Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College

Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College The Wellin sparks dialogues across disciplines, inspires experimentation, and fosters creativity. All events are free and open to the public.

The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art joins traditional object-based learning with advances in interdisciplinary approaches. With its visible archive and open storage, the museum allows for unprecedented access to a collection of art and artifacts that span millennia and cultures. The Wellin’s state-of-the-art facility offers classroom space, a study center to facilitate access to and research o

f the collection, and a versatile exhibition space. By bringing the classroom into the museum, the Wellin functions as an exceptional teaching tool, available to students and faculty alike. The museum also serves the broader community, encouraging observation, exploration, and engagement through its presentation of exhibitions on the cutting edge of art, art scholarship, and research in other disciplines. The Wellin Museum of Art is located on the corner of College Hill Road and Griffin Road. For more information on parking and wheelchair accessibility, please contact the Wellin Museum of Art at 315-859-4396 or [email protected]. www.hamilton.edu/wellin.

📝 Live on the Wellin Blog: “Senior Reflections: Class of 2026”As the number of days remaining at Hamilton College before...
05/27/2026

📝 Live on the Wellin Blog: “Senior Reflections: Class of 2026”

As the number of days remaining at Hamilton College before graduation begins to dwindle, senior docents have been reflecting on what their time working at the Wellin has meant for them. The museum has served as a space of personal growth, connection, and learning for so many docents, and they want to take a moment to thank all the people who have made their work possible.

A few of our Senior docents had some memories and words to share surrounding their experiences at the Wellin.

Read the blog post here: https://www.hamilton.edu/wellin/wellinformed/senior-reflections-class-of-2026

Last call! Join us this Thursday, May 28, for an exhibition walkthrough of Deep Field at Derek Eller Gallery with artist...
05/27/2026

Last call! Join us this Thursday, May 28, for an exhibition walkthrough of Deep Field at Derek Eller Gallery with artist Alyson Shotz and the Wellin Museum’s Johnson-Pote Director, Tracy L. Adler. Presented by ArtTable, Inc., this special program offers an opportunity to engage more deeply with Shotz’s evolving practice and her newest body of work.

Known for immersive, large-scale explorations of light, gravity, and perception, Shotz continues her investigation of material and space in Deep Field through new works in plated steel, glass, paper, and wood.

The conversation also builds on Shotz’s longstanding relationship with the Wellin Museum, following her 2014 exhibition Force of Nature.

📍 Derek Eller Gallery
38 Walker Street, New York, NY
🗓 Thursday, May 28
🕡 6:30–7:30 PM

Register here: https://www.arttable.org/event/new-york-ny-artist-talk-with-alyson-shotz/

05/22/2026

Closing in less than one month ❗

You’ve joined us for the opening, artist talks, walkthroughs, performances, and programs, both virtually and in person, but have you spent time with the exhibition itself?

On view through June 14, ‘Jamea Richmond-Edwards: Another World and Yet the Same’ brings together monumental, richly layered works exploring race, identity, music, memory, and imagined futures through the lens of the artist’s Detroit upbringing.

See the show during regular museum hours and don’t forget to join us for two guided tours with Assistant Curator Alexander Jarman. Details below 👇🏽

Guided exhibition tours:
Friday, June 12 | 2–3 PM
Saturday, June 13 | 2–3 PM

Museum open hours:
Tuesday–Saturday: 11 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed Sunday and Monday

Out now: the 10th edition of the Collection Magazine! This edition features three different interviews with contemporary...
05/20/2026

Out now: the 10th edition of the Collection Magazine! This edition features three different interviews with contemporary artists to historical collectors, highlights of recent acquisitions, crosswords, quizzes, and deep dives into our docents involvement with museums beyond the Wellin!

Look out for copies distributed across academic buildings and digitally here: https://issuu.com/wellinmuseumofart/docs/student_magazine_collection_no._10_may_2026_

What stories can photographs tell?For the upcoming Wellin collection exhibition, ‘Storytelling: Photographers Making Mea...
05/18/2026

What stories can photographs tell?

For the upcoming Wellin collection exhibition, ‘Storytelling: Photographers Making Meaning | Works from the Wellin Museum’s Collection’ explores how photographers use images presented in series, at times juxtaposed with text, to create narratives and communicate a particular message. While a single image can tell a story, the cumulative presentation of pictures, and text, often enables the generation of more layered, nuanced, and powerful ideas. A single image may communicate a concept that is destabilized by the picture that follows. Similarly, a text may reinforce—or undermine—the apparent message of an image, or series of images.

The exhibition presents photographs by celebrated twentieth- and twenty-first century figures such as Danny Lyon, Wright Morris, Bill Owens, Gordon Parks, Milton Rogovin, Lorna Simpson, and Garry Winogrand, among others, drawn from the collection of the Wellin Museum of Art.

Join us Saturday, September 12, for the exhibition opening of ‘Storytelling: Photographers Making Meaning | Works from the Wellin Museum’s Collection,’ and stay tuned for more information about upcoming programming.

Learn more: https://www.hamilton.edu/wellin/exhibitions/detail/storytelling-photographers-making-meaning-from-the-wellin-museum-s-collection

This semester, our docent magazine team has been hard at work writing, editing, designing, and creating the 10th edition...
05/15/2026

This semester, our docent magazine team has been hard at work writing, editing, designing, and creating the 10th edition of the Wellin Museum’s Collection Magazine! Find a copy in any academic building on campus, or on our website, for three separate interviews with artists and professors alike, articles about docent involvement with museums outside of Hamilton, new acquisitions, and fun interactives.

Read here: https://issuu.com/wellinmuseumofart/docs/student_magazine_collection_no._10_may_2026_

Featured today in runner Magazine, Taliesin Thomas’s “Jamea Richmond-Edwards, a World-Building Artist-Goddess” begins wi...
05/11/2026

Featured today in runner Magazine, Taliesin Thomas’s “Jamea Richmond-Edwards, a World-Building Artist-Goddess” begins with a visit to Jamea Richmond-Edwards’ solo exhibition 'Another World and Yet the Same' at the Wellin Museum of Art.

Ahead of the exhibition’s closing, Thomas spoke with Richmond-Edwards about the spiritual and interdisciplinary foundations of her practice, “One of the things I find really fascinating is when you look at Indigenous cultures around the world, in every corner of the planet, there isn’t necessarily a word for art. There is no separation between sacred practices and art practices.”

Read the full feature, and visit the Wellin to experience 'Another World and Yet the Same' before it closes on June 14, 2026: https://runnerdetroit.run/JameaRichmondEdwards.TaliesinThomas.html

A devotion to the details.Closing next month, 'Jamea Richmond-Edwards: Another World and Yet the Same' invites viewers t...
05/08/2026

A devotion to the details.

Closing next month, 'Jamea Richmond-Edwards: Another World and Yet the Same' invites viewers to look closer and take in the layered materials, intricate patterns, and vibrant compositions that shape each work.

Featuring a major body of new work alongside mixed-media paintings from the past seven years, the exhibition explores themes of race, class, and identity through the lens of Richmond-Edwards’s lived experience. Influenced by her hometown of Detroit—and its rich musical legacy spanning jazz, soul, Motown, techno, and hip hop—her work pulses with rhythm and movement.

Elaborately adorned figures, often drawn from the artist’s own community, are set against equally dynamic backdrops. Through materials like marker, collage, and soft sculpture, Richmond-Edwards creates expansive, dimensional worlds that reflect personal style, cultural memory, and the energy of collective expression.

On view through June 14, 2026.

We are pleased to share that Celia Vásquez Yui has been invited to participate in the 61st International Art Exhibition ...
05/04/2026

We are pleased to share that Celia Vásquez Yui has been invited to participate in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Koyo Kouoh.

An artist, Indigenous rights activist, and political representative of the Shipibo-Conibo people of Peru, Vásquez Yui carries forward a multigenerational Amazonian artistic tradition with remarkable care and innovation. Her practice reflects a deep connection to land, ancestry, and the living world, with each gesture grounded in continuity and future stewardship.

Her work was recently featured at the Wellin Museum in 'Menagerie,' a collection-based exhibition exploring the enduring presence of animal imagery across cultures and time.

We are honored to have her work represented in the Wellin’s collection and look forward to seeing her practice on the international stage in Venice this year.

The 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, 'In Minor Keys,' will be on view May 9 – November 22, 2026.

On Thursday, May 28, you’re invited to an exhibition walkthrough of 'Deep Field' at Derek Eller Gallery with artist Alys...
05/01/2026

On Thursday, May 28, you’re invited to an exhibition walkthrough of 'Deep Field' at Derek Eller Gallery with artist Alyson Shotz and the Wellin Museum’s Johnson-Pote Director, Tracy L. Adler. Presented by ArtTable, Inc., tickets are available via the link in our bio.

Shotz’s work is known for its immersive, large-scale explorations of natural and scientific phenomena, investigating how we experience space, gravity, and light. In 'Deep Field,' her most ambitious exhibition to date, she continues this inquiry through new works in plated steel, glass, paper, and wood, pushing the boundaries of material and perception.

This presentation builds on Shotz’s longstanding relationship with the Wellin Museum, where her 2014 exhibition 'Force of Nature' brought together more than fifty works spanning sculpture, installation, drawing, and print.

We’re excited to see this dialogue continue in New York and to share this opportunity to engage more deeply with Shotz’s evolving practice.

📍 Derek Eller Gallery
38 Walker Street, New York, NY

🗓️ Thursday, May 28
6:30 - 7:30pm

Tickets available: https://www.arttable.org/event/new-york-ny-artist-talk-with-alyson-shotz/

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