Object Lessons: Matisse and Art Education
The Wheaton College Friends of Art proudly present the 18th Annual Mary L. Heuser Lecture in Art History featuring Camran Mani.
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Watson Fine Arts – Ellison Lecture Hall
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Watson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MA
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Film Screening: The Arc of Oblivion
Watson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MAFrom executive producer Werner Herzog (Cave of Forgotten Dreams; Grizzly Man) and director Ian Cheney (King Corn), The Arc of Oblivion is an unexpectedly playful search for an answer to a deeply existential question. Set against the backdrop of the filmmaker’s quixotic quest to build an ark in a field in Maine, the film heads far afield—to salt mines in the Alps, fjords in the Arctic, and ancient libraries in the Sahara—to illuminate the strange world of archives, record-keeping, and memory.
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Author and Illustrator Mike Curato
Watson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MAJoin us for a presentation by Mike Curato, author of the graphic novel Flamer which received several honors including the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Young Adult, the 2021 Massachusetts Book Award for Young Adult, and was listed as one of NPR’s Best Books of 2020. Flamer also has the distinction of being one of the top 10 banned books of 2024, and Mike has become a fierce advocate of free speech.
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Screening of “Secret Mall Apartment” with artist Michael Townsend
FeaturedWatson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MAJeremy Workman's 2025 documentary "Secret Mall Apartment" tells the story of eight Rhode Island artists who created a secret apartment inside the Providence Place Mall, living undetected for four years. Far more than a prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all involved—both a creative protest against gentrification and a compelling examination […]
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Joan Scheckel & The Technique™
Watson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MAJoan Scheckel is an internationally renowned creator of The Technique™, a highly influential approach to writing, directing, and filmmaking craft in Hollywood.
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Children of the Stone: The Power of Music
Watson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MAMusician, composer, and creator & musical director the ensemble Dal'Ouna, Ramzi Aburedwan presents a talk on his unlikely upbringing as a young musician with an insatiable dream: to bring people together, across cultures and world views, through music.
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Lost on a Mountain in Maine—Screening and Q&A Session with Director Andrew Kightlinger
FeaturedWatson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MAThe film adaptation of "Lost on a Mountain in Maine", produced by Sylvester Stallone and set for cinema release in 2024 is based on the inspiring true story of a child surviving the wilderness.
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The World of Design—16th Annual Mary L. Heuser Lecture featuring Doug Scott
Watson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MAThe World of Design—16th Annual Mary L. Heuser Lecture featuring Doug Scott
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An Evening with Artist Finnegan Shannon
Watson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MAFinnegan Shannon is a multidisciplinary artist whose work experiments with access and ableist assumptions.
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World Interaction Design Day
FeaturedWatson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MAWheaton alumni designers Michele L’Heureux and Boon Sheridan will be on campus September 26 for World Interaction Design Day, an annual global event by the Interaction Design Association to celebrate interaction design's ability to improve the human condition.