Maniacal in Maine

Installation view of “Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson,’’ at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, through Nov. 11.

—Photography by Andrew Witte

City Hall and Opera House in 1905 in Waterville, where appreciation for the arts goes way back.