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.
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.
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.
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.
Ross-Ma’u, Wheaton alumni from the class of 2008, provides a glimpse into his musically diverse background in a performance that explores collaborations with some of San Diego’s finest artists and showcases a taste of his original work.
Dwarika is a designer, motion graphics artist, and managing director of Black Mixture, a brand strategy design company. He will discuss his creative work, his career, and his growing Black Mixture YouTube Channel.
Ten original plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased in our biannual festival.
Join Charlotte Mangin and Sandra Rattley, the makers of UNLADYLIKE2020, as they describe how they created a new visual vocabulary for documentary filmmaking in digital shorts, while elevating the voices of unsung women and little-known heroines who shaped and changed America over 100 years ago, and the women who now follow in their footsteps. In illustrative conversations, Mangin and Rattley share insights on how they crafted the multi-media tools to present history in a bold new way—covering the early years of feminism and suffrage, to the women-led anti-racist work of today.
Through their use of film, music, and various forms of digital media, award winning artist and alumni, Cliff Notez ’13 explores several themes of mental health (acknowledgement, processing and healing through the arts). Cliff also discusses their work in digital media, building their company, HipStory, and how they find work/life balance through a healthy practice of art therapy.
Join filmmaker Tim Slade for a discussion of his film Destruction of Memory, which explores how cultural heritage is intentionally targeted during armed conflict. Participants who register for this event by October 2 will receive a code via email, to access and view the film.
Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIldu2trjwsE9eowzQqtNFnQB1CqIk0AcdT
Third in a series of four biannual exhibitions curated by students enrolled in ARTH335: Exhibition Design, It’s Elemental: Earth considers how earth—in all of its forms—affects our world. Using objects from the Gebbie Archives & Special Collections and the Permanent Collection, each exhibition will explore one of the four classical elements: water, air, earth, fire.
The exhibition will be on display September 10–October 10, 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.