Class of 2012

Want your photography to be the next to hang in the Usdan Center?
Guidelines:

Eligibility: Open to all students of Wesleyan University; all entries must be original work and created during the last two years
Submit up to three photographs to tshiner@wesleyan.edu by December 7, 2009 or by dropping them off on CD-Rom at 124 Usdan
Include your name, [...]

West Indian Student Association Presents
Pieces of Pieces: Rootz of Rootz
An Exhibition of Student Art
November 6-22, 2009
Zilkha South gallery
Opening Reception at Zilkha Gallery
Friday, November 6, 5:00-7:00 p.m .
Refreshments Served
Featuring performances by Wesleyan Steel band, Garett Field, and Writer’s Bloc.  Sponsored by Latin American Studies Program, Office of Diversity and Strategic Partnerships, Wesleyan World Wednesdays, Ezra and [...]

In honor of Earth Day, the Wesleyan community and friends are invited to an open house in Special Collections & Archives, Olin Library (1st floor East, behind the glass door next to the stairs). On view will be the first edition of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (London, 1859), modern artists’ books that [...]

Feet to the Fire is pleased to invite the Class of 2012 to the opening of “Of All the People in All the World, USA”, performed by Stan’s Cafe from Birmingham, UK.
This has become known around campus as “the Rice Show,” because we had to order and install 11,000 lbs of uncooked, long grain rice. [...]

This exhibition explores the shifting uses and interpretations of photographs from the announcements in 1839 about the competing inventions by Louis Daguerre and William Henry Fox Talbot to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Selected from the collection of the Davison Art Center, the show highlights works by Thomas [...]

Framing and Being Framed examines how contemporary visual artists and photographers use their work to comment on traditional assumptions about documentary photography. In order to encourage viewers to grapple with issues of context, subjectivity and interpretation, the artists in the exhibition employ devices such as accompanying text, animation, community participation and reenactment of events. Represented [...]

The Derge Parkhang is one of the foremost cultural, social, religious and historical institutions in Tibet. Founded in 1729 by Denba Tseren, the Derge Parkhang today is an active center for publication and distribution of Buddhist texts and images, preeminent examples of the Tibetan woodcut printing tradition. The exhibition’s large, finely cut prints of buddhas, [...]

Eye of History: The Camera as Witness is a series of exhibitions, talks, and films that explore questions about photography and its role in historiography, historical memory, and public life. Organized by Associate Professor of History Jennifer Tucker, the series serves as a meeting point for people who share a common interest in photography, art [...]