On February 20, 2020, Hew Locke spoke at the Colby College Musuem of Art in connection with the opening of his solo show Hew Locke: Here’s the Thing. His wide-ranging talk
The Permanence of the Temporary: A Call for a Sustainable Art Movement
The neon message by Lauren Bon in the foyer of the Colby Museum of Art insists that “Artists Need to Create on the Same Scale That Society Has the
Baked Alaska: Hope in the Time of Disaster
This essay is adapted from an assignment in the Colby College course Environmental Humanities: Stories of Crisis and Resilience, taught by Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Humanities Christopher Walker. The exhibition Occupy Colby featured
Gallery: I Am Not a Stranger photo corner
I Am Not a Stranger: Portraits by Séan Alonzo Harris posed a series of questions: who are the people we see everyday, and how do we get to know them? What
SEED-O-MATIC: Inside Fedco Seeds
The SEED-O-MATIC is a vending machine that sells seeds and the soil needed to grow them. This fall, the machine was stocked with the help of Betsy Garrold and Roberta Bailey of
Art in Conversation with Climate Change: Anthropological Reflections
Ethnography and art can be forms of storytelling. Both can surface hidden patterns, invisible undercurrents, and fraught dimensions of life, revealing uncomfortable truths and subjugated knowledges. How does ethnography speak
Transcript: The World Isn’t Me
I took a friend of mine on a brief tour of Occupy Colby. “What does this mean?” she asks as we stand in front of the bear on the pile
Transcript: The Anthropocene: A New Era of Solitude
Begin by centering yourself in the middle of the mirror Keep your feet shoulder width apart Stand tall with your shoulders back Head straight Now slowly raise your arms out
Transcript: What is natural?
At what point is something natural? Was this helmet a part of nature before there was a beehive on it? Is this a piece that demonstrates an instance where nature
Transcript: DisORDER
“It is conceivable that our misunderstandings of the natural world, our misuse of it, and our conflicted relationship with it would not be conceivable without such ordering systems to formulate