The Art of the Simple Life on Unquiet Land: Marguerite and William Zorach in Maine

In-person: Colby College Museum of Art

Friday, November 8, 1:15–2:15 p.m.

Some American Stories, featuring selections from the museum’s American art collection across its Lunder Wing, underscores the complexity of the American experience. Inviting visitors to explore and question long-standing ideas of Americanness, Rebecca Zorach, an art historian and the great-granddaughter of Marguerite and William Zorach, discusses works by the artist couple in the Colby Museum collection. She will draw on a chapter of her recent book, Temporary Monuments, in which she discusses the artists’ lives, works, and legacy in Maine in the context of America’s racial enterprise.