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Colby students enrolled in relevant Colby courses will discuss their research on the works by Margolles currently on view in the museum’s Davis Gallery. Location: William D. Adams Gallery, Museum of Art
The museum Student Advisory Board hosts an evening of student and club performances inspired by the museum’s current exhibitions. Theater, dance, poetry, music, and more. Location: Jette Galleries, Museum of Art.
A conversation between Curator of Academic Programs Shalini Le Gall and Assistant Professor of English Jay Sibara on Glenn Ligon’s use of James Baldwin’s Notes of a Native Son (1955) in the work Untitled (2016), on loan to the museum from the collection of Jennifer and Bob Diamond. Location: Gordon Gallery, Museum of Art.
After a brief exploration of the museum, we will read a children’s book related to giving thanks. Children and their grownups will then be invited to the Mirken Education Center to have a snack and create their own works of art. This program is designed for preschoolers and toddlers.
Morton Feldman’s Last Pieces is a group of four short works for piano that continue to be hot topics for music theorists and historians. Pianist Steve Pane (University of Maine at Farmington) will perform Feldman’s work and join Colby’s Steven Nuss, Anindyo Roy, Christiane Guillois, and UMF philosopher Matthew Houston and the audience for a discussion of Last […]
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.
Get a special view of masks from the museum’s collection and then make your own. A family-friendly event.
Join us for refreshments, art making for all ages, games, silhouette portrait cutting, and live music.
Enjoy refreshments while learning about artworks and how to incorporate them into your classroom teaching. Those attending will receive contact hours for certification. For K-12 Educators.
Independent scholar of folk and decorative arts Seth Thayer ’89 and Assistant for Special Projects Anna Fan ’15 will discuss artworks in the exhibition related to whaling and maritime trade, a subject they both focus on as contributing authors in A Usable Past’s accompanying catalog.
Director of the New England Arts and Architecture Program Martha J. McNamara will discuss the 1856 autobiographical landscape drawn by Pedro Tovookan Parris currently on view in the exhibit A Usable Past: American Folk Art at the Museum of Art. Parris’s drawing tells the story of a harrowing journey from East Africa, where he was enslaved […]
Paintings conservator Nina Roth-Wells will discuss her work conserving paintings in the museum’s collection of American folk art in preparation for the exhibition A Usable Past.
Music’s Quill (Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor, and Timothy Burris, lute) will be joined by special guest Colby Professor of History Raffael Scheck on cello for a concert of Baroque continuo songs from England and Italy by Caccini, d’India, and Purcell and solo works for cello and lute.
After a brief exploration of the museum, we will read a children’s book related to the fall season. Children and their grownups will then be invited to the Mirken Education Center to have a snack and create their own works of art. This program is designed for preschoolers and toddlers.
Folk art expert Dr. Lawrence Kassman M.D. (Colby Class of '69) will give a one-hour talk.
Terri Sabatos, associate professor of art at Longwood University, will present this one-hour talk.
The Colby College Museum of Art has teamed up with the Colby College’s Feminist Alliance, Womxn of Color Alliance (WOCA), and Students Organized for Black and Hispanic Unity (SOBHU) to facilitate a series of community engagement events addressing issues of troubling cross-cultural power dynamics. The purpose of this event is to build community through the […]
Join a celebration of the museum’s new exhibitions with gallery tours, silhouette portrait cutting, and art making for all ages. Activities run from 4:30 to 6:00. A reception with food, drink, and live music by The Moist Bandanas runs from 6:30 to 8:30.
Colby Symphony Orchestra director and violinist Jinwook Park makes his Colby recital debut, joined by pianist and faculty member Yuri Funahashi. The program includes a performance of the lively Violin and Piano Sonata no. 1 by Beethoven in addition to jewels from the violin repertoire such as the “Meditation from Thais by Massenet” and the […]
After a brief exploration of the museum, we will read a children’s book related to this month’s theme, Ready, Set, Recycle. Children and their grownups will then be invited to the Mirken Education Classroom to have a snack and create their own works of art.
Join the Museum in celebrating its diverse summer exhibitions! This family-friendly event will include museum tours at 1:30 PM and 3:00 PM, art-making from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, performances by the Recycled Shakespeare Company at 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM, and live music by Ladies of the Lake from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. […]
Learn about photography with the museum staff, and then make your own sun prints in this family-friendly workshop.
Learn about grafting plants and contemporary art through the work of artist Sam Van Aken.
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.
Join us for a celebration of the arts at Colby College with presentations of creative scholarship. Event schedules as well as refreshments will be available in the William D. Adams Gallery.