Karen Brotter

The 2015 Southworth Symposium will bring together scholars and enthusiasts to contemplate the enduring role that gardens play in our attempts to design our environment. This year’s expanded format includes four distinguished scholars who will speak on the relationship between humans and nature in the context of the garden in Asia, the Islamic world, Europe, […]

Artist and educator Jackie Brown focuses on sculpture installation, working to create immersive environments that invite the viewer into imagined biological systems. An assistant professor of art at Bowdoin College, Brown encourages viewers to consider the shifting nature of the world around them. Organized by the Department of Art.

The Colby Collegium Chamber Singers and Players explore the music of 17th-century England. The late Renaissance and early Baroque in England produced a rich repertoire of both choral and instrumental works that celebrate the human in nature and the nature of being human. The program includes works by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke, and John Wilbye.

Professor of art history at James Madison University John Ott will speak on Eadweard Muybridge’s 1887 Animal Locomotion, a series of stop-motion photographs of humans and animals. Ott is the author of Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California: Cultural Philanthropy, Industrial Capital, and Social Authority (2014) and has published essays on art auctions, combat artists, comic books, and motoring […]

The oeuvre of the Taos Society of Artists, an organization of Eastern transplants who painted the peoples and landscapes of the American Southwest during the early 20th century, has long been regarded as authentic glimpses into the lives of Pueblo communities untouched by modernity. Professor of art history at James Madison University John Ott will […]

American painter Susan Jane Walp studied at the NY Studio School, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the M.F.A. program at Brooklyn College. Her solo exhibitions include those at Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco; Fischbach Gallery, NYC; ISA Gallery, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy; and Tibor De Nagy Gallery, NYC, where she’s currently represented. Walp […]

Rabbi Alan Lucas will discuss tattoos, which have become enormously popular. According to popular lore, people with tattoos can’t be buried in a Jewish cemetery. Why was Judaism against tattoos, and are those concerns relevant today? Rabbi Lucas wrote a position paper on tattoos and body piercing for the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards. […]

Inscribed steatite seals are among the most distinctive artifacts of the Indus Valley Civilization (2600-1900 BCE). Though these seals were often thought to be highly standardized, recent research has revealed that they are actually highly diverse in style and production techniques. In this lecture, Gregg Jamison will present results of ethnoarchaeological research he conducted with modern […]

This annual Senior Art Exhibition brings together art created by Colby seniors who have completed extensive work in their chosen media. The exhibit will remain on display through May 22.

Faculty Fellow in Art Alison Stigora is a site-specific artist specializing in large-scale sculpture and installation. Her projects explore ideas of transparency, the relationship between humans and their environment, and the intersection of sculpture and architecture. Sponsored by the Department of Art.

In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria today, there is large-scale destruction of cultural heritage, especially remnants of ancient visual cultures in the region. This lecture by Assistant Professor of Art Marta E. Ameri examines the history of such image destruction in the Middle East, focusing on its role in the context of political and social upheaval […]