We may think of archives as passive repositories but the projects in this exhibition explore how archives can rewrite history, activating counter-narratives. The projects range from artist books from the Women’s Studio Workshop; materials documenting Wheaton’s history from the Gebbie Archives and Special Collections; Tirazain, a digital archive of Palestinian tatreez embroidery designs; the Rhode Island-based Binch Press/Queer.Archive.Work‘s Community Supported Art (CSA) project, and the nonprofit Internet Archive. These varied examples show how archives celebrate non-dominant and non-linear stories and show us that history is not static.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Thursdays 1:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m.  Please note: the galleries will be closed March 9—17 for spring break.

Wheaton’s 17th Annual Mary L. Heuser guest speaker, Joanna Grabski, Dean & Foundation Professor, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (CISA) at Arizona State University, presents Dakar As Art World City. Dr. Grabski’s talk focuses on contemporary art and artists in Dakar, Senegal, a famously thriving “art world city”; highlighting how and why artists produce and exhibit their work and how they created an art scene by interacting with art world figures from near and far. She shows us that Dakar-based artists have local resonance in their city just as they have global reach.

Wheaton’s Dance Collaborative presents Dance Fest 2025—Boundless Beats featuring hip hop, salsa, tap, k-pop, step, and multi-cultural traditions performed by TRYBE, Paraíso Latino, Tap Out Loud, KAOS and special guest S.O.L.E.  This annual performance showcases the talent of our student-run dance groups.

Purchase Tickets
$12 general, $8 faculty/staff & seniors, $5 students.

Be sure to watch the following instagram stories for ticket discounts:

TRYBE- trybe_wc
Paraíso Latino- wcparaisolatino
Tap Out Loud- wc_tapoutloud
KAOS- kaosdance
S.O.L.E.- s.o.l.e.stepteam

Adapted by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Presented by Kresge Theatre Company

This modern riff on the 15th century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living. This student-led production, directed by Colin Bourget ’26 and produced by Joey Del Santo ’25, is sure to be an innovative, interactive and immersive theatrical experience.

Tickets: Pay What You Can via the Watson Box Office

Produced in special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

The ensemble performs under the direction of Artistic Director Andrea Taylor.

Tickets: $15 general, $10 faculty/staff & seniors, $5 students. Purchase tickets here.

Longer form plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—are showcased in our annual festival.

Please note: the festival takes place each day, twice a day

Join our senior theatre Majors for their Capstone performance.

Free tickets can be reserved via the Watson Box Office.

Shelter is vital.  It’s required for us to survive but also to thrive.  Curated by students enrolled in ARTH 335: Exhibition Design, Shelter interrogates the spaces in which we live, play, work, and worship, the objects found in such spaces, and the concept of “shelter”, broadly defined.

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Shelter is vital.  It’s required for us to survive but also to thrive.  Curated by students enrolled in ARTH 335: Exhibition Design, Shelter interrogates the spaces in which we live, play, work, and worship, the objects found in such spaces, and the concept of “shelter”, broadly defined.

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