Arts in Bloom weekend Join us for a fun and creative celebration of spring! Kicking off with May’s First Friday festivities, this year’s Arts in Bloom is a multi-day affair featuring art making, live music, movies, story walks, giveaways and more. Presented in partnership with community partners, activities will be held in locations throughout Waterville.…
Create rainbow art squeegee art at Art in the Park! Using acrylic paint, we will create rainbows of color using squeegees, cardboard, and paper. This messy fun art is inspired by Pride celebrations around Maine and beyond. Book: Something Good by Marcy Campbell Please note the new location at Castonguay Square, the little park at…
This simple form of etching is fun for any age and all abilities. Artist and illustrator Lucky Platt will bring her creative take on making a scratchboard work of art. The book Imagine A Wolf by Lucky Platt will be read aloud by the Waterville Public Library; this book is a part of the Great…
Join us for a conversation between multidisciplinary artist Genevieve Gaignard, a spring 2023 resident fellow at the Lunder Institute for American Art, and Jon Gray, multidisciplinary curator and co-founder of the culinary collective Ghetto Gastro. As longtime friends and colleagues, Gaignard and Gray each work through their respective practices on “Changing the Conversation,” seeking to shift social…
Practice your language skills and converse with other art lovers! Come join us for a scavenger hunt at the Colby College Museum of Art and enjoy some snacks from Jin Yuan, a local Chinese restaurant. Languages included will be Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. There will be a special prize for…
Children and their caregivers are invited to join Waterville Public Library staff for a free read-aloud story time! Enjoy a reading of Ashley Bryan’s picture books and then visit the Colby Museum’s exhibition Ashley Bryan/Paula Wilson: Take the World Into Your Arms to see his artwork in person. This program is suggested for children ages…
Children and their caregivers are invited to join Waterville Public Library staff for a free read-aloud story time! Enjoy a reading of Ashley Bryan’s picture books and then visit the Colby Museum’s exhibition Ashley Bryan/Paula Wilson: Take the World Into Your Arms to see his artwork in person. This program is suggested for children ages…
Children and their caregivers are invited to join Waterville Public Library staff for a free read-aloud story time! Enjoy a reading of Ashley Bryan’s picture books and then visit the Colby Museum’s exhibition Ashley Bryan/Paula Wilson: Take the World Into Your Arms to see his artwork in person. This program is suggested for children ages…
Join the Colby College Museum of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center to celebrate the opening of Ashley Bryan/Paula Wilson: Take the World into Your Arms. The evening includes remarks, art-making, music performances, refreshments, and a children’s picture book giveaway. This program is part of the monthly First Friday offerings across downtown Waterville.…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the galleries at the Colby Museum. This week, Marisa C. Sánchez, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow for Research and Scholarly Engagement at the Lunder Institute for American Art, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Headdress – Shadae, by Dana Claxton, located in…
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Jaime McLeod, Colby Museum communications manager, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Creatures of the Fire, by Paula Wilson, located in the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at Paul J. Schupf Art Center,…
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