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Gabe Bornstein ’14 on Portrait of an Actor (Joseph Isidore Samson)

Gabe Bornstein ’14 examines Vallou de Villeneuve’s portrait of the French actor Joseph Isidore Samson for its attempts to associate sitter with authorship and knowledge,…

Nadine Biss ’13 on La Goulue

Nadine Biss ’13 reads it as a powerful image of death—both of the celebrity herself and of the more carefree French belle époque past with…

Alexandra Barie ’13 on Two French Actresses

Alexandra Barie ’13 discusses how the carte-de-visite format— allowing for photographic portraits to be easily exchanged and collected from mid-19th century on—was used by two…

Watson Conversations

Watson Conversations is a growing collection of podcasts produced by Wheaton students as part of Art History 298 and Art History 240

Turning Everyday Materials Into Art

Learn how to construct 3D works or art using commonplace materials—including wire, yearn, screen, and fishing line—and traditional handiwork techniques, such as knitting, felting and…

Artist Talk by Andi Sutton

November 5, 2013 Boston-based artist Andi Sutton, whose interactive installation is on view in the Beard and Weil Galleries through December 13, will present a…

The Maiden Voyage of NOMAD 1

October 31st marked the launch of the Art Department’s first Mobile Small Works Gallery, affectionately monikered NOMAD 1. The gallery is something like a cross…

New Acquisitions from Regional Artists

For many years, Liza Folman, Professor of Fine Arts at Lesley University, has explored the relationship between people and the built environment through a variety…

An Evening of South Indian Veena Music

October 25, 2013 Visiting Artists Dr. Revathi Ramaswamy, Kavitha Pazhanisamy, and Mahalingam Santhanakrishnan, Mridangam present an evening of South Indian Music featuring the veena, one…

The Friends of Art Donates Student Work

The Friends of Art at Wheaton College include alumnae/i, current students, faculty, staff, and local residents, who all share an interest in the visual arts.

Readings by the Writer—Miriam Sagan

October 24, 2013 Sagan is a poet, essayist, memoirist and teacher. She is the author of over a dozen books. She lives and works in…

Readings by the Writer—Myla Goldberg

October 17, 2013 Goldberg’s bestselling first novel, Bee Season, was a New York Times Notable Book for 2000, winner of the Borders New Voices Prize,…