Visiting Writers Series: Bekkah Frisch

Art Exhibit Room 170 Main Street, Aurora, NY, United States

Come learn from Bekkah Frisch, a Wells alum with a B.A. in English, when she teaches a master class on self-publishing and reads from her debut novel, “The Great Quiet,” which was published in August 2023. Bekkah Frisch spends her days developing her media business, iHeart Oswego, and her nights writing fiction that explores the ... Read more

Beehive Design Collective Pop-Up and Talk

Sommer Center 170 Main Street, Aurora, NY, United States

A swarm is coming! The Beehive Design Collective visits Wells College on Friday, February 16, 2024. Hosted by the Wells Book Arts Center and the Center for Sustainability and the Environment, the Collective will set up a pop-up exhibit in Sommer Hall from 1:30 - 4:30 PM, with a talk and exhibit walk-through at 2:45 ... Read more

/ˈrəp(t)SHər/: Regional Juried Exhibition 2024

String Room Gallery 170 Main St., Aurora, NY, United States

/ˈrəp(t)SHər/      Thursday, Feb 29, 4:30-6pm Featuring 13 artists from all over New York and beyond, this exhibition follows the theme of systems building up, overlapping, blending, and breaking down.  Our bi-annual Regional Juried Exhibition is juried and curated by the students of VART 315, “Professional Practices in the Visual Arts.”  Khaila Batts - Michelle Brandemuehl ... Read more

Performing Arts Senior Thesis Production: Mary’s Wedding

Phipps Auditorim, Macmillan Hall

Katie Ostrander '24 and Alexander Blaine '24 will perform in Stephen Massicote's play "Mary's Wedding," a love story that transcends space and time. This is Katie Ostrander's thesis production. This performance is suitable for audience members over the age of 12. "Mary's Wedding" will premiere Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. ... Read more

Performing Arts Senior Thesis Production: Mary’s Wedding

Phipps Auditorim, Macmillan Hall

Katie Ostrander '24 and Alexander Blaine '24 will perform in Stephen Massicote's play "Mary's Wedding," a love story that transcends space and time. This is Katie Ostrander's thesis production. This performance is suitable for audience members over the age of 12. "Mary's Wedding" will premiere Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. ... Read more

Performing Arts Senior Thesis Production: Mary’s Wedding

Phipps Auditorim, Macmillan Hall

Katie Ostrander '24 and Alexander Blaine '24 will perform in Stephen Massicote's play "Mary's Wedding," a love story that transcends space and time. This is Katie Ostrander's thesis production. This performance is suitable for audience members over the age of 12. "Mary's Wedding" will premiere Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. ... Read more

Visiting Writers Series: Gale Marie Thompson

Faculty Parlors, Main Building

Join Gale Marie Thompson as she teaches a master class on the ethics of the lyric “I” from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Faculty Parlors of Main Building and gives a public reading from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Art Exhibit Room in Macmillan Hall. Thompson will read from her new book “Mountain ... Read more

Visiting Writers Series: Melissa Faliveno

Faculty Parlors, Main Building

Listen to Melissa Faliveno give a master class on memory and the speculative in creative nonfiction from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Faculty Parlors in Main Building and read from her essay collection “Tomboyland" from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Art Exhibit Room of Macmillan Hall. "Tomboyland" was named a Best Book of ... Read more

Visiting Writers Series: Kyra Simone

Faculty Parlors, Main Building

Attend a master class on experimental forms in small-press publishing and innovative writing with Kyra Simone, a fiction writer and publisher based in Brooklyn, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Faculty Parlors in Main Building. Then, Kyra will read from her story collection published in 2022 titled “Palace of Rubble” from 7 to 8 p.m. ... Read more

Filmmaker-In-Residence Series Presents “The Tuba Thieves”

Barler Auditorium, Barler Music Hall 170 Main Street, Aurora, United States

A spate of robberies in Southern California schools had an oddly specific target: tubas! In this work of creative nonfiction, d/Deaf director and Wells College Filmmaker-in-Residence Alison O’Daniel presents the impact of these crimes from an unexpected angle. The film mimics a game of telephone, where the story bends and weaves to human interpretation and ... Read more

The Odyssey Recited by Jay Leeming

Barler Auditorium, Barler Music Hall 170 Main Street, Aurora, United States

Join Jay Leeming for an evening of epic storytelling as he performs excerpts from Homer's Odyssey. This may be as close as we're going to get to experiencing The Odyssey how its original audiences did, and it's an opportunity you don't want to miss! Leeming is a performance storyteller adept at bringing ancient myths and ... Read more

Book Arts Summer Institute 2024

Wells College 170 Main Street, Aurora, NY, United States

Summer Institute is on! Our registration portal is now closed. We are able to take additional sign ups for Week 2 through Friday, June 14 at 12:00 PM. Please email bookartscenter@wells.edu for information. Summer Institute brings instructors, artists, and participants from across the country to learn with top-notch book artists, printers, calligraphers, and paper artists ... Read more

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