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The 51Ʒ�� Juried High School Art Exhibition is an opportunity for student artists to exhibit and possibly win cash or a scholarship.

51Ʒ�� will host the 14th Annual Juried High School Student Art Exhibition from October 26 – December 2, 2024. This exhibition will be an installed exhibition of artwork in Bogigian Gallery at 51Ʒ��. 

Drawings, paintings, graphic designs, and other artwork created by 51Ʒ�� undergraduate students will be on display at the Coyle Free Library through November 26, 2025. This free exhibition features works by student artists in Wilson’s Drawing I, Intro to Design, Digital Photography, and Graphic Design courses.

Monday, April 7 through Friday, April 11, ArtsFest 2025 will be showcasing the remarkable art, artists, and artistic opportunities at Wilson. 

This year’s theme is ART IS... SHARING STORIES and we are featuring 51Ʒ�� and Chambersburg community members who will be sharing their experience, expertise, and work at ArtsFest 2025. Events include presentations/readings, performances, projects, workshops/classes, exhibitions, immersive experiences, “make and take” or arts and crafts type experiences, and other type of arts-based events.

Join us for the Cumberland Valley Chorale, Spring '24 Concert, Elements of Life

Sunday, April 28, 5:30 p.m. in Alumnae Chapel, Thomson Hall. 

Presented free to all through the generous support of 51Ʒ��.

Join us for 51Ʒ��'s One Hundred Third Christmas Vespers, a Festival of Lesson and Carols. 

Featuring the Cumberland Valley Chorale, Wilson, and Chambersburg Community readers. 

Free and open to the public. 

Light refreshments and fellowship following the service at Sarah's Coffeehouse. 

You can also watch it streaming online here: /watch-vespers

The program is available to follow along below. 

51Ʒ�� Foundry Art Exhibition Opens Sept. 14

A free exhibition featuring artwork by members of The Foundry will open Thursday, Sept. 14, at 51Ʒ��’s Bogigian Gallery. The show runs through October 15. 

A reception to mark the opening will be held at the gallery Thursday, Sept. 14, at 4:30 p.m. Admission to the reception and the ongoing exhibition is free. 

The Arts at Wilson presents 51Ʒ�� ArtsFest! A week-long event, spotlighting the remarkable art, artists, and artistic opportunities here at Wilson. Distinguished by our programs’ interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to craft and inquiry, ArtsFest seeks to engage our campus and greater regional community in art and artmaking opportunities that reach across disciplines, subject matter, and boundaries, with the intention of fostering relationships, connections, and ideas that effect positive change in our world.

The Arts at Wilson presents the first annual 51Ʒ�� ArtsFest! A three-day event, spotlighting the remarkable art, artists, and artistic opportunities here at Wilson. Distinguished by our programs’ interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to craft and inquiry, ArtsFest seeks to engage our campus and greater regional community in art and artmaking opportunities that reach across disciplines, subject matter, and boundaries, with the intention of fostering relationships, connections, and ideas that effect positive change in our world.

Wilson will hold a reception at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, to mark the opening of the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. The show, presented by Arts at Wilson, will continue through April 21 in the Bogigian Gallery on the second floor of Lortz Hall.

The Foundry, at 100 South Main Street in downtown Chambersburg, will host an exhibition of artwork by our studio art and graphic design students. The show will open on February 3 and continue through March 5, 2023. The event is free and open to the public.