Join us to kick off Family & Friends Weekend arts@wheaton style. Come get a taste of what the arts at Wheaton can offer, there will be live performances, food trucks, tie dye, galaxy glitter jars and more!
Author Kim Adrian reads from her memoir, The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet, and discusses growing up with the confusion and chaos of mental illness and generational trauma. A brief Q&A will follow this lunchtime event.
Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo is one of the greatest artists in international music today, a creative force with fifteen albums to her name. Kidjo’s creative power is palpable through the beauty and strength of her voice, her music and movement, visual aesthetic, linguistic prowess and enormous advocacy work that serves so many.
Meghan Quigley Graham, Wheaton class of 2011, will share her experiences in the museum field as a student intern, administrative assistant, graduate student and museum educator as well as a pro-union organizer.
Join us for a conversation with Museum founder Debra Britt and educator Beth Danesco.
Join us for a workshop led by National Black Doll Museum founders Debra Britt and Felicia Walker.
Artist Shaquora R’ Bey will share her history as a doll maker and soft sculptor. Bey is an artist whose work encompasses a wide range of media including textiles, crotchet, beads, and unique hair designs.
Original plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased in our biannual festival.
Arda Collins poetry features a quiet assertive voice that builds or collects or accumulates a domestic space.
Award-winning choral director Dr. André de Quadros leads a variety of Wheaton creators such as Chorale Singers, Chamber Singers, and World Music Ensemble in exploring themes of social justice through song and spoken word.
