Academic Arts Programs
Study the Arts at Wheaton
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Art Program
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Conservatory of Music
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Explore Our Vibrant Community of Creatives.
President's Perspective on the Arts
"Art has tremendous power to shape culture and touch the human heart. Its artifacts embody the ideas and desires of the coming generation. This means that what is happening in the arts today is prophetic of what will happen in our culture tomorrow. It also means that when Christians abandon the artistic community, we lose a significant opportunity to communicate Christ to our culture.”
- President Philip Ryken, "Art for God’s Sake"
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Tour the Armerding Center for Music and the Arts
Join us for a virtual tour through the Armerding Center for Music and the Arts, celebrating what God has accomplished by establishing this new center for the Arts.
See the Armerding TourThe Arts and the Community
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The Artist Series
The Wheaton College Artist Series is the longest-running classical music series in DuPage County and offers exceptional live performances, featuring world-renowned artists in the classical, jazz, and folk traditions. From grand orchestras to intimate solo recitals, the Artist Series delivers great music at great value, close to home.
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Gallery Series
The Gallery exhibition program and related colloquia are academic in nature, and informed by the Christian liberal arts identity of the College. Walford Gallery exhibitions are free and open to the public 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday.
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The President's Art Commission
The President's Art Commission is a committee of faculty, staff, and students that seeks to enhance the educational and spiritual mission of the College by providing opportunities for campus-wide engagement with the visual arts through a program of acquisition and placement of visual art throughout the campus.
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Community School of the Arts
Community School of the Arts (CSA) at Wheaton College provides excellence in music education, through degreed faculty members and proven teaching methods. CSA offers a variety of comprehensive music programs for all ages and ability levels.
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Arena Theater
Arena Theater produces a three-play, twenty-one performance season in our dynamic and versatile black box theater. Students work alongside our excellent faculty artists as well as numerous professional Chicago designers to build and act in plays that span genre, historical period, and author.
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Music Ensembles
The Wheaton College Conservatory of Music has nine different ensembles that perform regularly throughout the school year.