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At the crossroads of scholarship and creative production. With the Colby College Museum of Art, we’re building new interpretive communities for American art.

Waterville, ME
Joined June 2019
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Congratulations to @TheasterGates, who was named number four in @ArtReview_'s 100 most influential players in the art world. Gates holds an honorary degree from Colby and served as the @LunderInstitute’s first Distinguished Visiting Artist and Director of Artist Initiatives.
ArtReview’s Power 100 – the annual ranking of the contemporary artworld’s most influential players – is out now! This year’s list reflects how NFTs have upended the art market, bringing contemporary art and millennial meme culture crashing together: artreview.com/power-100/
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ACG is seeking candidates for the Director position at Lunder Institute for American Art at @ColbyMuseum in Waterville, Maine. Read the full position announcement here: ow.ly/uMRo50FKw5c
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Colby's new 25,000-square-foot downtown arts collaborative was featured in @artnet's "Arts Industry News" list. With a gallery, event space, and studios for @LunderInstitute resident fellows, the facility will help make Waterville "an arts destination." spr.ly/6016H73as
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Join @LunderInstitute for a talk on March 18th from 6–7pm, featuring Ben Gillespie, Liza Kirwin, & artist Wendy Red Star! To learn more about the Archives’ Pandemic Oral History Project, register here: bit.ly/3ersOzd @ColbyMuseum
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Colby welcomes Jacqueline Terrassa as the Carolyn Muzzy Director of the @ColbyMuseum. Currently at the @ArtInstitutechi, she's recognized as a national leader in transforming museums into places for deep learning and rich community engagement. colby.edu/museum/2020/07/13/…
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Commentary: Remembering the man whose landmark 1976 exhibition insisted: Black art matters | latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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Great reads on the topic of walking selected by @jmbatario, the @ColbyMuseum Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship and guest critic for @TheBrooklynRail, who included writings by two Colby professors: AB Brown and Arisa White. brooklynrail.org/2020/3/crit…
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Never-before-seen John Singer Sargent drawings are coming to the @smithsoniannpg washingtonian.com/2020/02/28…
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Founded in 1968 by artists associated with the Black Arts Movement, AfriCOBRA’s philosophy emphasized positive revolutionary ideas and community effort. Check out transcripts of interviews with AfriCOBRA founders online: s.si.edu/38oTR8x #BlackHistoryMonth
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ICYMI: The Year Ahead in African American Art: What to See and Do in 2020 | culturetype.com/2020/02/26/t… via @culturetype
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If you are a rising college senior interested in pursuing a PhD in African American or African Diasporan Studies, apply to be a part of the Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute. The deadline is March 1. ow.ly/vMKh30ql23y #SchomburgCenter
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CALL FOR SESSIONS 2021 Annual Conference, 14-16 April 2021 @unibirmingham @BarberInstitute We are delighted to be working with the Dept of #ArtHistory, #Curating and #VisualStudies towards #forarthistory2021. Full details online bit.ly/2SZonk8
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This Go-Go movement is worldwide and gentrification, preserving the arts and more are important to people around the world. Check out how many signatures and supporters we have on Change.org when #DontMuteDC began last April. #GoGoTownHall
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Join us on 7 Mar for the #workshop "Art+Feminism: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2020", co-presented by AAA & @mplusmuseum, to discuss, create, improve, and share Wikipedia articles of #womenartists and #practitioners. Sign up now: bit.ly/37JLXpk
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The @LunderInstitute for American Art @ColbyCollege is putting together a research group working on the artistic modernisms of the #Taos. Applications for fellowships are due February 28, 2020. colby.edu/lunderinstitute/20…
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A collaboration between Google and UNESCO highlights the ways that climate change threatens five existing heritage sites. trib.al/YMXPTg6
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Don't forget to submit your applications for our summer internship program by Tuesday, February 25th! ☀️✏️🗃️
Calling all undergraduate or graduate students! The Archives of American Art offers a full-time, ten-week summer internship program with a $6,500 stipend. Apply now through Feb. 25th! For more information visit: s.si.edu/2zooGvA #summerinternship #dcinterns
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Coming May 1: A CONVENIENT SOLDIER: Black Guards Protect Maine Railways. Officer Leonard Parks, Pvt. Arthur Williams & Pvt. Richard Sullivan, 1942. These soldiers guarded the North Yarmouth Royal River Grand Trunk railroad bridge that ran to Canada. MMN # 18993 #blackhistorymonth
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