Visit the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville to pick up a free seed packet, ready for planting in the spring and summer months. This offering is part of the annual Arts in Bloom Weekend. Explore your creativity with free programs scheduled throughout…

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This weekend, join us for a performance of “untitled sad piece,” sponsored by the Colby College department of performance, theater and dance, in the Colby Museum’s Boulos Gallery of the Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz. Set to songs by the 1970’s duo The Carpenters, “untitled sad piece” examines the sensation…

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Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to stop by our Art + Cart for an exploration of the painting Carnations of All Sorts by Henri Fantin-Latour. Our May activity uses this painting to explore how artists can use different materials to portray flowers and celebrate spring. Saturday Art Adventures: Art + Cart…

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Join us to celebrate the opening of our 2023 Senior Exhibition featuring works by graduating Colby studio art majors. This annual exhibition offers students the opportunity to exhibit their work and participate in the museum’s exhibition process from start to finish, representing the culminating capstone projects of their studies in painting, photography, print and digital…

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Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Maggie Libby, Curator of Digital Discovery and Engagement at Special Collections & Archives, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Sanctuary by Marguerite Zorach, located in the Upper Jette Gallery. Art Break programs are…

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Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Jillian Impastato, Mirken Coordinator of Campus and Community Collaboration, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Wall Drawing #559 by Sol LeWitt, located on the wall of the Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion. We will meet…

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Each Thursday, join us to spend time with a work of art on view in the Colby Museum’s gallery spaces. This week, Masi Ngidi-Brown, associate director of the Pugh Center, will facilitate a conversation focusing on Dancer by Dara Friedman, located in the Lower Jetté Gallery. Please note: This video contains nudity. Art Break programs…

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What is a crankie? Join artist and illustrator Lucky Platt for a hands-on program on the crankie- a unique moving panorama storytelling tool! Originating in the early 1800’s, the crankie involves two handled spools that can be ‘cranked’ to bring movement to an illustrated scroll. Celebrate the moving image at the Maine International Film Festival…

This week, join the Colby College Museum of Art to create a wearable art project inspired by the artwork of Paula Wilson currently on view in the Paul J Schupf Art Center! The artist Paula Wilson creates art that blurs the line between art and life. Inspired by her, we will create wearable art that…

This week, join the Colby College Museum of Art to create an art project inspired by the artwork of James McNeill Whistler, currently on view at the Colby College Museum of Art’s campus location. Create a mobile or wall hanging that features pencil and watercolor sketches of the streetscapes and places you see each day—gas…

Camp Brilliance: arts, activism, & fun Hardy Girls, in partnership with the Colby Arts Office, Greene Block + Studios, and Waterville Creates, will be holding Camp Brilliance, an arts and activism day camp for self-identified girls and nonbinary youth entering grades 5–8! The camp runs August 7–11, 2023, from 9am–3pm, at the Greene Block +…

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