Chicago-based artist Leah Mitchell took top honors in the 2023 Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition with her playfully reimagined portrait of a young French Doughnut Queen (aka Marie Andoughnette) adorned with the sweet treats from head to toe.

Doughnut Queen artist Leah Mitchell takes top honors in Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition

The 2023 Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition at the Wright Museum of Art attracted artists from Wisconsin and neighboring states, with 25 works highlighting the depth and breadth

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Beloit College artists Brooke McCammond and Hannah Kang spent approximately 14 hours per week on the mural at Beloit Memorial Hospital.

Beloiters team up with Beloit Health System to bring art to hospital

The Beloit Memorial Hospital stairwell walls were a blank canvas and spurred a partnership between Beloit College faculty and students and Beloit Health System.

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Wright Museum of Art has launched its exhibit of works by artist James V. Lamb. The Beloit self-taught artist used bold colors and imagery to call out his observations on society, religion, and life, says Christa Story (pictured), academic curator and interim director of the Wright Museum of Art. 

Wright Museum spotlights James V. Lamb’s satirical and humorous art

Beloit artist James V. Lamb was self-taught and came to the painting late in life but in a short 12-year span his bold and quirky imagery inspired others.

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Portraits that visiting professor Jason Scott collected from thrift stores attract faculty members Beth Dougherty, Daniel Youd, and John Rapp at the “Beloit Collects!” opening.

Connecting Through Collecting

A course about collectors and their objects culminates in a Wright Museum of Art exhibit designed to bring a community together.

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Eva Labson’05

Balancing on Ladders: A Career in Collections Management

Eva Labson’05 was looking for museum studies, a structured course of study, and hands-on learning opportunities when she applied to college. Beloit College offered all three, and prepared her for…

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Manuel Ferreira, Evelyn Manchester, Christa Story

BC Museum staff and student attend Curators Conversations

Evelyn Manchester’24 joins Wright Museum Curator Christa Story at biannual WI curators gathering after the group’s year and a half hiatus.

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Kurt Sundstrom’87 inside the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Kalil House

It Was the Best: Learning to Read, Write, and Think Critically

Kurt Sundstrom’87 arrived at Beloit thinking he might pursue medicine. He left devoted to the humanities, which helps explain his role today as Senior Curator at the Currier Museum of…

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Alexander Brier Marr’08 in the Saint Louis Museum of Art

Sharing Stories of Indigenous Art

As a curator of Native American Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum, Alex Marr’08 draws on the intellectual training and internships made possible at

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Working at the Wright

Learn what it’s like to be a student worker at The Wright Museum of Art— one of two teaching museums on campus —from the eyes of its two of our…

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