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The Portland Press Herald included a lobster-industry report by Professor of Economics Michael Donihue in a piece about the sector. Donihue called the lobster industry “possibly the most economically important asset for the state.”
The Portland Press Herald ran a review of the "Poetics of Atmosphere," a show that includes a video by Lorna Simpson called “Cloudscape” and other works from the museum. The article highlights the incorporation of artworks from the museum’s permanent collection, adding that Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Siera Hyte, “created an atmosphere of discovery.”
Professor of Art Véronique Plesch contributed an essay to the 2022 spring issue of the Maine Arts Journal: UMVA Quarterly titled “Utopia: Retreating, Engaging, and Effecting Change.” Plesch also wrote the introduction to this issue, As Things Fall Apart: Dystopia or Utopia?
Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, the Crawford Family Professor of Religious Studies, has been honored by California's City of Fresno by having March 26 officially declared as Nikky Singh Day. Singh, a scholar of Sikh feminism was invited to deliver the keynote for the Sikh Women's Organization of Central California by Amandeep Matharu, president of the organization's board. Fresno City Council member Esmeralda Soria presented Singh with the proclamation, which reads, in part, "Dr. Kaur Singh's academic exploration and analysis of the creation of the Khalsa from a feminist perspective in Sikh scripture and literature, and her story of the Guru Granth Suhib, has done nothing short of opening the door to the study of women and Sikhism, and enabling the recognition of different features of shared humanity."
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Alison Bates has coauthored a paper titled "Energy justice and the co-opting of indigenous narratives in U.S. offshore wind development." Published in Renewable Energy Focus, the study finds that discourses in offshore wind decision-making de-legitimize marginalized communities and appropriate indigenous values, failing to meet the standards of justice in public engagement processes. Eana Bacchiocchi ’21 and Ingrid Sant ’21 are coauthors of the paper.
Various regional media, including the Portland Press Herald, covered an important new report about decriminalizing drug use and possession in Maine. The lead author, Winifred Tate, an associate professor of anthropology at Colby and director of the College’s Maine Drug Policy Lab, noted that, “there's clear consensus for a public health approach addressing the needs of people with substance use disorder, but current policies don’t back that up.”
Art Daily published a story about the Colby Museum’s current exhibition Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photography Collection. The article noted that the show includes “many rare and unpublished images by well-known photographers who collectively represent some of the most significant work in the medium over the last century.”
National Public Radio turned to Colby twice last week. For the first segment, Vlada Trofimchuk ’23 was interviewed about being a Ukrainian student currently studying in the U.S., while the second story included commentary from Visiting Assistant Professor of History Virginia Olmsted McGraw about the power of clothing in war.
Sculptor and Associate Professor of Art Bradley Borthwick has a new piece that will be included in the exhibition Antiquity & America: The Ancient Mediterranean in the United States, on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art March 31, 2022-Feb. 5, 2023. The exhibition "uncovers a new history of curious and related phenomenon: the intensity and passion with which Mediterranean antiquities have long been collected by Americans, and the prominent role the ancient Mediterranean has played in the history of American cultural and political life," according to the museum's website.
The Art Newspaper announced that the Colby College Museum of Art has acquired Coming to Jones Road #4: Under a Blood Red Sky (2000) by Faith Ringgold, a renowned American artist, activist, and teacher. The iconic painted textile strengthens the museum’s holdings of works by influential women artists and Black artists, and will be on view this spring.