Arts+Culture

Portrait of Alexandria Smith, assistant professor of studio art
Winter 2018

Women of Color, Present and Seen

By April Austin

Alexandria Smith, assistant professor of studio art, is animated by the desire to tell more than one story, especially about people of color. “Visual art and media are critical in shaping the ways we view others,” she says.More
Photo of monks assembling a mandala out of sand in the Davis Museum.
Winter 2018

Circles of Healing

By Catherine O’Neill Grace

Photography courtesy of the Davis Museum

A hush pervaded one of the Davis Museum galleries as two Tibetan monks slowly etched a sand mandala pattern onto a blue cloth ground. The only sound in the room was the scritch-scritch of the…More
Photo of David Teng Olsen's mural in the windows of the Davis courtyard.
Winter 2018

Windows Onto Joy

By April Austin

David Teng Olsen, associate professor of art at Wellesley, was tapped to create the first of a series of installations in the Davis Museum courtyard.More
Yona Levin ’18, Tashay Campbell ’18, and Anna Hunter ’19 pose by the student mailboxes in the Lulu
Winter 2018

Tanner 2017: Wellesley in the World

An editorial intern at a literary agency, an intern at the New York County District Attorney’s Office, and a reporter at the ABC News Beijing bureau… these are three of the students who spoke at this year’s Tanner Conference.More
Two dancers swing from ropes attached to the new Pendleton West building
Winter 2018

Off the Wall

By Alice M. Hummer

For two days in October, members of Bandaloop defied gravity and danced on the outside walls of the new Pendleton West music pavilion, in celebration of the public opening of the renovated arts building.More
The cover of Silk Weavers of Hill Tribe Laos is a photograph of a young girl working at at outdoor loom.
Fall 2017

Freshink

Recent publications by Wellesley authorsMore
The cover image of From Sea to Shining Sea is a painting showing a figure--likely Katharine Lee Bates--looking out across a glowing ocean.
Fall 2017

A Legacy of Wisdom and Song

By Arlene Cohen ’94

When we sing “America the Beautiful,” or think of the Bates dorm on campus, we connect Katharine Lee Bates, class of 1880, with our alma mater. Melinda Ponder ’66 has dedicated 25 years to researching the life of this extraordinary alumna.More
The cover of The Paris Spy is an illustration of Maggie Hope looking at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, from which a Nazi flag flies.
Fall 2017

Paying the Price of War

By Jennifer E. Garrett ’98

The cost of war—both in human lives and the moral questions raised by the actions necessary to win—is at the heart of The Paris Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal ’91, her latest entry into the Maggie Hope mystery series.More
A photo of Lake Waban with tiger lilies in the foreground and Galen Stone Tower in the background.
Fall 2017

Road Map to Sustainability

By Catherine O’Neill Grace

Wellesley is undertaking an ambitious plan to reduce its environmental footprint and engage with its beautiful campus in new ways—and has named 2017–18 the Year of Sustainability.More
An illustration shows Mercy Ngaruiya, known as Mama Mercy, surrounded by African wildlife and vegetation.
Fall 2017

Conservation in the Crowded Bush

By Amy Yee ’96
Illustration of Mercy Ngaruiya by Jörn Kaspuhl

Nature and humanity coexist, confoundingly at times, cheek by jowl in Kenya. Its major highway bisects Tsavo National Park, the country’s largest national park. Some 150,000 people live here among migrating zebra, giraffe, and antelopes, as well as lions, elephants, and buffalo.More