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. September 7: Paper Plate Chicken September 14: Paper Guitar Collage …
Sgraffito is an ancient form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a layer of contrasting color. In this hands-on and playful class, ceramic artist Tim Christensen will guide you through etching on clay. Each participant will create an etched vessel to bring home with them! For ages 12 and up. No…
Practice a series of gentle yoga poses inspired by artworks in the Colby College Museum of Art 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. The program will premiere on the Colby Museum event page,…
Experience greater mind-body connection through this Colby Museum 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…
Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine is the first museum exhibition devoted to artist Bob Thompson (1937–1966) in over twenty years. It traces Thompson’s brief but prolific career, examining his inventiveness while also inviting viewers to reflect on what it means to bear witness, explore questions of justice, and consider the relationship between individual and…
Experience the Colby College Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt. Drawn primarily from The Lunder Collection, the show highlights Cassatt’s creative process and her fearless experimentation. Born into an upper-class family in Pennsylvania, she trained as an artist at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and then undertook further…
The Waterville Public Library offers Grab & Go kits for adults and teens! The kits will be available on the every other Friday of each month and distributed while supplies last. Each kit will contain the supplies and instructions for the current craft or activity. Instruction videos for the kits, if needed, will also be…
The Waterville Public Library offers Grab & Go kits for adults and teens! The kits will be available on the every other Friday of each month and distributed while supplies last. Each kit will contain the supplies and instructions for the current craft or activity. Instruction videos for the kits, if needed, will also be…
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. August 3: Paper Plate Moose August 10: Cardboard Tube Bear…
The Waterville Public Library offers Grab & Go kits for adults and teens! The kits will be available on the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month and distributed while supplies last. Since July is a longer month, we’ll have a bonus kits on the 5th Friday, too! Each kit will contain the supplies and instructions…
As part of the Colby Museum’s Community Day on Saturday, July 31st, Lunder Institute Resident Fellow and “Experience Broker” Adriane Herman is orchestrating her 4th Emotional Value Auction from 12-4 p.m. in the Museum lobby. This non-monetized auction is grounded in reciprocity, allowing participants to pass along something that might be challenging to release to an appreciative…
Potters explore new shapes and designs with Maine in Mind. Central Maine Clay Artists offer artistic and functional designs that allow you to take Maine with you. Each of the clay artists has their identifiable style but with this show they are exploring new shapes and designs that gather inspiration from the state that offers…