Events at Wellesley

In this hybrid, bilingual symposium hosted by the Davis Museum at Wellesley College in English and French, students, scholars, and alumni around the world will extend Wellesley’s legacy of learning directly from works of art. Held in Tishman Commons and live-streamed, the symposium will propose new…

In conjunction with the Davis Museum's 150th Anniversary Symposium Imagining Museums: The Next 150 Years of Stewarding Art at Wellesley, the Pluralism Initiative is hosting the roundtable, What's in a Word?: Repatriation, which will examine current debates and obstacles surrounding repatriation of…

Please join the Art Department in welcoming Lenka Clayton as the Spring 2026 Frank Williams Visiting Artist. Clayton will deliver an artist talk in the Jewett Auditorium at 11:00 am on Friday, March 27, followed by a brief Q+A session. Read more about the artist below.

In Focus highlights the creative range of practices among the professional artists on the Wellesley College faculty. This exhibition presents works in various media, such as photography, painting, collage, sculpture, book arts, printmaking, installation, video, sound, and interdisciplinary art…

The newly reinstalled long-term galleries dedicated to modern and contemporary art at the Davis reflect how faculty teach art across the disciplines at Wellesley. Instead of a chronological organization, the sections address themes that emerge from the College’s curriculum and the collection’s…

Only To Be There highlights a wide range of Wellesley traditions with objects and photographs from the Wellesley College Archives. From afternoon tea to Float Night, these community rituals weave together generations of graduates and evolve over time, revealing much about the eras in which they…

Step into an original sonic experience in Suzanne Ciani: Sound Lounge. Sit down, slow down, and immerse yourself in the distinct soundscapes of three landmark albums by Wellesley alumna Suzanne Ciani ‘68.  A five-time Grammy award-nominated composer, electronic music pioneer, and neo-classical…

In 1983, Lois Levin (1921-2017, Class of 1942) donated a large Chinese hanging scroll painting to Wellesley College for educational use. It depicts Magu, a legendary Taoist immortal deity associated with longevity and beauty. To preserve this unique painting for generations to come, the Davis…

Morelle Lasky Levine '56 Works on Paper Gallery and Friends of Art Gallery