Focused on campus

The installation of a site-specific sculpture on the campus provides the subject for the first installment of a new video series created by a team of Wheaton students working with an independent filmmaker. 

The new series, Wheaton In Focus, gets started with the making of "Twisted Sisters," a sculpture created by internationally known artist Patrick Dougherty with the help of about 60 students. The artwork was created during a three-week residency at the start of the Fall 2008 semester. The Wheaton In Focus video team followed work on the sculpture and visited one of four courses in which students discussed their involvment in the project as part of their studies. 

The purpose of the online video series is to give viewers an upclose look at Wheaton students' experiences in the classroom and in the residence halls, on the athletic fields and off campus internships.

Wheaton In Focus is created by a team of four students--George Kunhardt '09, Ann Kwan '09, Angelina Gennis '10 and Elliott Mazzola '09--working in collaboration with independent filmmaker and photographer Tim Morse who serves as the project's director/editor. The college's Communications Office coordinates the project.

Each episode of Wheaton In Focus will be posted on YouTube, and it can be found on the Wheaton web site at www.wheatoncollege.edu/infocus.

To keep up on future episodes or to suggest story ideas, join the Wheaton In Focus team on Facebook, where you can suggest story ideas and subscribe to receive updates.