Free and open to the public Elle Pérez is an artist from the Bronx, New York, who lives and works in New York City. Pérez primarily works in photography and moving image, depicting intimate moments, emotional exchanges, and visceral details within their portraits, landscapes, and films. Their work has been exhibited across the United States…
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…
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…
Two Cent Talks: Lauren Saxon and Emerson Whitney Emerson Whitney is the author of Daddy Boy (McSweeney’s 2023), Heaven (McSweeney’s 2020), and the poetry title, Ghost Box (Timeless Infinite Light, 2014). Emerson’s work has appeared in The Paris Review, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. Kirkus, in a starred review, called Heaven “An incisive, nuanced inquiry into gender and…
At the Paul J Schupf Art Center: It is opening night for the Maine International Film Festival! For more info on opening night of MIFF: https://miff.org/ 5pm Join the Colby College Museum of Art for a walkthrough with the artist Paula Wilson, whose work is on view in Ashley Bryan/Paula Wilson: Take the World into…
Celebrate Pride on First Friday! What are First Fridays? First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit Main Street in downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the…
Join HINGE Collaborative + Colby College Museum of Art for an Artist Workshop with Daniel Minter, where we will explore telling the stories of personally meaningful everyday objects through art. Taking inspiration from the exhibition Ashley Bryan/Paula Wilson: Take the World into Your Arms, Minter will discuss his unique visual language and approach to printmaking and…
Join us for Opening Day Exhibition Tours of Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village with Siera Hyte, assistant curator of modern and contemporary art, sharing insights about this reinstallation and the creative collaborators who made it possible. Tours will take place at 11am and 2pm. Participants will begin in the William D. Adams Gallery/Lobby. Please…
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…
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…
Join us for a Curator’s Tour with Jennifer Gross, curator of Ashley Bryan/Paula Wilson: Take the World into Your Arms. She will share insights about the development of this exhibition and stories about her work with both Paula Wilson and Ashley Bryan, with plenty of time for questions. The gallery tour will be followed by…
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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