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.
Currently on Display
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.)