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Alex Katz Honored at White House Ceremony

Long affiliated with Colby, the painter received the nation’s highest honor for artists

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A Pop-Up Gallery Springs to Life

Supported by the Lyons Arts Lab, the Contemporary Climate Gallery showcases emerging artists

Dwayne Tomah looks pensive while sitting in the Sipayik Museum.

A Bridge Between Cultures

As a Lunder Institute Fellow, Passamaquoddy language keeper, and cultural preservationist, Dwayne Tomah wants to share a message of unity and truth

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Lunder Wing at Colby Museum Will Soon Reopen

With the reinstallation of 11 galleries, titled Some American Stories, the museum focuses on expanding narratives to reveal the complexities of the American experience

Erica Wall, director of the Lunder Institute for American Art, right, gestures while talking to some seated people.

Expanding Boundaries Through Conversation

The Lunder Institute Summer Think Tank brings together artists and others in the field of American art

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Colby, Community, and Connection

At the museum’s Summer Luncheon, the College celebrates two major gifts and honors artists and arts leaders

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Access to Art for All

A promised gift of art will accelerate and enhance Colby’s embrace of ‘living with art’ across campus

A piece of artwork featuring an antique door amended with carvings and a central portrayal of an “everyman,” to which metal cords are attached. Painted figures are to the left and right of the door.

New to the Collection

Among its recent acquisitions, the Colby Museum adds a significant assemblage by Daniel Minter, a print by Edgar Degas, a painted collage by Benny Andrews, and a Martha Diamond painting

Woman looks at Eastman Johnson paintings at the Colby Museum of Art.

An Overdue Exhibition of an Overlooked Painter

On view at the Colby Museum, Eastman Johnson and Maine is the first solo show in the painter’s home state

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Colby Museum Summer 2024 Preview

Current and upcoming exhibitions highlight artists’ deep connections to place, process, and people