Fine Arts and Dance

The Arts at Wilson presents the first annual Wilson College ArtsFest! A three-day event, spotlighting the remarkable art, artists, and artistic opportunities here at Wilson. Distinguished by our programs’ interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to craft and inquiry, ArtsFest seeks to engage our campus and greater regional community in art and artmaking opportunities that reach across disciplines, subject matter, and boundaries, with the intention of fostering relationships, connections, and ideas that effect positive change in our world.

Wilson will hold a reception at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, to mark the opening of the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. The show, presented by Arts at Wilson, will continue through April 21 in the Bogigian Gallery on the second floor of Lortz Hall.

The Foundry, at 100 South Main Street in downtown Chambersburg, will host an exhibition of artwork by our studio art and graphic design students. The show will open on February 3 and continue through March 5, 2023. The event is free and open to the public.

Wilson will host an exhibition of artwork by students from Hagerstown Community College (HCC) in the Bogigian Gallery from Feb. 1 through Mar. 3, 2023. An opening will be held in the gallery on Feb. 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Wilson will host an opening for Breana Sneed’s senior capstone exhibition at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, at Bogigian Gallery in Lortz Hall. The show will continue through January 18, 2023. Before the opening, professor Denise Joyal will host a ceramic pit firing along with Ms. Sneed. This firing event will take place at 6:15 p.m. at Lortz Hall. All are welcome

Wilson will host a reception for Madison Smarsh’s senior capstone exhibition, Justice in Design, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 27, at Bogigian Gallery in Lortz Hall. The exhibition will continue through May 15, 2022. 

The Bogigian Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free.

Wilson will hold a reception at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23, to mark the opening of the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. The exhibition, presented by the Department of Fine Arts and Dance, will continue through April 20 in the Bogigian Gallery on the second floor of Lortz Hall.

The show is an opportunity for students to share their work with the community. The exhibition will feature drawings, paintings, prints, graphic design, ceramics, photographs, and mixed-media artwork with a wide array of subject matter and content.

Orchesis presents 
"Still, I Rise" 
A Community Dance Concert

Rain date Saturday, April 23 at 6 p.m.

Outdoor Mistick Quad at Wilson College
Open and free to the Public 

This show will celebrate the art of Wilson College dancers, as well as the choreography of young, local choreographers of Dance Academy XIV and Chambersburg Ballet. The lineup features modern, hip hop, ballet, Bollywood and more!

Please join us Monday, February 14th from 11 a.m. -12 p.m. in Wilson College’s Cooley Gallery for the opening of Epidemic: An Exhibition by Dr. Eric Avery & Adam DelMarcelle. During the first half of the opening, visitors will have an opportunity to view the exhibition, and in the second half, they will be invited to participate in a Q&A with Visiting Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Adam DelMarcelle and Cooley Gallery Curator Joshua Legg in the Lenfest Learning Commons.   
 

Wilson College will celebrate Arts Day 2021 with activities and exhibitions across campus, free and open to the public. Make a bird bookmark at the library circulation desk, and, while you’re there, enjoy short videos of our favorite Orchesis dance performances from the past six years. View artworks in progress by students and faculty at the drawing/painting and faculty studios. Peruse the exhibitions at the Cooley, Bogigian, and Hunnicut galleries. And participate in many more events and activities.