Wheaton College Massachusetts

Mivos Quartet
2022-04-19 19:00 (America/New_York) | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Hailed as “one of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles” (The Chicago Reader), the Mivos Quartet visits Wheaton to perform a concert of contemporary music, including world premieres by Wheaton student composers.

World Music Ensemble
2022-04-20 19:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Wheaton’s World Music Ensemble, under the direction of Associate Professor of Music Sheila Falls Keohane, performs music and song from Brazil, Ukraine, Cuba and more.

Gallery Exhibition—The Tens: Friends of Art Alumni Collection 2011–2020
2022-04-21 13:00 - 20:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The Tens, highlights selected work from students who received the Friends of Art Purchase Prize from 2011-2020. These pieces are part of the Wheaton College Permanent Collection and range from photography to film to illustration. The talented alumni artists included in this exhibition are:
2011 Katharine Heyl, Emiko Kurokawa, Rosemary Liss
2012 Skye Landon, Emily Timm, Tim Oxton
2013 Caroline Isaacs, Walker Downey
2014 Soraya Matos
2015 Lindsey Gillis
2016 Cloë Ella Urbanczyk, Sienna Van Slooten
2017 Charlotte Hall
2018 Aleza Epstein
2019 Bhavika Dugar
2020 Elisa McClear
Exhibition runs February 16–March 27, 2021
Gallery Opening | Monday, February 22, 5:00 p.m. EST Register here
Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Beard & Weil Galleries is only open to the on-campus community for the spring 2021 semester. We will make every effort to make our exhibitions available virtually during this time. We appreciate your patience as we navigate this global challenge and we look forward to welcoming you back to campus when we are able to resume normal operations.

Dance and Conversation with Tina Mullone: Umfundalai Dance Technique
2022-04-21 19:00 | Balfour-Hood – Ellison Dance Studio, Norton, 02766, United States
Visiting Artist Tina Mullone will give an interactive movement class on the Umfundalai technique and talk on African and African American contemporary dance forms—specifically, on the Black body as confined and shaped by space.

Tina Mullone (BA, MFA) is Assistant Professor of Dance at Bridgewater State University and a New England board member for the American College Dance Association. Tina’s current research interests are centered around African Diaspora dance, dance as a conduit for change, African-Americans and the spaces that define/confine, the presence of spirituality in dance, Black feminism in movement & visual art, Arts education, and movement-based therapy as a result of trauma.
Umfundalai is a contemporary African dance technique that comprises its movement vocabulary from dance traditions throughout the Diaspora. The literal word, Umfundalai, means “essential” in Kiswahili. Much like Katherine Dunham, the late Kariamu Welsh , D. Arts, Umfundalai’s progenitor, has designed a stylized movement practice that seeks to articulate an essence of African – oriented movement or as she has described, “an approach to movement that is wholistic, body centric and organic.”

Passover Seder this Friday
2022-04-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Emerson Dining Hall – Faculty Dining Room
Dear Campus Community,
We would like to invite you to a Wheaton Passover Seder this Friday, April 22nd. Wheaton’s Hillel, the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, the Center for Social Justice and Community Impact, the Office for Institutional Equity and Belonging, and the Office of the President are excited to extend this invitation.
The Jewish holiday of Passover celebrates the exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. The Passover Seder and recounting of the exodus story fulfill the biblical commandment to pass this story of liberation down to the next generation.
Wheaton’s Seder will be held in Emerson Faculty Dining from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Friday, April 22nd. Professor Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus and student leaders will read the Haggadah and a catered kosher meal will be provided. No registration is required.
This community Seder is open to all–you do not have to be Jewish to attend. Hillel and all staff offices involved are committed to creating welcoming and supportive spaces for students and all community members to practice their faith and respectfully learn about the rich traditions that exist at Wheaton and beyond.
This time of year features several major holidays in addition to Passover: Ostara, the Spring Equinox in Wiccan and Neo-Pagan practices; Easter in the Christian tradition; and this year the holy month of Ramadan in Islam spans from April 1 to May 1. For more information on how to connect with other students observing these holidays, or with any questions, feel free to reach out to Interfaith Engagement Coordinator Caleigh Grogan: grogan_caleigh@wheatoncollege.edu or 508-286-3372.
Sincerely,
Caleigh Grogan, Interfaith Engagement Coordinator
Katie Hodes and Chloe Geller, Hillel Co-Presidents
Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, Professor of Religion
Lenny Breton, Director of the Centers for Social Justice and Community Impact and Religious and Spiritual Life
Shaya Gregory Poku, Associate Vice President for Institutional Equity and Belonging
