Fine Arts and Dance

As part of Wilson College’s annual ArtsFest, Pittsburgh-based visual artist Jada Patterson will deliver a public talk on Friday, April 10, at 3 p.m. The location is TBD. 

Wilson College will open an art exhibit featuring artwork by Pittsburgh-based visual artist Jada Patterson on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, in the Cooley Gallery, located on the second floor of the John Stewart Memorial Library (JSML). The exhibition will run through April 10, 2026, and is open to the public at no cost. 

The exhibition Jacques Callot and Those Who Came After brings together the eighteen etchings that form Callot’s pivotal masterpiece,Les Grandes Misères de la guerre (1633) (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War). In these images, Callot offers the first anti-war statement in Western art—a vision both unflinching and profoundly human. It was the first, but it will not be the last.

Join us for an evening of hymns, anthems, reflections, and readings to herald in the holiday season.

An exhibit featuring artwork by Wilson College students will open Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at the Coyle Free Library in Chambersburg. The exhibition hopes to inspire visitors with the creativity and joy of a unique group of students. 

Admission is free and open to the public. 

A documentary on the work of Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., a visionary artist and educator who transforms the tradition of letterpress printing into a vehicle for social justice and collective learning. Kennedy’s prints—bold, layered, and unapologetically direct—blend typographic form with the urgency of protest, creating a body of work that speaks as much to the heart as to the eye. Each poster is a declaration, a reminder, a lesson—designed not only to be seen, but to be felt, remembered, and shared.

On Thursday, September 18 at 4:30 PM we will open the exhibition Amos Paul Kennedy Jr: Consider Everything An Experiment in the Bogigian Gallery at Wilson College. You are invited to experience the powerful work of Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., a visionary artist and educator who transforms the tradition of letterpress printing into a vehicle for social justice and collective learning. Kennedy’s prints—bold, layered, and unapologetically direct—blend typographic form with the urgency of protest, creating a body of work that speaks as much to the heart as to the eye.

Immerse yourself in the world of Art at Wilson College and join us for the Final Showings and Exhibitions of the 2025 Master of Fine Arts Summer Residency on Saturday, July 19 at noon. It will be an afternoon of theatrical and choreographic solo and ensemble performance pieces, site-specific theatrical work, visual art exhibitions, short story readings, and interdisciplinary collaborations created and performed by our MFA students. 

The opening reception for the Wilson College Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition will be Friday, April 17 at 4:40 p.m. in the Bogigian Gallery, in Lortz Hall. This show provides a venue for Wilson students to share their work with the community.

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