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The Genius of the System

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Luc Sante’s lecture and slide talk proposes that American regional photographers in the 20th century, far outside the discussions occurring in major cities, were experimenting with the medium in often radical ways. Many of these photographers were little documented — we may not even know their names—and we can have little idea of what they […]

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Clara M. Southworth Lecture with Paul Discoe

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Designer and innovator Paul Discoe is managing partner for O2 Artisans Aggregate (O2AA), an urban industrial eco-park in Oakland, Calif. He is also a design consultant for Japanese-style temples, restaurants, houses, and furniture. His studio at O2AA includes a small workshop for prototypes and one-of-a-kind objects. A longtime student of Zen Buddhism, Discoe is an ordained Buddhist […]

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Lecture with Susanna Coffey

Susanna Coffey is the F.H. Sellers Professor in Painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her portraits are investigations of the iconic human head. The work is driven by questions about what a portrait image can mean. What is a beautiful appearance? Why do conventionally gendered images involve caricature? Meticulously observed, the […]

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Tunniit: Retracing The Lines Of Inuit Tattoos

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

Tunniit: Retracing The Lines Of Inuit Tattoos is the personal, poignant, and political documentary from Inuk filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (whose film Angry Inuk won the Audience Award at Hot Docs 2016). Inuit traditional face tattoos have been forbidden for a century, and almost forgotten. Arnaquq- Baril, together with longtime friend and activist Aaju Peter, is determined […]

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Preserving the Gilded Age: The Care and Conservation of Newport’s Architectural Heritage

Given Auditorium, Bixler Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

For the 2019 Clara M. Southworth Lecture, Patricia Miller, chief conservator at the Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport, R.I., will present a behind-the-scenes look at on-going efforts to preserve the society’s 11 historic properties and landscapes — including Hunter House and The Breakers — as well as care for the vast decorative arts collection inside and […]

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Serving History with Faux Food and Artists’ Games

Given Auditorium, Bixler Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Date: Tuesday, November 1 Time: 5:00 p.m. Organization: Colby College Department of Art Location: Given Auditorium, Bixler Art and Music Center, Colby College Join the Colby College Department of Art for The James M. Carpenter Lecture: Serving History with Faux Food and Artists’ Games: Works by Angela Lorenz, on Tuesday, November 1st at 5 p.m. […]

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Artist Talk: Thaddeus Radell

Room 154, Bixler Art and Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Born and raised in Michigan, the son of two artists, Thaddeus Radell completed his B.F.A. at University of Detroit/Mercy before moving to New York City to study at Parsons School of Design with Paul Resika, Leland Bell and Jack Heliker. After receiving his M.F.A. in 1982, he spent the next several years painting and working […]

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