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Updated July 20 Colby College seeks to engage with Waterville community through upcoming interactive art events Two of the inaugural class of resident fellows at the Lunder Institute — Jose Barrionuevo and Adriane Herman — are set to host interactive community art events in the coming weeks. 5 of 5 Electronic music artist Jose Barrionuevo plays the electric guitar Monday in his laboratory at the Colby Arts Collaborative building at 18 Main St. in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel WATERVILLE — Two interactive events centered around community-engaging art projects are schedule...

New Waterville art center on track to open with board approval, demolition underway The Paul J. Schupf Art Center is set to open in December 2022, with plans also calling for improved access to the Waterville Opera House through a new skywalk. 6 of 6 Crooker Construction begins demolition of The Center in downtown Waterville on Tuesday, making way for the new Paul J. Schupf Art Center. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel WATERVILLE — The Paul J. Schupf Art Center at 93 Main St. downtown is on track to open now that the Planning Board has given its final approval and demolition work has sta...

The Banana Art Prankster Is Teaming Up With Dole on an NFT — The artist David Datuna—you know, the one who ate Maurizio Cattelan’s $120,000 banana at Art Basel in 2019—is collaborating with none other than Dole on an NFT art drop. The works will be auctioned off via Rarible in two weeks to raise raise money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and to raise awareness about food insecurity in the U.S. ( Press release) Tate Modern Legal Fight Against Its Neighbors Heads to Supreme Court – Residents of a luxury apartment complex next to Tate Modern have taken their battle to close off...

8 of 8 A view of Main Street from the first floor exhibition and performance space of the Colby College Arts Collaborative building in downtown Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel WATERVILLE — Colby College’s Arts Collaborative in the downtown is nearing the end of construction and will open to students and fellows at the end of the month.  The building at 18 Main St. has been under construction for the last several months. While the space will host student groups in coming weeks, pandemic concerns have limited the college to a soft opening, with an official opening schedu...

Lori Ullmann MARIETTA — When Ely Chapman Educational Foundation founder Alice Chapman died Dec. 30 of COVID-19, the immediate future of the school was uncertain. A little more than a month later, a new director was hired to continue Chapman’s vision. “Lori Ullmann is the executive director now and is getting her feet on the ground,” said Hunt Brawley, president of the foundation’s board of directors. “We’re excited. She’s hit the ground running, and we’re very encouraged.” Ullmann said she chose to take on the challenge of leading the school because it fit with her philoso...