The Children’s Discovery Museum, with support provided by the Colby College Arts Office and the Colby College Museum of Art, is excited to team up with artist Veronica Perez to create beautiful interactive pieces of art to be part of the museum’s brand new exhibit hall. This workshop for children ages 8–12 will introduce children to…
The Children’s Discovery Museum, with support provided by the Colby College Arts Office and the Colby College Museum of Art, is excited to team up with artist Veronica Perez to create beautiful interactive pieces of art to be part of the museum’s brand new exhibit hall. This workshop for children ages 3–12 will introduce children…
Join an in-person tour of our special exhibitions, offered at 2 p.m. on Saturdays throughout the summer. These guided experiences will be led by staff, student interns, and our museum docents, offering highlights for each of the exhibitions, Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death, Sarah Cain: hand in hand, and Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photography Collection.
Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death, is the first public presentation of recently rediscovered drawings in which artist Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) imagines his own funeral. The artworks, made in the early 1990s, portray Wyeth’s friends, neighbors, and wife, Betsy, surrounding a coffin at the base of Kuerner’s Hill in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, a site the artist…
How does the Kennebec River sustain us? What ways of planting, cooking, and sharing food has the River made possible? Join the ARC-Hive Collective at Greene Block + Studios for a collective food and recipe storytelling event focused on our individual and communal food memories. All participants are invited to offer a recipe and share…
Join Alexandra Méndez and Serena Sanborn, a Maine Master Naturalist, for a reflective walk through Head of Falls Park. Méndez and Sanborn bring together their expertise across collective writing, the natural world, ecological restoration, and water to create a memorable experience that invites participants to contemplate the river, its pasts, properties, and futures. Field notebooks…
What future do you envision for Waterville? For the Kennebec River? Join the ARC-Hive Collective and Waterville Creates at the Farmer’s Market at Head of Falls to create your own flag for the future you imagine. Materials and instructions provided. Flags for Tomorrow is part of “A Glossary of These Waters,” a collaboratively created art…
Join us for the closing reception of No Time, Thursday, September 8, from 5:00 – 7:00pm. Curated by Maine artist, Matt Demers, the exhibition No Time explores the presence of everyday objects and figures through the work of eight Maine artists using a wide variety of media and techniques. This exhibition highlights artists and their unique…
Join us throughout the week at Greene Block + Studios for a reading group, collective conversation, and snacks. Each short reading focuses on a different facet of the Kennebec River and waterways more broadly. Topics include gender, labor, the effects of colonialism on the River, and ecology. Arrive at 6 PM for an hour of…
“A Glossary of These Waters” is a collaboratively created week of arts programs in Waterville, Maine. We’ll explore the Kennebec River and watershed, focusing on how we can engage and honor the River and her memories, properties, and futures. This week of art and reflective programs, workshops, and activities is created by the ARC-Hive Collective,…
Curated by Maine artist, Matt Demers, the exhibition No Time explores the presence of everyday objects and figures through the work of eight Maine artists using a wide variety of media and techniques. This exhibition highlights artists and their unique ability to re-imagine and re-interpret these subjects with a fresh energy and creative perspective. Participating…
Fun Activities for the Entire Family Location: North Street Community Trail (by the community garden end) 11:00-2:00 Scavenger Hunt along the trail 11:00-1:00 Free Lunch provided by Living Water Community Church 11:15 Intro to Nature Journaling with Serena Sanborn, Education and Outreach Manager at Waterville Creates Explore outdoors with a pencil in hand!…
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