Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Glenda Winn, a member of the museum learners community, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Composition with Masked Forms by Jackson Pollock, located in the Gordon Gallery. Art Break programs are grounded in…
Sequins, wine bottle labels, mirrors—how do these unconventional art materials signal queerness? How do artists bring together materials that gesture towards both the joy and grief of their queer experience? Join us in the museum galleries for guided conversations about works in Come Closer: Selections from the Collection, 1978-1994. Participants will take a closer look…
Please join us to celebrate the opening of the 2023 Faculty Biennial exhibition at the Colby Museum. This exhibition features works in a diverse range of media by art department faculty members Bevin Engman, Gary Green, Amanda Lilleston, Audrey Shakespear, and Takahiro Suzuki. A public program featuring the artists in conversation will be held in…
Come join other Spanish learners in an exploration of the museum’s special exhibition, Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village. Learn about the Southwest’s histories of Spanish colonialism and ongoing Indigenous resistance on a scavenger hunt through the galleries, practice your language skills in a low-stakes setting, and enjoy food and conversation. All levels welcome!
Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Noam Reinhorn ’26, a Colby College Student, will facilitate a conversation focusing on the Final Study for The Icebergs by Frederic Edwin Church, located in the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation Gallery. Art Break…
Directed by AB Brown and Bess Welden. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is a collection of three short plays exploring the themes of girlhood and play, inspired by the Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities theme of ‘Play.’ Each play investigates the gendered, age-based, and class politics of ‘play’ and questions how play in our…
Together, a community arts project, formally launches with this event: a celebratory, experiential, and informative festivity combined with community-building. Together is designed to enable Waterville residents to share positive community experiences through art and story. 4:30-5:30pm Reception features food and refreshments provided by Bixby Chocolate Café and Wild Clover Cafe, live music performed by students and musicians…
Led by Annie Kloppenberg and Matthew Cumbie. Break, Burn, Build is a landmark in the development of movers, makers, and performers. It’s a platform for emerging dancemakers to incubate new performance work. It’s a creative laboratory to explore and expand on ideas driven by inquiry. And it’s a celebration of rigorous work, made manifest through…
The Stage at CDM Kid’s Entertainment Series is back this season! Kicking off the series of shows is Jason Tardy. You may have seen juggling, but you haven’t truly experienced it until you’ve seen the explosive, inventive, high-energy juggling of Jason Tardy! His hilarious show includes innovative choreographed juggling to music, fitting his body through…
Join museum staff and volunteers to make an apple pie to take home and bake for Thanksgiving! Families will work together to create a delicious dessert in a disposable pie-tin; which can easily be taken home and baked for the holiday. All ages welcome, but best for ages 4-10. $15 per pie 10 spots available…
You are cordially invited to attend the formal ball of our very own winter princess, prince and friends. Come dressed in your best royal attire and enjoy snacks, dancing, singing lessons, royal arts and crafts, and get a chance to meet your favorite princes and princesses! ​Tickets are $15 per attendee, ages 2 and up.…
Drop the kids off for pizza, playtime, and movies with museum staff and volunteers while you have a night to yourself! They’ll have a blast while you have a relaxing night. Ages 3 to 10 (all children must be fully toilet-trained) $20 for the first child, $10 for each additional sibling 20 spots available –…