Several of the photographers represented in the Tsiaras Collection were instrumental in establishing the first programs dedicated to teaching photography in the United States. For this Art& program, Beth Finch, chief curator, and invited speakers Roz Gerstein, Gary Green, and Anthony Lee, will consider how the practice and study of photography took root in the…
Practice a series of gentle yoga poses inspired by artworks in the Colby Museum 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. Watch the program our event page or Facebook. In March, our theme of Let’s Be Present is…
Virtual Homeschool Hub (via Zoom) returns on Thursday, March 24, 2022, from 1 to 2PM! Spring Mad Libs with Mrs. Liz to get us all thinking about the new growth soon to be budding! Let’s blossom with verbs, nouns, adverbs, and adjectives as we create bright and funny Mad-Lib stories! You can also write and…
Fridays just aren’t the same without Rhymetime. To stay engaged with our baby, toddler, and preschool families, a pre-recorded song & fingerplay video will be available at 10AM on Fridays on our Facebook page. The posts will also have a link to the live Zoom event at 10:30AM with Mrs. Liz! The themes for March…
Crafternoons are fun weekly crafts for young children and their families! Join Mrs. Liz at 3PM on the Waterville Public Library’s Facebook page for instructions and a video demonstration. The kits for each craft will be available through Library to go the Monday* before the event. 3/1: One Fish, Two Fish Seuss Craft 3/8: Mouse…
Enjoy tasty tidbits of our new children’s collection. Each week on Thursdays from 7 to 7:30PM, Mrs. Liz will read an excerpt from a book off one of the New Books shelves. You may discover your family’s new favorite book! See the video on https://www.facebook.com/watervillelibrary/ FMI: Call 207-872-5433, email [email protected], or go to http://www.watervillelibrary.org.
Funded in part by the Hazel Hoyt Witherell Memorial Concert Fund. This hour-long set of gorgeous and rarely performed pieces feature some of Handel’s most beautiful writing for the voice, sung by (Colby Music associate) soprano Nacole Palmer and a solo obbligato line, which will be played by solo baroque violinist Marika Holmqvist. The voice…
Intellectual exchange between thinkers within and beyond the Caribbean archipelago has long informed the modes of resistance in the region. These connections have influenced the works of writers such as Langston Hughes from the United States, Nicolás Guillén from Cuba, Luis Palés Matos from Puerto Rico, and Aimé Césaire from Martinique, among others. Join us…
K–12 educators, join Colby College Museum of Art staff and guest instructors for a monthly virtual meeting to have fun, spark ideas for your classroom, and create a community of practice and support. Each month, we’ll share a new set of looking activities, games, or other innovative approaches to encountering art. In March we will…
Join us for a Virtual Exhibitions Opening Celebration for the Colby College Museum of Art’s Spring 2022 exhibitions, Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photography Collection and The Poetics of Atmosphere: Lorna Simpson’s Cloudscape and Other Works from the Collection. Enjoy a closer look at Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photography Collection, with introductions…
Virtual Homeschool Hub Thursday, February 17th 1-2PM Join Mrs. Liz as we discover the hidden meaning behind the patterns of freedom quilts! Together we will read, watch videos, and make our own paper freedom quilt design. As we will be talking about slavery and the Underground Railroad, this program may be best suited for grades…