The Waterville Public Library offers a special holiday Grab & Go kit for all ages! Starting Monday, December 13 and extending until the Winter Solstice on Tuesday, December 21 (or as along as supplies last), Waterville Public Library will be handing out kits for Paper Bag Luminaries. Each kit comes with white paper bags, a…
Seasoned and aspiring artists are invited to participate in this costumed figure drawing program. This class offers a unique opportunity for emerging and established artists to hone their drawing skills in a supportive environment. Participants bring their media of choice: charcoal, pastels, paint, clay, etc. Ticonic will provide the chairs, model, and camaraderie. All…
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 January we will…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, student guide Stella Gonzalez will lead the program focusing on Lunar negro con tatuaje (Black Moon with Tattoo) by Zilia Sánchez, located in the Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery. Talking as a…
Experience greater mind-body connection through our in-person Artful Meditation and Expressionprogram. 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…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, Kris Bergquist, Mirken Curator of Education and Engagement, will lead the program focusing on Buddhist Memorial Pillar, located in the Turner Gallery. Talking as a group about works of art can offer…
Through movement, text, audience participation, collaboration, and institutional critique, five artists will use performance to explore and challenge institutional spaces and histories. Performances take place in the galleries and public spaces of the Colby College Museum of Art. Artists in this temporary exhibition include Jensen Ghidella ’22, Domenica Gomez ’25, Sakina Mustafa ’22, Brian Vera…