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Colby Museum Of Art: Faith Ringgold “Story Quilt” Acquired, Bob Keyes
Colby Museum Of Art: Faith Ringgold “Story Quilt” Acquired, Bob Keyes
Colby Magazine
The Colby Museum of Art adds a coveted Faith Ringgold story quilt to its collection.
Illuminated Histories, Laura Meader
Illuminated Histories, Laura Meader
Colby Magazine
Artist Maggie Libby ’81 unearths the hidden histories of Colby women with their portraits.
First There Was One, Christina Nunez
First There Was One, Christina Nunez
Colby Magazine
Colby’s first female graduate, Mary Caffrey Low, set a standard for excellence and achievement.
Award-Wining Playwright Bess Welden Amplifies Marginalized Voices, Laura Meader
Award-Wining Playwright Bess Welden Amplifies Marginalized Voices, Laura Meader
Colby Magazine
As playwright Bess Welden followed stories filed by her sister-in-law, a photojournalist covering the 2015 migrant crisis in Greece, she was captivated by a photo of an unaccompanied minor. She wondered how anyone could keep an emotional distance from a child like this.
In Living Color: Newly Discovered Film Shows The Colby Of 80 Years Ago, Laura Meader
In Living Color: Newly Discovered Film Shows The Colby Of 80 Years Ago, Laura Meader
Colby Magazine
In 1935 Frederick Kinch began making home movies using Kodak’s newly introduced 8 mm camera. He filmed his children, a few hunting trips, and his alma mater—Colby. The film he spliced together from two trips to Waterville has recently surfaced, providing rare moving images of both downtown and Mayflower Hill campuses.
Welcome To Broadway: The Sound Inside Costar Will Hochman ’14 Talks About Chasing Your Dream—And Ending Up On Stage With Mary-Louise Parker, Abukar Adan
Colby Magazine
Will Hochman ’14 made his Broadway debut last month in the New York Times critic’s pick The Sound Inside with Tony Award-winning co-star Mary-Louise Parker. Hochman first appeared in the two-person play, about the relationship between a Yale creative writing professor and her student, last year at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Freelance journalist Abukar Adan ’17 sat down with Hochman in his dressing room at Studio 54 to discuss his debut, his time at Colby, and his journey to the big stage.
A Good Place For Moral Philosophy: Associate Professor Lydia Moland On The Good Place And Why All Of Her Students Should Be Haunted, Gerry Boyle
Colby Magazine
Associate Professor of Philosophy Lydia Moland recently moderated a WBUR CitySpace event featuring producer Michael Schur and actor William Jackson Harper of the NBC comedy The Good Place. The award-winning show is about a character, Eleanor, who is mistakenly sent to “the good place” in the afterlife and then has to figure out how to become a better person. Moland spoke with Colby Magazine Editorial Director Gerry Boyle ’78 about television, morality, and how the most important ideas should fit on a bumper sticker.
A New Definition Of American Art, Bob Keyes
A New Definition Of American Art, Bob Keyes
Colby Magazine
A designated institute dedicated to creativity and scholarly research is a new endeavor for Colby. These kinds of institutes typically are associated with large museums and universities, said Lee Glazer, the institute’s founding director and formerly a curator of American art at the Smithsonian Institution. “We’re still figuring out some of the details, but the vision is evolving,” she said.
This Caught Our Attention, Colby College
This Caught Our Attention, Colby College
This Caught Our Attention, Colby College
Colby Magazine
Jackson Pollock, Composition with Masked Forms, 1941. Oil on canvas, 27 3⁄4 x 49 3⁄4 in. Colby College Museum of Art.
For The Love Of Music: Yuri Lily Funahashi Shares The Gift Of Collaboration, Mareisa Weil
For The Love Of Music: Yuri Lily Funahashi Shares The Gift Of Collaboration, Mareisa Weil
Colby Magazine
A virtuoso is quietly going about her business in the classrooms of the Bixler Art and Music Center. Yuri Lily Funahashi, accomplished chamber musician, assistant professor, and Music Department co-chair, is strengthening and inspiring her students’ relationship with music.
Q&A Tanya Sheehan: On Photography, Human Migration, And What Their Intersection Does And Doesn't Tell Us, Colby College
Q&A Tanya Sheehan: On Photography, Human Migration, And What Their Intersection Does And Doesn't Tell Us, Colby College
Colby Magazine
William R. Kenan Jr. Associate Professor of Art Tanya Sheehan is the editor of Photography and Migration, a timely collection of essays about photography and its role in portraying this ongoing humanitarian crisis (See P. 38). At Colby she launched the Photography and Migration Project, which draws connections between global migration and Waterville’s history as a destination for immigrants. She spoke to Colby Magazine Managing Editor Gerry Boyle ’78 about the ways photographs shape our perception of migration.
Deep North: Assistant Professor Of Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies Sonja Tomas Pushes Students To Confront The Uncomfortable, Mareisa Weil
Colby Magazine
Many of those white students are uncomfortable, Thomas said. “I hear a lot of, ‘I don’t want to say something if it’s not on the right track.’ I have to push back and say, ‘Silence is not a right track either.’”
Bassam Khabieh: Syrian Photojournalist, Bassam Khabieh
Bassam Khabieh: Syrian Photojournalist, Bassam Khabieh
Colby Magazine
Bassam Khabieh is the 2018 Oak Human Rights Fellow at Colby. A Syrian photojournalist, he has documented the conflict there, including the siege of Ghouta, where he and his family lived.
Past And Future: Climate Experts Consider Where Our Planet Has Been And Where It Is Going, Colby College
Past And Future: Climate Experts Consider Where Our Planet Has Been And Where It Is Going, Colby College
Colby Magazine
In this, the second installment of the Colby Climate Project series, we explore the work of members of the Colby community who working to address this monumental environmental challenge.
The Painter From Maine: From Mountains To The Sea, Marsden Hartley Portrayed His Home State Through The Lens Of His Singular Imagination, Gerry Boyle
Colby Magazine
Marsden Hartley left his indelible mark on the art world, traversing America, absorbing influences in Europe, joining the ranks of the greatest modernist painters of his time—and creating a vision of Maine that resonates powerfully to this day.
Jealous Of Genius: Adrianna Paliyenko Unmasks An Effort To Diminish The Work And Roles Of 19th Century Women Poets, Gerry Boyle
Jealous Of Genius: Adrianna Paliyenko Unmasks An Effort To Diminish The Work And Roles Of 19th Century Women Poets, Gerry Boyle
Colby Magazine
The book unmasks a decades-long effort to marginalize women poets by linking genius to the male sperm cell, and women's creativity to masculinity—in effect, minimizing their mark on literature and culture.
From Mayflower Hill To A Global Stage: 'The Maribor Uprisings', A Documentary By Maple Razsa And Milton Guillén '15, Is Attracting International Audiences And Acclaim, David M. Wilson
Colby Magazine
"It's a story about collective protest movements and how to respond to repression by the police. It's something the audience has to grapple with, too." - Associate Professor of Global Studies Maple Razsa
Girl Power: Professor Lyn Mikel Brown On Her New Book, Activism, And "The Power Of The Immediate", Mareisa Weil
Girl Power: Professor Lyn Mikel Brown On Her New Book, Activism, And "The Power Of The Immediate", Mareisa Weil
Colby Magazine
"If we want girls to be part of creating a more just and caring world, we have to give them the opportunity to jump into the fray, right here, right now."
Rewriting History - With Alan Taylor '77, Kate Carlisle
Rewriting History - With Alan Taylor '77, Kate Carlisle
Colby Magazine
"Lets go back to the American Revolution and try to look at it with fresh eyes and a neutral perspective and see what happens when you treat everyone with some respect, and try to understand why they did what they did, rather than put labels on them." - Alan Taylor '77
Book Smarts: In A Digital Age, Professors Work To Save An Ancient Craft And Integrate It Into The Curriculum, Laura Meader
Book Smarts: In A Digital Age, Professors Work To Save An Ancient Craft And Integrate It Into The Curriculum, Laura Meader
Colby Magazine
"The idea of students making things is so important...Making things triggers all kinds of other healthy ways of thinking, processing, problem solving." - Associate Professor of Art Gary Green
Anything But Invisible: Oak Fellow Khalid Albaih Marvels At Supportive Colby While Opening Eyes To Global Suppression, Gerry Boyle
Anything But Invisible: Oak Fellow Khalid Albaih Marvels At Supportive Colby While Opening Eyes To Global Suppression, Gerry Boyle
Colby Magazine
A political cartoonist with a global web presence was surprised and gratified to find an equally receptive audience at Colby.
A Cosmic Connection: For Anthropologist Catherine Besteman, Reunion With Somali Bantu In Maine Was Life Changing., Gerry Boyle
A Cosmic Connection: For Anthropologist Catherine Besteman, Reunion With Somali Bantu In Maine Was Life Changing., Gerry Boyle
Colby Magazine
Reunited with Somali Bantu families after decades, anthropologist Catherine Besteman chronicles their lives.
Court Musician: Four-Year Starter Sam Willson Is Composed On The Basketball Court - And At The Keyboard, Charles Eichacker
Court Musician: Four-Year Starter Sam Willson Is Composed On The Basketball Court - And At The Keyboard, Charles Eichacker
Colby Magazine
Four-year starter Sam Willson is composed on the basketball court—and at the keyboard
Judging A Book: For Megan Cook The Value Of A Volume Is More Than The Words On The Page, Gerry Boyle
Judging A Book: For Megan Cook The Value Of A Volume Is More Than The Words On The Page, Gerry Boyle
Colby Magazine
Megan Cook doesn’t judge a book by its cover. She also considers the historical context, the manner of binding, the illustrations on the contents page, marginalia penciled in by various owners, food stains that are reminders of someone’s long ago lunchtime reading.
Explorer: Muheb Esmat Sees Museum Open Doors To History, Pat Sims
Explorer: Muheb Esmat Sees Museum Open Doors To History, Pat Sims
Colby Magazine
Muheb Esmat ’17 made a significant discovery when he came to Colby. Actually, he made more than one.
Change Of Direction: Haolu "Lulu" Wang Traded Finance For The Lens Of Filmmaking, Claire Sykes
Change Of Direction: Haolu "Lulu" Wang Traded Finance For The Lens Of Filmmaking, Claire Sykes
Colby Magazine
After only two years with an investment bank in Hong Kong, her first job straight out of Colby with a degree in government and economics, the Chinese-born-and-raised Wang left and took off for Florence, Italy, to become a filmmaker. Before the eight-week, hands-on introductory course there had ended, she realized “this was something I could do for the rest of my life,” she said in an interview via Skype.
Explorer: Muheb Esmat Sees Museum Open Doors To History, Pat Sims
Explorer: Muheb Esmat Sees Museum Open Doors To History, Pat Sims
Colby Magazine
Muheb Esmat ’17 made a significant discovery when he came to Colby.
Art School: Margaret Aiken Strengthens Connections Between Museum And Community
Art School: Margaret Aiken Strengthens Connections Between Museum And Community
Colby Magazine
She studied art at Yale and museum education at Tufts, then worked at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts, the Great Lakes Science Center, and the Science Museum of Minnesota. Now, as the Linde Family Foundation Coordinator of School and Family Programs, Aiken has set her sights on the already robust outreach efforts at the Colby College Museum of Art
All Things German: For Arne Koch The Classroom Is Just The Beginning
All Things German: For Arne Koch The Classroom Is Just The Beginning
Colby Magazine
For Arne Koch The Classroom Is Just The Beginning. German Department chair and associate professor Arne Koch discusses anything from soccer and Nazis to the current Greek financial crisis in German or some English/German hybrid.