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…

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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…

A page from "Beautiful Blackbird" by Ashley Bryan

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…

A page from "Beautiful Blackbird" by Ashley Bryan

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…

A page from "Beautiful Blackbird" by Ashley Bryan

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…

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,…

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Kate McCowan, Downtown Gallery Assistant, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Remodeled, by Paula Wilson, located in the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at Paul J. Schupf Art Center, downtown Waterville. Art Break…

Each Thursday, join us to spend thirty minutes with one work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Tessa Greene O’Brien, a Maine-based artist, curator, and Lunder Institute of American Art residential fellow, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Burning House, Night, Vertical by Lois Dodd, located in the Bernard and Barbro…

Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Karen Shi ’25, a Colby Museum student assistant, will facilitate the conversation, focusing on Winter Evening, by George Inness, located in the Osher Gallery. Art Break programs are grounded in the practice of…