Wheaton College Massachusetts

Readings by the Writer: Brandon Shimoda
2020-10-22 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Brandon Shimoda has been widely recognized for the imaginative spirit he projects in his poetry. His most recent book, The Desert, was published in 2018. He has been awarded the William Carlos Williams prize for his second book, Evening Oracle.
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Virtual Gallery Opening—Postcards from the Pandemic
2020-10-22 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual
This exhibition is an open call for postcard-sized responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. All submissions will be included in the exhibition and become part of the Wheaton College Permanent Collection. The exhibition is an effort to combat the social isolation this virus has forced on us. It is a chance to see, through the eyes of another, an expression of this experience. It is an opportunity to come together when we still have to remain physically apart. Submissions are welcome through Oct. 10 at u.nu/postcards.
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The exhibition will be on display October 20–November 24 2020.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Beard & Weil Galleries will only be open to the on-campus Wheaton community during the fall 2020 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.

FabAcademy Info Session
2020-10-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual
Wheaton is offering a new course this semester called FabAcademy and will be holding an info session for students who would like to learn more. If you are interested in participating in FabAcademy this year or in the future, we recommend you attending. Students must be on campus next semester to take this course.
Sign up here.

“At the Fab Academy, you will learn how to envision, prototype and document your ideas through many hours of hands-on experience with digital fabrication tools.” Under the leadership of global instructor Neil Gershenfeld, Wheaton students will be exposed to innovative communities and ideas at a global level over the course of six months. Gershenfeld, MIT Professor and Director of the Center for Bits + Atoms, originally taught “How to Make Almost Anything” as an MIT course which grew into FabAcademy in 2009. Students who successfully complete FabAcademy will graduate with an extensive digital portfolio detailing their progress and final project. They will also gain the knowledge needed to take an idea from prototype to product. Wheaton will be the first college in New England to offer FabAcademy to its students. For more information, visit the website!
If you have any questions about this course, please email Madison at dunaway_madison@wheatoncollege.edu

Postcards from the Pandemic
2020-10-23 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-10-24 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-10-27 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-10-28 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-10-29 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-10-29 13:00 - 20:00, 2020-10-30 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-10-31 13:00 - 17:00 and 12 more dates | Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
This exhibition is an open call for postcard-sized responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. All submissions will be included in the exhibition and become part of the Wheaton College Permanent Collection. The exhibition is an effort to combat the social isolation this virus has forced on us. It is a chance to see, through the eyes of another, an expression of this experience. It is an opportunity to come together when we still have to remain physically apart. Submissions are being excepted u.nu/postcards.
October 20–November 24, 2020
Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts

You can view Postcards from the Pandemic virtually here.

Join us for studio visits with selected artists on Thursdays during the exhibition:
October 29, 2020 07:00 PM EST (US and Canada) via Zoom Register here
November 5, 2020 07:00 PM EST (US and Canada) via Zoom Register here
November 19, 2020 07:00 PM EST (US and Canada) via Zoom Register here
Gallery hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays 1–5 p.m.; Thursdays 1–8 p.m.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Beard & Weil Galleries is only open to the on-campus community for the fall 2020 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.

Representation And How To Get It, a new play commemorating 100 years of the 19th Amendment
2020-10-28 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Playwright Joyce Van Dyke, director Judy Braha, and actor Elaine Vaan Hogue talk about their collaboration on a new one-woman play featuring suffragist and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe, who asks, “What does it do to your soul if you don’t have representation?” The play is a fever dream and a call to action by Howe, who was a playwright, poet, and founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association which supported voting rights for Black women as well as white women. The conversation will draw parallels between Howe’s mission and today’s election.
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Postcards from the Pandemic—Studio Visits & Discussion
2020-10-29 19:00 | Virtual
Join us on Thursdays during Postcards from the Pandemic for virtual Q&As, conversations and reflection with author Maria Baker and artist Yikui (Coy) Gu exhibition participants.
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Voice of an Artist—April Bey
2020-11-02 16:30 - 17:30 | Virtual
Join interdisciplinary visual artist April Bey as she shares how her practices and materials explore an introspective and social critique of American and Bahamian culture, contemporary pop culture, feminism, generational theory, social media, AfroFuturism, AfroSurrealism, post-colonialism and constructs of race within white supremacist systems. A brief Q&A will follow Bey’s talk. Registration is required for this Zoom event.
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Postcards from the Pandemic—Studio Visits & Discussion
2020-11-05 19:00 | Virtual
Join us on Thursdays during Postcards from the Pandemic for virtual Q&As, conversations and reflection with exhibition participants.
Register here.

Reading by the Writer: Angie Mazakis
2020-11-10 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Angie Mazakis’s first book, I Was Waiting to See What You Would Do First, describes the various experiences of a first-generation immigrant. Her work has been widely published, including in The New Republic and Boston Review.
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Beyond the Hashtag: The Art and Activism of #BlackLivesMatter
2020-11-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
Patrisse Cullors is an internationally recognized artist, activist, and advocate for civil rights and social justice. In 2013, she and two fellow organizers—Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi—created what they described as a “Black-centered political will and movement building project.” They called it #BlackLivesMatter. Although many people know it only as a social media hashtag, it is far more than that. Cullors will discuss the art and activism behind, beyond and of the BLM hashtag, and take questions from moderators and attendees.
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Through the Native Lens
2020-11-16 19:00 | Virtual
Felia K. Davenport, associate professor of theatre at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, presents her documentary short film Through the Native Lens, addressing personal identity and its intersection with social identity, cultural appropriation and community. Registration is required for this Zoom event.
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