print uses natural objects like…
Several of the photographers represented in the Tsiaras Collection were instrumental in establishing the first programs dedicated to teaching photography in the United States. For this Art& program, Beth Finch, chief curator, and invited speakers Roz Gerstein, Gary Green, and Anthony Lee, will consider how the practice and study of photography took root in the…
Join us in Sarah Cain: hand in hand, the color-filled new exhibition in the Colby Museum lobby, for a night of fun activities curated by our student guides. Enjoy hands-on photography projects, student bands, and refreshments, including alcoholic beverages for those ages 21+ (two drink tickets per person). This event is free and open to…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, Priscilla Doel, museum docent, will lead the program, focusing on Acoma by Thomas Moran, located in the Osher Gallery.
Join the Colby College Music Department for a series of live performances in the Colby Museum galleries, featuring local and regional musicians. This program features mezzo-soprano Joëlle Morris, with Christina Spurling on piano, in a celebration of American women composers, highlighting works by early 20th century composers Florence Price and Amy Beach, as well as…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, Stella Gonzalez, student guide, will lead the program, focusing on Untitled by Alexander Calder, located in the Davis Gallery. This work is part of the exhibition, The Poetics of Atmosphere: Lorna Simpson’s…
In the complex political landscape of central India in the 16th and 17th centuries, portraits did more than simply convey a likeness of the sitter. They were produced at the court but then were disseminated to different markets and were exchanged during the course of diplomacy. Therefore, they served to also convey important aspects of…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, Christine Zheng, Mirken Family Postbaccalaureate Fellow in Museum Practice, will lead the program, focusing on Empty Head Grid by Philip Tsiaras, located in the Sally and Michael Gordon Gallery.
Practice your language skills and converse with other art lovers in these language-based social events held in the galleries of the Colby College Museum of Art. This program is designed to connect and build relationships among language learners and native speakers using art as a catalyst for conversation. This program invites speakers/ learners of Japanese,…
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…
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