Spend 30 minutes with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we’ll focus on The Defenders by Rosalyn Drexler, located in our Sally and Michael Gordon Gallery. Talking as a group about works of art can offer us new ways to see the world, pose difficult questions, get us…
Get the know the art practices of the Lunder Institute of American Art Residential Fellows with the monthly Lunder Institute Open Studios at Greene Block + Studios. Meet Julia Arredondo, E. Saffronia Downing, Veronica Perez, and Adriane Herman at this event, which is free and open to all.
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…
Join this hands-on, in-person workshop inspired by the artist Mary Cassatt’s creative experimentation with the printmaking process. Participants will spend time looking at her prints in the exhibition, Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt, and then move to an Art Department studio space where Adriane Herman, Lunder Institute for American Art Residential Fellow, will…
Join this hands-on, in-person workshop inspired by the artist Mary Cassatt’s creative experimentation with the printmaking process. Participants will spend time looking at her prints in the exhibition, Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt, and then move to an Art Department studio space where Adriane Herman, Lunder Institute for American Art Residential Fellow, will…
Join us for a virtual conversation about two ground-breaking exhibitions on view this fall in New England museums. Like many American painters of his generation, Bob Thompson (1937–1966) sought inspiration in mythological subjects. In Thompson’s case, this meant reinterpreting compositions such as Titian’s Perseus and Andromeda (1554–56), which is currently on view in the United…
Join us for a conversation that delves into how art can empower social justice work. We’ll hear from educators and artists who center a Bob Thompson painting in Project Reset, a diversion program based in the New York City area in which participants can attend an arts program as an alternative to appearing in court.…
Enjoy an evening of performances, art-making projects, gallery experiences, and refreshments in celebration of three Colby Museum exhibitions now on view—Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt, Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine, and Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture. This event is free and open to all. art Join in a variety of…
Join the Colby College Museum of Art every Saturday throughout October 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, Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt, Bob…
Join the Colby College Music Department for a series of live performances in the Colby Museum galleries, featuring local and regional musicians. This program, titled Suites, Sonatas, and Standards, features Peter Bloom on flute and Mark Leighton on guitar performing a chamber-jazz excursion from the salons of Paris, Vienna, and São Paulo to the nightclubs…
Spend 30 minutes with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we’ll focus on the work To Preserve their Freedom by Jacob Lawrence from our special exhibition, Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture. Talking as a group about works of art can offer us new ways to see…
Presented by the Colby Museum’s Lunder Institute for American Art Dread Scott imagines a world free of oppression and exploitation, with resistance and liberation at the forefront. During this talk, the artist will present a range of work from the past 30 years that address themes of American identity and patriotism, including the criminalization of…
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