Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we will focus on Muhammad Ali, Miami Beach, Florida, by Gordon Parks, located in the Upper Jetté Gallery. This is the opening day for the exhibition, Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photography Collection, which includes…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we will focus on The Residual by Julie Mehretu, located in the Davis Gallery. This is the opening day for the exhibition, A Poetics of Atmosphere: Lorna Simpson’s Cloudscape and Other Works from the Collection, which includes…
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 on this event page or on our Facebook. In February, our theme of Let’s Keep Going…
NOTE: Due to the increase in COVID-19 transmissions, we have transformed this in-person experience into a live virtual workshop, using the Zoom meeting format. 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…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we will focus on Souvenir 1 (Queen Victoria) by Hew Locke, located in the Gladys Brooks Foundation Gallery. Talking as a group about works of art can offer us new ways to see the…
Artists have long been preoccupied with the sky; through depictions of the atmosphere, they elicit new understandings of corporeality and transcendence. The Poetics of Atmosphere: Lorna Simpson’s Cloudscape and Other Works from the Collection presents Lorna Simpson’s video Cloudscape (2004) in dialogue with selected works from the Colby Museum’s permanent collection that reference weightlessness and presence through…
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…
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