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The Colby College Museum of Art announces various exhibitions and events with press releases, which are archived below, beginning with the most recent.
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Alex Katz Foundation Gives Colby Museum Six Marsden Hartley Paintings
January 21, 2009

The Colby College Museum of Art will receive, from the Alex Katz Foundation, a collection of six paintings by the American modernist painter Marsden Hartley, Museum Director and Chief Curator Sharon Corwin announced Jan. 21.

t s Beall and Hiraki Sawa videos at the Colby Museum
November 21, 2008

The Colby College Museum of Art presents two video exhibitions this fall that explore the sense of place. Shows by London-based Hiraki Sawa, whose work was called "enchanting" in the New York Times, and Glasgow-based emerging artist t s Beall, will be on view through January at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.

Colby College Museum of Art Summer Exhibitions
May 22, 2008

Chuck Close: Self-Portrait/Scribble/Etching Portfolio, 2000

Amy Stacey Curtis Featured as Emerging Artist at Colby
November 8, 2007

Installation artist Amy Stacey Curtis is at it again, placing thousands of pieces into a grid, then asking viewers to interact with her art. Curtis, who is known for her work in abandoned factories around Maine, presents her first-ever museum show this month at the Colby College Museum of Art.

Colby Museum Offers Children's Activities, Other New Events
November 6, 2007

This fall the Colby College Museum of Art introduced a series of new programs-tours, lectures, and children's activities-ongoing throughout the school year. The events aim to attract more visitors from central Maine.

Colby College to Receive Major Gift of American Art
May 18, 2007

More than 450 works will place Colby College Museum of Art among premier repositories of American art

Sand Mandala Artist Returns to Colby
January 25, 2007

Artist and former Buddhist monk Losang Samten made an impression on more than 2,000 museum visitors when he created a sand mandala at Colby in the fall of 2005. He's coming back, and this year his mandala -- an elaborate circular "painting" made by pouring colored sand -- will be larger and more detailed. He will also lead a meditation and speak on a panel with members of the Colby faculty. All events are free and open to the public.