Get to know the Lunder Institute for American Art Residential Fellows during the monthly Lunder Institute Open Studios at Greene Block + Studios. Joining the Lunder Institute this summer are textile artist, painter, and art educator Bryana Bibbs, the New York-based performance duo of Millie Kapp and Matt Shalzi, José Santiago Pérez, an artist and educator based in Chicago who…

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Join the Colby College Museum of Art for our annual Community Day celebration. Create your own works of art with the Common Threads Art Tent, engage with looking activities in our galleries, spend time in our summer exhibitions—Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photography Collection, Sarah Cain: hand in hand, and Andrew Wyeth: Life and…

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evening event at Greene Block and Studios view from outside with colorful lights inside

  Kick off your Friday night in downtown Waterville with resident jazz ensemble, led by Jake Hickey. Stop in between 5 pm – 7 pm for music and community. Performer Bios: Jake Hickey is a jazz pianist, jazz organists, and composer. Jake holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Loyola University New Orleans. At Loyola…

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evening event at Greene Block and Studios view from outside with colorful lights inside

  Kick off your Friday night in downtown Waterville with resident jazz ensemble, led by Jake Hickey. Stop in between 5 pm – 7 pm for music and community. Performer Bios: Jake Hickey is a jazz pianist, jazz organists, and composer. Jake holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Loyola University New Orleans. At Loyola…

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evening event at Greene Block and Studios view from outside with colorful lights inside

  Kick off your Friday night in downtown Waterville with resident jazz ensemble, led by Jake Hickey. Stop in between 5 pm – 7 pm for music and community. Performer Bios: Jake Hickey is a jazz pianist, jazz organists, and composer. Jake holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Loyola University New Orleans. At Loyola…

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Drop-In Sessions Wednesdays + Fridays from July 13-29  // 12-5pm Greene Block + Studios Drop into Greene Block + Studios to gather with community in the tent and contribute to ongoing print and book projects for the culminating exhibition. This workshop is part of Waterville Creates Common Threads project. Follow the link for more information…

"There are NO MOOSE on this island!" book cover

Come celebrate the start of summer and the end of the school year with the brand-new summer StoryWalk® book, There are NO MOOSE on this island! by Stephanie Calmenson! We will be taking a guided walk with Liz Davis, the Children’s Librarian, Serena Sanborn, Waterville Creates’ Education + Outreach Coordinator and Citizen Scientist, and Amarinda…

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A Place for All of Us, Community Day Colby College Museum of Art Saturday July 30 12-4pm Join artists Elizabeth Jabar, Colleen Kinsella and Evelyn Wong in the Future Mothers tent for screen printing posters, bookmaking, and stamping! This workshop is part of Waterville Creates Common Threads project. Follow the link for more information on…

Picturing Us, Community Portraits with Séan Alonzo Harris Thursday, July 21, 6:00 – 8:00pm Greene Block + Studios Have your portrait captured and printed by artist photographer Séan Alonzo Harris and add your image to a collective community portrait! This workshop is part of Waterville Creates Common Threads project. Follow the link for more information…

Sharing Your Story with Handbound Books with artist Evelyn Wong Greene Block + Studios Thursday, July 14, 6:00 – 8:00pm  Learn how to make 3 softcover books: the pamphlet-bound book, the Chinese flutter book, and the Japanese Musubitoji.  Tell your story through writing, stamping, and stitching with artist Evelyn Wong from Fireball Book Bindery! This…

How does the Kennebec River sustain us? What ways of planting, cooking, and sharing food has the River made possible? Join the ARC-Hive Collective at Greene Block + Studios for a collective food and recipe storytelling event focused on our individual and communal food memories. All participants are invited to offer a recipe and share…

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Join Alexandra Méndez and Serena Sanborn, a Maine Master Naturalist, for a reflective walk through Head of Falls Park. Méndez and Sanborn bring together their expertise across collective writing, the natural world, ecological restoration, and water to create a memorable experience that invites participants to contemplate the river, its pasts, properties, and futures. Field notebooks…