Some American Stories

Ongoing

Eastman Johnson and Maine

Through December 8

Surface Tension: Etchings from the Collection

Through January 12

FINAL DAYS • Through November 11

OPENING SOON

THE LANTERN

Interested in getting involved? The Lantern welcomes all to inquire! Please follow this link to submit your ideas, or contact the editor, Anne Lunder Leland Curatorial Fellow Gussie Weiss, with questions.

Explore recent features from The Lantern below:

EVENTS AT THE PAUL J. SCHUPF ART CENTER

In-person: Paul J. Schupf Art Center

Rounding Rosie's Ring: Dance, You Fools, Dance by Gladys Nilsson

Thursday, November 7, 12:30–1:00 p.m.

Each Thursday, spend time in the galleries looking at art with others during a 30-minute experience facilitated by Colby students and museum staff.

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EVENTS ON CAMPUS

In-person: Colby College Museum of Art

Friday, November 8, 1:15–2:15 p.m.

Some American Stories, featuring selections from the museum’s American art collection across its Lunder Wing, underscores the complexity of the American experience. Inviting visitors to explore and question long-standing ideas of Americanness, Rebecca Zorach, an art historian and the great-granddaughter of Marguerite and William Zorach, discusses works by the artist couple in the Colby Museum collection. She will draw on a chapter of her recent book, Temporary Monuments, in which she discusses the artists’ lives, works, and legacy in Maine in the context of America’s racial enterprise.

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In-person: Colby College Museum of Art

Saturday, November 9, 2:00–2:30 p.m. and 4:00–4:30 p.m.

To develop Post Pardon: The Opera, choreographer Laurel Jenkins has invited Maine-based dancers Katherine Ferrier, Annie Kloppenberg, and Liz Mulkey to create “wind scores” in response to the exhibition Into the Wind: American Weathervanes at the Colby College Museum of Art.

This program is presented in collaboration with Colby Arts and commemorates the opening of Into the Wind: American Weathervanes, on view from November 9th, 2024–June 8, 2025 at the Colby College Museum of Art.

To learn more about the production, visit postpardon.org.

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In-person: Colby College Museum of Art

Saturday, November 14, 5:30–7:00 p.m.

Practice your language skills, enjoy refreshments, and converse with other art lovers in this one-hour language-based social event held in the galleries of the Colby College Museum of Art. This program is designed to connect and build relationships among language learners and native speakers using art as a catalyst for conversation. Co-sponsored by the French and Italian Department. Open to Italian speakers of all levels.

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In-person: Colby College Museum of Art

Girl on Bed in London by Joan Brown

Thursday, November 14, 12:30–1:00 p.m.

Each Thursday, spend time in the galleries looking at art with others during a 30-minute experience facilitated by Colby students and museum staff.

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EXHIBITION ICONS: Edmonia Lewis, Arrow Maker, c. 1868. Marble, 11 ½ × 8 ½ × 6 ½ in. (29 × 22 × 17 cm). Gift of Jane, Richard, and David Moss in honor of Doris Rose Hopengarten ’40, Fred Hopengarten ’67, Annie Hopengarten Mooreville ’06, Phyllis Rose Baskin ’39, and Michael Baskin ’70, 2023.014; Eastman Johnson, The Party in the Maple Sugar Camp (detail), c. 1861–65. Oil on canvas, 30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm). The Lunder Collection, 2013.159; Nancy Graves, Extracten, 1982, Soft ground etching with sugar lift aquatint, 29 3/4 × 22 in. (37.5 × 37.8 cm). Gift of The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Memory of Mildred H. Cummings, 1986.011; Gladys Nilsson, Rounding Rosie’s Ring: Dance, You Fools, Dance (detail), 2024. Charcoal, graphite, chalk, marker, and wall paint, 108 × 384 × 16 in. (274.3 × 975.4 × 40.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.

OPENING SOON: Thomas W. Jones, Peacock, c. 1885, Copper, 20 x 27 1/2 in. Private collection.

THE LANTERN: From Another Museum is Possible, Photography: Daniel Zhang '24; Martha Diamond, Center City (Detail), 1982. Oil on canvas, 36 × 24 ¼ in. (91.4 × 61 cm). Collection of the Martha Diamond Trust; Marsden Hartley, Brilliant Autumn, Landscape #28, c. 1930. Oil on canvas, 25 in. x 31 1/4 in. (63.5 cm x 79.38 cm). Gift of C. David O'Brien, '58, 1983.006; Faith Ringgold, Coming to Jones Road #4: Under A Blood Red Sky, 2000. Acrylic on canvas, fabric borders, 78 ½ × 52 ½ × 1 in. Colby College Museum of Art, Museum purchase through the Jere Abbott Art Endowment and Jetté Art Acquisition Fund, 2021.276.

IMAGES (TOP TO BOTTOM): Gladys Nilsson, Rounding Rosie’s Ring: Dance, You Fools, Dance (detail), 2024. Charcoal, graphite, chalk, marker, and wall paint, 108 × 384 × 16 in. (274.3 × 975.4 × 40.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist; Marguerite Zorach, Maine Trapper, c.1928. Oil on canvas, 43 in. x 26 in. (109.22 cm x 66.04 cm). Gift of C. David O'brien, Colby '58, 1986.015; Poster for Into the Windlyn: Post Pardon: The Opera in the Museum; Hiram Powers, Proserpine, 1848-1849. Marble, 23 x 16 x 8 1/2 in. (58 x 41 x 22 cm). The Lunder Collection, 2023.059; Joan Brown, Girl on Bed in London, 1961. Oil on Canvas, 84 in. x 72 in. (213.36 cm x 182.88 cm). The Lunder Collection, 2012.281; From You're Speaking My Language, 2022, photography by Daniel Zhang '24.

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