• A photo portrait of Samara Pearlstein in the Jewett Art Gallery

    Drawing on Experience

    Spring 2024

    Window on Wellesley

    Samara Pearlstein touches a “little bit of almost every part” of the Wellesley College Art Department. She is the program coordinator for the department, the building manager for the Jewett Arts Center and Pendleton West, and a drawing instructor for the studio program in the summer. She is also the gallery director for Jewett Art Gallery.

  • A photo of visitors looking at artwork by Lorraine O'Grady '55 at the opening of her retrospective show, Both/And

    Back to the Davis

    Spring 2024

    Window on Wellesley

    More than 650 visitors thronged the Davis Museum’s opening on Feb. 8 celebrating the launch of Both/And , a retrospective exhibition of the work of Lorraine O’Grady ’55.

  • President Paula Johnson

    Expanding the Humanities’ Reach

    Spring 2024

    From the President

    Earlier this year, I had the privilege of honoring groundbreaking artist Lorraine O’Grady ’55 at Wellesley’s Davis Museum, which is hosting her first major career retrospective exhibition. Lorraine’s work is a powerful example of art...

  • Letters to the Editor

    Spring 2024

    Letters to the Editor

    Building Change I was impressed with Tonja Adair’s career in architecture, which had its beginning when she majored in architecture at Wellesley ( “Design with Community in Mind,” winter 2024). When I was a sophomore...

  • Photograph of an open book, an illuminated manuscript, made in 1430

    From the Editor

    Spring 2024

    From the Editor

    The spring of my sophomore year at Wellesley, with great relief, I declared myself an English major.

  • Alumnae Memorials

    Spring 2024

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Tributes to Wellesley alumnae by family and friends

  • A photo portrait of Camilla “Mia” Chandler Frost ’47

    Camilla “Mia” Chandler Frost ’47

    Spring 2024

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Camilla “Mia” Chandler Frost ’47, Wellesley College trustee emerita, passed away at the age of 98 on Feb. 7.

  • A photo of Prof. Joy Renjilian-Burgy

    Joy Renjilian-Burgy

    Spring 2024

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    A beloved member of the Wellesley community, Joy Renjilian-Burgy, associate professor emerita of Spanish, died on Jan. 14 at the age of 81.

  • A photo portrait of Juyon Lee '18

    Experiments With Air and Light

    Spring 2024

    Class Notes: Profile

    A successful working artist in New York, Juyon Lee ’18 credits the film classes she took with Prof. Eve Zimmerman for her Japanese minor and a first-year drawing class with professor of art Daniela Rivera with leading her where she is now.