Students enrolled in the course hosted Theaster in a class discussion, joined him on a tour of Waterville’s South End, attended multiple community meetings arranged around his visit, and traveled to Chicago to visit some of his projects on the South Side. These are some of their responses to that experience.
Artwork out of the Museum
Winslow Homer and Prouts Neck
When I was able to put Homer’s work in context, not only out of the museum but off the pedestal of “genius” that often surrounds great artists, I found myself thinking about his paintings differently. I was able to see improvisation, movement, and creativity that I hadn’t noticed before.
Art World Aspirations in the Big Apple
Mirken Trip to New York City
Over the course of the four-day trip, the students are set up with professionals working in all corners of the art world, from museums and galleries to studios and auction houses to communications and law firms and other organizations.
Inaugural Lunder Institute Artist in Residence Kicks Off
Originally published in the Colby Echo–Theaster Gates joins us on Mayflower Hill as the first inaugural Lunder Institute Artist in Residence.
Discovering Marsden Hartley in Stoneham, Maine
An Interview with Dan Barker
Houses like the ones he painted can still be seen in this area. He liked to walk and spent a lot of time on the road. He collected thoughts and memories and then used them later on somewhere else. The waterfall Hartley painted is on Great Brook and today you can’t see it because it’s all grown back up with forest growth.
Aspirations Tours at the Museum
A First-Hand Look at the College Experience For Young Students
Colby volunteer Maine Aspirations program provides elementary, middle, and high school students with an early look at the college experience.
Tea Time For Docent Emeriti
Sharing Sweets and the Successes of Colby's Docents
Through the Colby Docent Program, what we all really hope is that students make a personal connection with a work of art, that we break down barriers for entering an art museum, and that they enjoyed the experience enough to return with friends or family.
Katz in Cleveland
Brand-New & Terrific at the Cleveland Museum of Art
“The Cleveland Museum of Art has…a global collection, so it’s possible to view Katz’s creations in several different contexts made possible by these holdings.”
From STEM to STEAM
Arts Integration at the Museum
“This student’s extensive research into the ecology represented shed new light on this artwork, and demonstrated the potential for arts integration to define alternative pathways in art history.”
Our Leading Library
Waterville Public Library Selected as a National Medal Finalist
For twenty-three years, the award has celebrated institutions that demonstrate extraordinary and innovative approaches to public service and have made a difference for individuals, families, and communities.