Join the Colby College Museum of Art for the first three Saturdays of December for a special guided tour of our galleries. One of the museum’s trained docents or staff will walk you through our galleries for a unique look at the permanent collection and insights into our special exhibitions Bob Thompson: This House Is…
The 2021 Faculty Biennial features works in a diverse range of media explored by art department faculty members Bradley Borthwick, Bevin Engman, Gary Green, Amanda Lilleston, and Garry Mitchell. The Colby Museum is free and open to all, Tuesday–Sunday. Plan your visit today.
A dual citizen of the United States and the Republic of Ireland, Barbara Sullivan was inspired by her paternal grandparents’ migration to the United States in the late 19th century to find work as they sought new opportunities for themselves and their family. Barbara initiated the Shirt Stories series in 2018 at the Tyrone Guthrie…
Spend just 30 minutes with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum galleries. This week, we’ll focus on the work Peasant Mother and Child in the exhibition, Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt. Talking as a group about works of art can offer us new ways to see the world, pose difficult questions,…
Join Daniel Harkett, associate professor of art at Colby College, and exhibition co-curators Justin McCann and Shalini Le Gall for a virtual conversation about Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt. This conversation will delve into the themes of the exhibition, offering a better understanding of Mary Cassatt’s printmaking process and the role of women and…
Join the Colby College Museum of Art every Saturday throughout September for a special guided tour of our galleries. One of the museum’s trained docents or staff will walk you through our galleries for a unique look at the permanent collection and insights into our special exhibitions, Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt and…
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…
Celebrate the opening of the Colby College Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt. Join Justin McCann, Lunder Curator for Whistler Studies, for a virtual tour exploring the key themes of the exhibition, happening live on the Colby Museum Facebook page.
The Colby College Museum of Art is excited to welcome the public back into their galleries starting on Friday, June 4, right in time for the final weekend of the special exhibition Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948–1960, which the Boston Globe describes as “a revelation.” In addition, visitors can enjoy art from the…
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