Wheaton College Massachusetts

Louise Toppin presents the Music of Harry T. Burleigh
2023-04-12 19:30 (America/New_York) | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Noted soprano Louise Toppin presents an evening of art song, arias, and spiritual arrangements by Harry T. Burleigh and his contemporaries. The art songs featured will be included in a forthcoming edition of the art songs, long out of print but happily rediscovered by today’s artists.

Critical Access Studies
2023-04-18 17:30 - 18:30 | Online
Much of the literature about accessibility seeks to convince architects of the significance of inclusion. However, the field of Critical Access Studies has emerged in the last 10-15 years to raise additional questions of what counts as access, who benefits, and how designers can know. Aimi Hamraie will discuss some of the insights of Critical Access Studies that can better inform the theory and practice of accessible design.
Aimi Hamraie is Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, & Society and American Studies at Vanderbilt University, and director of the Critical Design Lab, a collaborative of disabled designers, artists, and researchers working within a disability culture framework. Hamraie is also the author of Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability. They are a recent appointee to the United States Access Board.
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Designing for Difference brings innovative design leaders, thinkers and humanists to campus, to celebrate the inauguration of Wheaton’s new Design program. Anchored in the History and Theory of Design course, this spring the WIIH asks students, staff, and faculty to challenge the concept of “normal” and reconsider what makes design inclusive. All events are open to the public.
Presented by the Evelyn Danzig Haas ’39 Visiting Artists Program.

2023 Senior Creative Writing Majors’ Reading
2023-04-19 17:00 | Mary Lyon Hall – Woolley Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Seniors graduating with a degree in creative writing and literature showcase original works of poetry, fiction and dramatic writing.

Gallery Opening—2023 Senior Art Exhibition
2023-04-20 17:00 - 20:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Celebrate the opening of the 2023 Senior Art Exhibition—(dis)connect: a moment in time. This annual capstone exhibition highlights the work of Wheaton’s senior visual art and design majors.

The Wheaton College Dance Company presents Crossroads
2023-04-20 19:30, 2023-04-21 19:30, 2023-04-22 19:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The ensemble performs under the direction of Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis.
Tickets may be purchased via the Watson Box Office. $10 general, $5 with a Wheaton ID & seniors, $2 students.

2023 Senior Art Exhibition—(dis)connect: a moment in time
2023-04-22 13:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-25 13:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-27 13:00 - 20:00, 2023-04-29 13:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-02 13:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-04 13:00 - 20:00, 2023-05-06 13:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-09 13:00 - 17:00 and 1 more date | Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
This annual capstone exhibition highlights the work of Wheaton’s senior visual art and design majors.

Five-Minute Play Festival
2023-04-23 19:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Experimental Theatre, Norton, 02766, United States
Five-minute plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased in our biannual festival.

World Music Ensemble
2023-04-26 19:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The ensemble, under the direction of Assistant Professor Sheila Falls, performs music from a variety of genres from around the world, including Europe, South America, Africa, and more.

Music Colloquium—2023 Senior Majors' Presentations
2023-04-28 10:30 | Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Graduating music majors present on individual research projects conducted as part of the senior seminar taught this year by Professor Ann Sears.

Southeastern Massachusetts Wind Symphony
2023-04-28 19:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Wheaton’s largest wind ensemble performs its spring concert under the direction of Associate Professor Earl Raney, . Suggested donation $5.

Wheaton Chorale & Chamber Singers
2023-04-30 19:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The ensembles, under the direction of Visiting Assistant Professor Alexandra Lutkevich, present a concert of works with orchestra, featuring visiting artist conductor Christopher Lowrey and soloists from Ensemble Altera: Clare Brussel, Andrew Brown, and Michael Garrepy. Suggested donation $10.

Student Recitals
2023-05-02 17:00 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Gifted student performers demonstrate mastery in voice, violin, cello, piano and other instruments.

Phat Police
2023-05-02 20:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Experimental Theatre, Norton, 02766, United States
Contemporary music ensemble, Phat Police present a program of music chosen and arranged by the students under the leadership of Assistant Professor, Jeff Cashen.

Jazz Band
2023-05-03 20:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The Band, under the direction of Assistant Professor Jeff Cashen, performs a mix of American music ranging from jazz to rhythm and blues to rock.

Great Woods Symphony Orchestra presents American Expressions
2023-05-07 16:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The 60-piece Orchestra presents a concert celebrating the diversity of American orchestral music with works by:
Margaret Bonds: The Montgomery Variations
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Josh Rodriguez: Vamos¡ (World Premiere)
John Williams: Empire Strikes Back Medley
Donizetti: “Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’amore featuring Natan Chalem ’23, Concerto-Aria Competition Winner
Suggested donation $5.

Student Film Screening
2023-05-09 19:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Students enrolled in film and animation classes will share their work.

I am Made of Stories
2023-05-11 19:30, 2023-05-12 19:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Experimental Theatre, Norton, 02766, United States
written & directed by Morgaine Kmen
This senior thesis performance centered around a collection of moments from her life pieces together her personal story. This original work explores the importance of storytelling through art and beyond and an ensemble of actors, music, dance, and visual art to tell her story through theatrical performance. Free tickets via the Box Office. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts, 7:30 p.m.

Active Color Perception; name a color, blind the eye
2023-09-05 17:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Ellison Lecture Hall, Norton, MA, 02766
We have boxes of brightly colored pencils, marking pens, hex codes, and seasonal fashions. All of these give us access to color. But could it be that we are not seeing the whole picture in the color choices that are offered to us? The way many of us identify individual colors actually closes us off from the protean nature of color and from our abilities to interact with our color vision. Color is not a thing; it is a relationship between. In this talk, artist Rosy Lamb shares her research into color as a responsive language we all can learn to speak by listening, and by attending to what our eyes see all around us. Her reserach includes a prototype of a digital tool she is developing, which allows users to intuitively build relational colors using a similar methodology to pigment mixing.

Fresh, Fly, Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style
2023-09-18 19:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Over the last half century, hip hop has taken over the world. Its beginning is marked by Cindy and Clive Campbell’s (aka DJ Kool Herc) legendary back-to-school party held in the Bronx on August 11, 1973. Since that time, hip hop has spread around the globe, lending its influence to innumerable spaces. Style is one of the most pervasive and visible manifestations of the culture, and twenty- first century fashion, from luxury labels to everyday dress, owes a debt to hip hop. Join Associate Curator Elizabeth Way to discuss her recent exhibition celebrating hip hop style at the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Ms. Way will also discuss her curatorial specializations, impactful Black designers in American fashion and the historical evolution of fashion systems rooted in American slavery.
