2015 Wheaton Biennial: Photography Beyond The Frame Opens At Wheaton College
The Beard and Weil Gallery at Wheaton College in Norton, MA is pleased to announce the opening of the 2015 Wheaton Biennial: Photography Beyond The Frame on Wednesday, March 4 from 6-8 pm.
Kristen Gresh, the Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Assistant Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston acted as juror for the exhibit, which features 45 works of art by 30 American artists.
The gallery will hold an artist talk onMarch 25 at 6:00 pm and will share Voice of the Artist: A lecture by Dimitra Ermeidou on March 31 at 6:30. All events are free, open to the public and accessible to those with disabilities.
The exhibiting artists are:
Trent Davis Bailey (California)
Kristi Beisecker (Massachusetts)
Adina Bricklin (Massachusetts)
Erin Kyle Danna (New York)
Dimitra Ermeidou (Pennsylvania)
Nicholas Fedak II (California)
Jonathan Fischer (California)
Doug Fogelson (Illinois)
John Fraser (Illinois)
Erin Geideman (Ohio)
Ed Grant (New York)
Katherine Gulla (Massachusetts)
Chad Joiner (Massachusetts)
Dean Kessmann (District of Columbia)
Tina Leto (Illinois)
Linda Lindroth (Connecticut)
Matthew Moore (Maryland)
Jennifer Liston Munson (Massachusetts)
Tara Penick (Florida)
Sarah Pollman (Massachusetts)
Ellen Pratte (Rhode Island)
Mike Rebholz (Wisconsin)
Jack Robinson (New York)
Jorge Sanchez (Florida)
John Steck Jr. (Illinois)
Robert Thurlow (Massachusetts)
Rodrigo Valenzuela (Texas)
Gary Wahl (Minnesota)
David Wells (Rhode Island)
Laura Wulf (Massachusetts)
About The Exhibition
Wheaton College cultivates an open spirit of inquiry with a curriculum emphasizing connections across disciplinary boundaries. The 2015 Wheaton Biennial includes the works of photographers whose work reflects a similar spirit of inquiry and a critical reflection on what constitutes the boundaries of the medium in today’s art world.
About The Juror
Juror Kristen Gresh is the Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Assistant Curator of Photographs at the Museum Of Fine Arts in Boston. Her most recent exhibition was She Who Tells A Story: Women Photographers From Iran And The Arab World.
About The Galleries
The Beard and Weil Galleries are a vital part of Wheaton’s creative and intellectual life. Exhibitions feature work by contemporary artists in all media, as well as works from Wheaton’s extensive Permanent Collection, spanning ancient Greece to contemporary South Africa.
The Galleries’ educational mission encompasses all forms of creative expression in an effort to forge meaningful connections between objects and their histories, student and faculty creative work, art historical research, and critical thinking. The crucial role the visual arts play in a liberal arts education is central to the design and focus of our exhibitions.
Acknowledgements
Photography Beyond The Frame and its corresponding events have been made possible by the generous support of the Wheaton College Friends Of Art. The participation of Dimitra Ermeidou was made possible by the Celeste Gottesman Bartos ’35 Fund For the Visual Arts within the Evelyn Danzig Haas ’39 Visiting Artists Program.
For further information on the website: http://wheatoncollege.edu/gallery/2015/2015-wheaton-biennial-photography-beyond-the-frame/