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Works by Agnes Pelton and Edmonia Lewis Among Colby College Museum of Art’s Newest Acquisitions

Oil painting "Being" by Agnes Pelton, a large warm toned orb surrounded by cool, dark blue and black lines.

Museum Open House – Colby College Museum of Art: Painted: Our Bodies, Heart, and Village

Installation view of Painted: Our Bodies, Heart, and Village.

Colby Museum’s Summer Luncheon Celebrates Community

Shannon Haines, president and CEO of Waterville Creates, receives applause as she walks toward the podium to receive the 2023 Jetté Award for Leadership in the Arts.

The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Donates 186 Artworks and Objects to Museums to Honor the Artist’s Centenary

In an oil painting by artist Roy Lichtenstein titled Death of the General, an abstract painting with geometric shapes depicting five stylized human figures. The background is predominantly red, with various textured patterns and muted colors.

Introducing the Lunder Institute Summer Think Tank

artwork depicting figures and architectural structures

New collection focuses on Indigenous perspectives on the American Southwest

Meet Our Summer 2023 Resident Fellows

Summer 2023 resident fellows Genevieve Gaignard (left) and Papay Solomon.

Waterville Creates president Shannon Haines and conceptual artist Fred Wilson to be honored at annual Colby Museum Summer Luncheon

Conceptual artist Fred Wilson smiles at the camera after receiving the 2023 Cummings Award for Artistic Excellence, holding the award up to the camera.

Things to Do: A comedy at Good Theater, dance at USM and the art of Ashley Bryan

Painting by Ashley Bryan depicting a still life scene of flowers, bottles, vessels, and fruits.

Lunder Institute Announces Chef in Residence Program

Side by side images of, from Left to Right: Dave Mallari, Jordan Benissan, and Louis Pickens.

First Friday, Downtown Waterville: Lunder Institute Open Studios

Lunder Institute 2023 Fellows Tessa Greene O’Brien, Dylan Hausthor, and Heather Flor Cron.

March First Friday event set for Waterville

First Friday Celebrates Waterville’s Destination as an Arts Hub

In a photo taken from outside through a window, a group of people seated in chairs watch a musician on stage. The room is colorful with blue and red lighting, and the musician is illuminated by a spotlight.

Waterville partners to launch local youth exhibit March 3

In a student-made artwork, a field of green and gray is illumincated by a sunset

Waterville Creates announces Youth Art Month multi-site exhibition with Greene Block + Studios

A child surveys a table of art supplies.

Student Internship Opportunities with Senior Fellow Oscar Santillán

Lunder Institute senior fellow Oscar Santillán teaching.

A death of choice

Karen Wentworth sits in her South Portland backyard on July 24, 2020, holding the concoction of life-ending drugs she kept in a tidy, feathered bundle.

Art& Changing the Conversation: Jon Gray and Genevieve Gaignard

Coming Attractions: February 12 Through 28 — What Will Light Your Fire

Painting by Paula Wilson of a woman holding up a magnifying class to a moth.

Lunder Institute for American Art Welcomes Genevieve Gaignard

Genevieve Gaignard faces the camera, unsmiling, wearing a blue beanie and beige overalls.