Beard Gallery
The Beard Gallery, located in Watson Fine Arts, offer a varied program of exhibitions and lectures for the college community and general public. In addition to featuring contemporary art in all media, we take pride in presenting thematic exhibitions based on works from the permanent art collection of Wheaton College or borrowed from other institutions and private collections. Almost all exhibitions are organized at Wheaton, with the assistance of students in the employ of the Beard Gallery. Students in advanced art history courses sometimes engage in the preparation of an exhibition or catalogue. The last show each year is devoted to the work of senior majors in studio art. All exhibitions and related events are open to the public at no charge. The Beard Gallery is handicapped accessible.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Arc of Intent: Claudia R. Fieo, Selected Works, 1988-2008
Beard and Weil Galleries
September 4-October 19, 2008
(Galleries are closed for break October 10-14)
Lecture and Opening Reception, September 4, 7 p.m., Ellison Lecture/Haas Concourse & Lobby, Watson Fine Arts
Professor of Printmaking and Graphic Design at Wheaton College, Fieo examines the trajectory of her artistic vision through selected works, primarily in printmaking, but also in drawing and ceramic sculpture.
Voice of an Artist: Patrick Dougherty
Primitive Ways in an Accelerated World
Beard and Weil Galleries
September 19, 2008
Lecture, dedication and opening reception, September 19, 7 p.m., Holman Room, Mary Lyon Hall
During the last two decades, Dougherty has built over 150 sculptural works constructed of tree saplings throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. The lecture, opening reception and dedication, culminates a three-week residency, during which the artist will work directly with students on a site-specific sculpture for Wheaton's campus.Sponsored by the Celeste Gottesman Bartos '35 Fund for the Visual Arts with in the Evelyn Danzig Haas '39 Visiting Artists Program and the Master Class in the Visual Arts Fund given by a Wheaton alumna within the Evelyn Danzig Haas '39 Visiting Artists Program
Hugh Townley: The Wizard of Wood
Beard and Weil Galleries
October 30-December 1, 2008
(Galleries are closed for Thanksgiving break November 26-30)
Gallery Opening Reception, November 2, 2 p.m., Haas Concourse & Lobby, Watson Fine Arts
A retrospective look at the artist's work over the course of the last 60 years, starting with the bronzes from 1949 to the plywood pieces in 2005.
Spring 2008 Exhibitions
Correspondences: Contemporary Art from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Beard and Weil Galleries
February 4-April 10, 2008
(Galleries are closed for break March 7-16.)
Gallery Opening Reception, February 4, 7:30 p.m., Haas Concourse & Lobby, Watson Fine Arts
Correspondences: Contemporary Art from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros brings thirty-three works from the internationally celebrated CPPC to Wheaton College's Beard and Weil Galleries. The exhibition provides an illuminating view of the range and sophistication of modern and contemporary Latin American art and demonstrates the various ways in which many artists, working in diverse mediums, have reinterpreted the act of drawing-as an emotional experience, a graphic representation of reality, a work in progress, or a conceptual strategy.
The Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition
Beard and Weil Galleries
April 16-May 16, 2008
Painting, printmaking, graphic design, drawing, sculpture, photography, textile and jewelry design, installation art and video are typically included in this annual show, advised this year by Professor of Art Andrew K. Howard.
Gallery Opening Reception, April 16, 7 p.m., Haas Concourse & Lobby, Watson Fine Arts
Past Exhibitions
Exhibitions archive 2002-2003
Exhibitions archive 2001-2002
Exhibitions archive 2000-2001
Publications
A catalog and ordering information for gallery publications is available here.
Hours
12:30 - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Saturday. Closed during college vacations.
(View the Academic Calendar.)
Directions
The galleries are in Watson Fine Arts on the Wheaton College campus.
(View the driving directions.)