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Summer Luncheon 2025

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Red background with black diamond shaped pattern and white lettering reading "Saturday, July 12, 2025 Summer Luncheon Colby College Museum of Art Waterville, Maine"
  • Erica Wall, Alice Kang, Louise Keer, and Hilary Barnes Hoopes posed, smiling at camera.
  • Paula Lunder and Eric Hopkins smile while embracing and gesturing to one another.
  • David Greene, and Timothy Stranding talking as they walk through a crowd of people.
  • A portrait of Amy Hausmann, dressed in bright orand, and Richard Blanco, dressed in a blue checkered blazer.
  • Three event guests pose for a picture.
  • Roger and Myrna Landay posed for a picture.
  • Douglas R. Ewart in a long, colorful jacket playing an instrument on stage
  • Jacqueline Terrassa, Nari Ward, and Douglas R. Ewart seated on stage
  • Hilary Barnes Hoopes at a Colby College podium.
  • Jacqueline Terrassa, Nari Ward, Douglas R. Ewart seated on a stage.
  • Nari Ward accepting an award at a Colby College podium
  • Bill Marceau and Theresa Secord, holding an award, posed for a picture
  • Three individuals, including Kathy Butterly and Tom Burckhardt, posed for a picture in front of a wall with multi-colored Colby Museum of Art and Lunder Institute for American Art logos.
  • Victoria and Nick Wyeth pose for a picture on Colby College campus.
  • Four individuals, including Heidi Schmaltz Dolan, Dick Schmaltz, Joan Dignam, Schmaltz posed for a picture in front of a wall with multi-colored Colby Museum of Art and Lunder Institute for American Art logos.
  • Dimitri Michaud and Jordia Benjamin posed for a portrait.
  • Seven individuals posed side by side for a group picture.
  • A group including Autumn Knight, Karen Lemmey, Grace Yasumura, Jane Capenter-Rock pose for a picture inside a large white event tent with string lights.
  • Guest laughing, seated at event table.
  • Mark Bessire smiling with arms open to embrace Theresa Secord
  • Four individuals including Kevin Gillis and Bill Alfond posed for a picture under a large event tent.
  • Guests including artist Mo Willems taking their seats under an event tent.
  • Jacqueline Terrassa giving remarks from Colby College podium.
  • william córdova speaking to Nari Ward and Anna Tsoulahrakis inside an event tent.
  • Jean Bird and Tim York seated in gold cart smiling at photographer.
  • Jeremy Frey and Theresa Secord posed for a picture in a large event tent with string lights overhead.
  • Three individuals including Katherine Bradford and Phil Alexander posed for a picture in an event tent.
  • Museum Summer Luncheon event guests entering the museum.
  • Four individuals including Beth Finch, Ann Beha, Rob Radloff speaking to one another on the terrace of Colby Museum.
  • Sarah Humphreville and Jim Ffrench speaking to one another in the Colby Museum lobby.

PRESENTING SPONSORS

Bank of America logo.
Christie's logo.

2025 LUNCHEON BENEFACTORS

Visionary | $15,000+

Leader | $10,000–14,999

Champion | $7,500-9,999

Partner | $5,000–7,499

Supporter | $2,500–4,999

Friend | $1,000–2,499

CONTRIBUTORS

Gifts $500–999

Gifts up to $499

EVENT TICKET SUPPORTERS

Anonymous (18); John and Gail Catharine Bertuzzi; Marilyn Jean Bird; Richard Blanco; Audrey Danze Blood; Lee Bujold ’64; Casey Mesick Braun; Sean Collins '88; David Cunningham; James Dineen; Bret Dixon; Carol Eisenberg; M W Essex; Mike Federle; Jay Fell; Fionna Flaherty; Jessica Gandolf; Aimee Good; Abigail Ross Goodman; Corey Hascall; Amy Hausmann; Elizabeth R. Hilpman; Olivia Hochstadt; Jack and Susan Humphreville; Cynthia Hyde and Jim Kinnealey; Emily Jacobs; Lydia F. Kimball; Christine Kondoleon and Frederic Wittmann; Dr. Michael Lambke and Amber Lambke; Galerie Lelong; Jim Macdonald; Erin Macey; Mr. and Mrs. Lance Mahaney; Alison McArdle; Suzette McAvoy; Margaret McFadden; Mary McFadden; Wendy Miller; Elizabeth Moss; Andrew W. More '87; Anne Neely; Mark Neveu; Susan Newbold; Ortuzar; Tina Petra; Steven Phillips and Eric Hopkins; Andrew Porter; Marc and Stephanie Rando; Stillman Rockefeller; Matthew Rubin; Joan and Dick Schmaltz; Tobi Leanna Schneider; Sarah Bouchard Gallery; Rick and Karen Schneider; Caroline Seabolt, Sotheby's; Ken Shure; Valerie Silverman; Robert Solomon; Martha Tedeschi; Cynthia Thompson; Cheryl Towensend Gilkes; Sandy and Mary Turbyne; Paula Volent; and Robert Wiesenberger.

Program

A conversation with between artist Nari Ward and multidisciplinary artist and educator Douglas R. Ewart, facilitated by Jacqueline Terrassa, Carolyn Muzzy Director.

A first look at the museum’s summer exhibition, Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery, the first nationally touring retrospective exhibition of work by this critical figure in the mid-twentieth-century Chicago art and jazz scenes.

A chance to see the video installation Stan Douglas | Hors-champs, featuring Douglas R. Ewart, and Some American Stories, a thematic presentation of works from the Colby collection in the museum’s Lunder Wing.

Honorees and Program Participants

Theresa Secord

Portrait of artist Theresa Secord

Nari Ward

Photo: Axel Depeux

Douglas R. Ewart

Portrait of Douglas R. Ewart in a read jacket

For inquiries about the event and tickets:

For sponsorship inquiries:

Information about the awards and previous recipients.

2024 Museum Summer Luncheon recap.