Noontime Art Talk: Philip Taaffe’s Garden of Extinct Leaves
12:30 pmMUSEUM OF ART
Robert A. Gastaldo, Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology
Complimentary lunch (served noon to 12:30 p.m.) for the first 40 visitors is made possible by the John Payson Education Endowment Fund.
Noontime Art Talk: Zao Wou-ki: To Paris and Beyond
12:30 pmMUSEUM OF ART
Melissa J. Walt, Research Associate, Colby College
Complimentary lunch (served noon to 12:30 p.m.) for the first 40 visitors is made possible by the John Payson Education Endowment Fund.
Poetry Reading
5:30 pmMUSEUM OF ART
Bill Berkson will read his own poetry in the Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz.
Making Faces Tour and Workshop
10 amMUSEUM OF ART
Freshwater Arts and the Colby Museum will host a community mask-making event on Sunday, October 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. First, take a tour of the Museum collection to view interesting depictions of the face in art. Then head over to Freshwater Arts to make your very own mask! This free event is open to all ages, but attendance is limited and preregistration is required.
To register, please contact Kim Brennan by phone at 207–859–5613 or email.
Screening of Art:21
6:30 pmGIVEN AUDITORIUM
A preview of the new season of the acclaimed PBS series Art:21, which offers an intimate encounter with contemporary art and the people who make it, encouraging creative thinking and self-expression.
Noontime Art Talk: The Minimalist Paradigm
12:30 pmMUSEUM OF ART
Sharon Corwin, Carolyn Muzzy Director and Chief Curator
Complimentary lunch (served noon to 12:30 p.m.) for the first 40 visitors is made possible by the John Payson Education Endowment Fund.
American School: American Art and Pedagogy
6 pmMUSEUM OF ART
This fall, the Museum will hold a symposium highlighting outstanding research in American art and education. American School: American Art and Pedagogy, which is supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, will begin Friday, October 9, with an evening keynote lecture by artist Fred Wilson, followed by a daylong symposium Saturday, October 10. Symposium speakers include Wendy Bellion, Huey Copeland, Rachael Ziady DeLue, Elizabeth Hutchinson, David M. Lubin, Richard Meyer, Angela L. Miller, and Kenneth John Myers, with Donna M. Cassidy moderating.
The symposium is free and open to the public.
For more information or to register, please contact Karen Wickman by phone at 207–859–5601, or email.
Preparing the Colby College Collection for Its 50th Anniversary: A Talk on Painting Conservation
4:30 pmMUSEUM OF ART
Nina Roth-Wells, painting conservator in private practice, will speak about her work with the Museum's collection leading up to the opening of Art at Colby.
Screening of Art:21
6:30 pmGIVEN AUDITORIUM
A preview of the new season of the acclaimed PBS series Art:21, which offers an intimate encounter with contemporary art and the people who make it, encouraging creative thinking and self-expression.
Kolosko-Dimow Duo
1 pmMUSEUM OF ART
The Kolosko-Dimow Duo draws on
elements of classical music, world music and jazz in their composing
and arranging. This concert will feature works from their new
recording, Border Crossings. These will include Dimow’s Klezmer Suite, Kolosko’s Nayarit Suite (inspired by the novel The Pearl, by John Steinbeck) and the duo’s collaborative arrangements of the Afro Sambas
by the legendary Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell. Colby applied guitar
faculty, Carl Dimow, appears here as flutist with critically acclaimed
classical guitarist Nathan Kolosko.
Watch a video of the Kolosko-Dimow Duo here!
Merce Cunningham Tribute
6 pmMUSEUM OF ART
Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz
Lynne Conner, Associate Professor and Chair of Theater and Dance, will introduce this celebration of the life of the legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919–2009), which will include screenings of Cunningham’s dances and selected readings from his writings.
First Thursday: Museum Open House
4:30 pmMUSEUM OF ART
During the fall and spring semesters, the Museum will be open Thursday
evenings until 8 p.m. and there will be special events on
the First Thursday of each month.
Reception in the Museum Lobby for students, faculty, staff, and community members. Stop by for food, drinks, conversation, and art!
Noontime Art Talk: Roman Friends Meet in Maine: 17th-Century Paintings in the Colby Collection
12:30 pmMUSEUM OF ART
Véronique Plesch, Professor of Art
Complimentary lunch (served noon to 12:30 p.m.) for the first 40 visitors is made possible by the John Payson Education Endowment Fund.
Noontime Art Talk: Sculpture in the Lunder Collection
12:30 pmMUSEUM OF ART
Lauren Lessing, Mirken Curator of Education
Complimentary lunch (served noon to 12:30 p.m.) for the first 40 visitors is made possible by the John Payson Education Endowment Fund.
Lively Spaces Performance
1 pmMUSEUM OF ART
Lively Spaces will perform their dance program at the Colby College Museum of Art on July 30th from 1 to 2 pm.
Lively Spaces supports full access to learning in and through the arts for a diverse group of multi-aged students enrolled in the George J. Mitchell School's After School Program in Waterville, Maine. The program engages its participants by fostering active learning through the arts and working directly with objects in the Museum Collection, as well as, dance/movement and theatre instruction.
Please meet at the entrance of the Museum.
Family Day
10 amMUSEUM OF ART
Peter Buotte will be coming to the Museum on Sunday, July 12th from 10:00 am-12:00 pm to make people puzzles with families.
Registration is limited, please call Kim Brennan at 859-5613. All ages welcome!
Senior Art Exhibition Opening
4 pmMUSEUM OF ART
Opening reception for the annual Senior Art Exhibition which brings together art by Colby seniors who have completed extensive work in their medium.
