Arts

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Person on stage

Tech’s the Thing

Performing arts meets technology to stage a story of our times
Marion Thompson Osborne, Colby Class of 1900 (Mrs. Duncan Matheson) with speculative voiceprint. 2004-5. Mixed media (charcoal, monoprinted oil paint) on paper. 44 x 30”

Ground Breaker

Marion Osborne Matheson, Class of 1900) was the first African-American woman to graduate from Colby.
Alfred Stieglitz, The Steerage, 1907

Intersection

Sometimes an iconic image is misunderstood.
Cal Waichler, Wild Mercy, 2017. Trace monotype, 9x23 in. (Detail)

The Lives of Trees
Lending voice and image to the bellwether redwood

A Voice for the Environment Cal Waichler ’21 When she arrived at Colby, Cal Waichler ’21 set out to study Maine’s forests, including old-growth tracts in the Pine Tree State. To her dismay, she discovered there were practically none. This prompted Waichler to consider the lives of…
Paul J. Schupf Art Center

Paul J. Schupf Commits Leadership Gift to Downtown Arts Center

Colby College Trustee Emeritus Paul J. Schupf, LL.D. ’06 has made another remarkable gift to the College, this time to support the construction of downtown Waterville’s arts center, which will bring vibrancy to the core of Main Street and be a major contributor toward establishing the city as a destination for the arts.

Alumni Gift Expands Student Opportunities in Fine Arts, Politics

The path from Mayflower Hill to important careers in fine arts or politics just got wider.
Jinyan Zeng

Oak Human Rights Fellow Jinyan Zeng interviews artist, activist Ai Weiwei

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei During her semester at Colby, the 2017 Oak Human Rights Fellow Jinyan Zeng, a Chinese filmmaker, blogger, activist, and scholar, interviewed the renowned artist and activist Ai Weiwei to discuss art, politics and exile. This interview was conducted and transcribed in Mandarin and…