K-12 educators, join Colby College Museum of Art staff and guest instructors for a monthly virtual meeting to have fun, spark ideas for your classroom, and create a community of practice and support. Each month, we’ll share a new set of looking activities, games, or other innovative approaches to encountering art. In December we will…

Join the Colby College Museum of Art for the first three Saturdays of December for a special guided tour of our galleries. One of the museum’s trained docents or staff will walk you through our galleries for a unique look at the permanent collection and insights into our special exhibitions Bob Thompson: This House Is…

The Waterville Public Library offers Grab & Go kits for adults and teens!  The kits will be available on the every other Friday of every month and distributed while supplies last. Each kit will contain the supplies and instructions for the current craft or activity. December’s projects are Hot Chocolate Bombs on December 10 and…

Crafternoons are fun weekly crafts for young children and their families! Join Mrs. Liz at 3PM on the Waterville Public Library’s Facebook page for instructions and a video demonstration. The kits for each craft will be available through Library to go the Monday* before the event. December 7: Popsicle Stick Olaf December 14: Paper Plate Gingerbread…

Crafternoons are fun weekly crafts for young children and their families! Join Mrs. Liz at 3PM on the Waterville Public Library’s Facebook page for instructions and a video demonstration. The kits for each craft will be available through Library to go the Monday* before the event. November 2: Paper Roll Dinosaurs November 9: Clothespin Pteranodon November…

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Join us for an afternoon filled with rare books and other formats that span six centuries and include zines, artists’ books, scrolls, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and broadsides. SC&A staff members will be on hand to share their passion for these fascinating materials, facilitate hands-on exploration, and answer questions about production, historical content, and provenance.  Special Collections…

Ticonic Gallery is thrilled to host its first members’ event in conjunction with the exhibition Shirt Stories: Frescoes by Barbara Sullivan. Artist Barbara Sullivan will discuss the specific works in this series as well as the legendary fresco medium itself, followed by an informal conversation between the artist and audience. Refreshments will be served. This…

Diana Tuite, Katz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and exhibition curator of Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine, will be one of the featured speakers at this virtual program, organized by the New York Studio School. Their Evening Lecture Series is free and open to the public, and registration for this program is available…

K-12 educators, join Colby College Museum of Art staff and guest instructors for a monthly virtual meeting to have fun, spark ideas for your classroom, and create a community of practice and support. Each month, we’ll share a new set of looking activities, games, or other innovative approaches to encountering art. In November, we will…

Spend 30 minutes with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, Student Guide Sally Kashala will lead the program focusing on The Gift by Kara Walker, located in the Cohen Gallery (part of the Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture exhibit) Talking as a group about works of…