Yan Xuan, the Colby Museum’s Curatorial Intern for the 2021–2022 academic year, interviews artist Julia Arredondo, Lunder Institute for American Art Resident Fellow. Xuan’s questions led Arredondo to respond with
Questions and Answers: Interview with E. Saffronia Downing
Yan Xuan, the Colby Museum’s Curatorial Intern for the 2021–2022 academic year, interviews artist E. Saffronia Downing, Lunder Institute for American Art Resident Fellow. 1. Clay appears in
Questions and Answers: Interview with Adriane Herman
Editor’s note: Kayla Merriweather, the Colby Museum’s Summer 2021 Black Family Curatorial Intern, interviews artist Adriane Herman, Lunder Institute for American Art Resident Fellow. I am interested in the interactive nature
Questions and Answers: Interview with Veronica Perez
Editor’s note: Kayla Merriweather, the Colby Museum’s Summer 2021 Black Family Curatorial Intern, interviews artist Veronica Perez, Lunder Institute for American Art Resident Fellow. Your work often utilizes hair. When we
Museum Student Guides in a Year of Upheaval
The first training session for the Colby Museum of Art’s Student Guide program began on February 29, 2020. Three weeks later, the Museum was closed—with staff working from home and
Art + Conversation: Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making 1948–1960
Watch Elizabeth Finch and Marshall N. Price, co-curators of Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960 discuss the little-known early career of the Pop art legend and their collaborative work on
Art + Conversation with Kifah Abdulla
This virtual program offers a glimpse into calligraphy, one of the art forms featured in the exhibition, The Sea in a Jug: The Welch Collection of Islamic and Later Indian
Sailors’ Souvenirs: Cultural Appropriation Across the Globe
Sarah Timm, Manager of Interpretation at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine, discusses objects from MMM’s collection that were collected by Maine captains and crews during their stops in ports
Watch: Lunder Institute Student Research Assistant Roundtable
In 2019–20, the Lunder Institute for American Art convened its inaugural cohort of Research Fellows, all scholars working on art by African Americans represented in the Colby Museum’s collections. The
2014 Miles and Katharine Culbertson Prentice Distinguished Lecture: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
The 2014 Miles and Katharine Culbertson Prentice Lecture was delivered by artists Tim Rollins and Angel Abreu. Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Struggle) develop work out of critical engagement with texts,