Wheaton College Massachusetts

Gallery Exhibition—The Tens: Friends of Art Alumni Collection 2011–2020
2022-02-03 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-10 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-17 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-24 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-03 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-10 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-17 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-24 13:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The Tens, highlights selected work from students who received the Friends of Art Purchase Prize from 2011-2020. These pieces are part of the Wheaton College Permanent Collection and range from photography to film to illustration. The talented alumni artists included in this exhibition are:
2011 Katharine Heyl, Emiko Kurokawa, Rosemary Liss
2012 Skye Landon, Emily Timm, Tim Oxton
2013 Caroline Isaacs, Walker Downey
2014 Soraya Matos
2015 Lindsey Gillis
2016 Cloë Ella Urbanczyk, Sienna Van Slooten
2017 Charlotte Hall
2018 Aleza Epstein
2019 Bhavika Dugar
2020 Elisa McClear
Exhibition runs February 16–March 27, 2021
Gallery Opening | Monday, February 22, 5:00 p.m. EST Register here
Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Beard & Weil Galleries is only open to the on-campus community for the spring 2021 semester. We will make every effort to make our exhibitions available virtually during this time. We appreciate your patience as we navigate this global challenge and we look forward to welcoming you back to campus when we are able to resume normal operations.

Music Dept Colloquium: William Robin "Minimalism Is History Now”: Bang on a Can and Minimalism in the Late Twentieth Century
2022-02-11 12:30 | Virtual
Wheaton’s music department is delighted to welcome scholar and journalist William Robin (UMD College Park). His talk is titled ““Minimalism Is History Now”: Bang on a Can and Minimalism in the Late Twentieth Century”. Professor Robin is a regular contributor to the New York Times, and his most recent book Industry is now available from Oxford University Press. Robin’s research explores how institutions structure the creation, dissemination, and reception of contemporary classical music in the United States. His research interests also include early American hymnody, Stravinsky, and the European postwar avant-garde.
Via Zoom, no registration required.

In Conversation with "LOVING: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850s-1950s" authors Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell
2022-02-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The Center for Social Justice and Community Impact, in partnership with Safe Zone at Wheaton, invites you to join Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell, authors of the book “LOVING: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850s-1950s ” in a discussion and Q&A-style program.
In-person seating is first come, first served. Registering for the in-person event enterers you into a raffle to win one of eight, signed copies of the book!
You can also register for the live Zoom here !
“In the late 1990’s Neal & Hugh started collecting photographs purely by accident. The first photograph came from an antique store in Dallas. The photograph was of two men in a loving embrace mixed within random photos of a Dallas neighborhood from the 1920s. [Their] collection of over 2800 vintage photos of romantic couples spanning the 100 years between the 1850s and 1950s is the basis for [their] book.
LOVING: A Photographic History shines a new light on the most written about, dramatized, or filmed emotions – love. The pages of our book portray love, but also courage – the courage that it took to memorialize that unmistakable look that occurs between two people in love. LOVING: A Photographic History celebrates a loving past. A past that points towards the future. It’s message is for everyone. It’s universal.”
Feel free to send questions, comments, or accessibility concerns to pratt_mike@wheatoncollege.edu.

Gallery Exhibition—Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Perspectives on Mass Criminalization
2022-02-18 13:00 - 17:00, 2022-02-22 13:00 - 17:00, 2022-02-24 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-01 13:00 - 17:00, 2022-03-03 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-08 13:00 - 17:00, 2022-03-10 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-15 13:00 - 17:00 and 5 more dates | Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
February 18–April 14, 2022
The exhibition title is borrowed from Angela Davis’s 2015 book and is focused on prison abolition. The work in the show centers on the perspectives of people who have been or are currently incarcerated. Each of the exhibited projects allows us to see the impact the carceral system has on individuals, offering the viewer a chance to reevaluate their perspective on the dehumanizing and harmful effects of incarceration. But each of these projects also offers solutions in the form of information, actions, ways to connect, and alternatives to incarceration.
Ultimately, through the drawings, video performances, photography, writing, and gardens, the exhibition encourages visitors to ask “What would a future without prisons look like? What would it take to get there?”
Masks are required in the galleries regardless of vaccination status.
Gallery hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday 1-5:00 p.m.
Thursdays 1-8:00 p.m.

Balla Kouyaté and World Vision
2022-03-03 19:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Balla Kouyaté is a Master Balafon player, hereditary musician and Griot (‘Djeli’) from Mali, and an international Malian cultural ambassador. He is the recipient of multiple accolades including the NEA’s National Heritage Fellow in 2019. Balla will be joined by his band, World Vision, for a virtuosic concert of Malian traditional music and contemporary music fusions.
Masks are required for attendees at Arts at Wheaton events regardless of vaccination status.

Mark Yohalem on Video Games and Design
2022-03-07 19:00 | Virtual
Video Game Development, WorldBuilding, and Gameplay. Writer and designer for games including Axis & Allies, Heroes of Newerth, Primordia and Dragon Age, Mark Yohalem presents his portfolio alongside sharing tips on how to pursue your passion in video games.
This event will be presented via Zoom, registration is required.
Zoom Registration

Beethoven Violin Sonatas featuring Nicholas Kitchen
2022-03-09 19:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
***This event has been postponed***
Nicholas Kitchen, principal violinist of the Borromeo Sting Quartet, plays two of Beethoven’s most beloved sonatas, the “Spring” and the tempestuous “Kreuzer”. Professor of Music, Ann Sears accompanies Kitchen on piano.

Freetown Collective Live
2022-03-29 19:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
“Welcome to our galaxy of harmony and melody, music and philosophy, good vibes and love over everything else. Welcome to Freetown.” After a celebrated virtual visit last year, Trinidadian band, Freetown Collective, will be on campus, live, straight from performing at SXSW in Austin, touring for the first time in North America. Muhammad Muwakil and Lou Lyons, along with DJ Rawkus, redefine Calypso and Soca genres to create soulful, compelling, irresistibly infectious music, designed to lift people up and amplify issues of empowerment and Social Justice. Please join us for an evening of deeply inspired and moving music.
This event is made possible by WEB (Wheaton Events Board), the Evelyn Danzig Haas ’39 Visiting Artists Program and arts@wheaton.
In support of our performing artists and aligning with other local arts organizations, all indoor Arts at Wheaton programming, the Beard & Weil Galleries, and all events taking place in Weber Theatre or the Kresge Experimental Theatre will require gallery visitors and audience members to wear a mask regardless of vaccination status.

Chorale & Chamber Singers **Postponed**
2022-03-30 19:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Please join the Wheaton Chorale and Chamber Singers, under the direction of Tim Harbold, for an eclectic program of jazz, folk songs, spirituals and pop, featuring songs we explored with Visiting Artists Donnell Patterson (gospel), Dominique Eade (jazz), and Alex Grover (pop).

andPlay: Contemporary Works for Violin + Viola
2022-03-31 19:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
andPlay (Maya Bennardo and Hannah Levinson) will perform very recent compositions by a diverse roster of composers (David Bird, Carolyn Chen, Anthony Green, and Catherine Lamb).
In support of our performing artists and aligning with other local arts organizations, all indoor Arts at Wheaton programming, the Beard & Weil Galleries, and all events taking place in Weber Theatre or the Kresge Experimental Theatre will require gallery visitors and audience members to wear a mask regardless of vaccination status.
