WHEATON SPRINGS 2023
Saturday, April 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Join us for our free 2023 “kick-off” event celebrating a new season!

Celebrate the start of WheatonArts’ creative season with this free kick-off event highlighting our many daily offerings and hands-on programming! Explore thought-provoking exhibits in the Museum of American Glass and Down Jersey Folklife Center, showcasing glass collections and the complexities and values of traditional arts through modern-day times. Experience various artist demonstrations throughout the campus, including glassmaking, pottery, paper art, broom-making, large-scale murals, and more. Discover a series of hands-on projects to create, including pine-needle basket making, coffee filter butterflies, and glass-fused magnets in the Education Studio. Enjoy a bite to eat from food vendors and listen to live music by the Ceremonial Brass Band and soft jazz with Gil Thompson & Chris Angelino.

Wheaton Springs offers every visitor the chance to explore, experience, and create across a campus that inspires and heals the senses. Admission to all WheatonArts exhibits and artist studio demonstrations are FREE and open to the public, part of “Family Days! Presented by PNC Arts Alive!”

Cuentos del Árbol: A delightful bilingual musical drawn from Spanish and Latin American folklore
Free at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 15 in the Event Center

FREE and open to the public, this play is 50 to 55 minutes and is appropriate for children in pre-school through fifth grade. “Cuentos del Árbol” is designed to bring Spanish to life and make theatre accessible to students, parents, and grandparents for whom English is a second language.

This event is part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance 2023 Stages Festival, made possible by support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey; OceanFirst Foundation; Fund for the New Jersey Blind; New Jersey Manufacturers; and Customers Bank.

Wheaton Conversations: Esteban Salazar & Matt Jacob
6 p.m. EDT on April 20, 2023, via Zoom

Wheaton Conversations is a virtual series highlighting the creative process of a diverse community of Artists! 

ECO Fair
FREE on Saturday, May 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In partnership with the Authority of Cumberland County, WheatonArts presents the 15th annual ECO Fair, a FREE Family Day event inspired by natural and artful living! This campus-wide event features local gardening clubs, including Rutgers Master Gardeners with various plants and herbs for sale, handmade works of New Jersey artists, environmental organizations, Nature Trail tours, eco-friendly activities for families, and more. 

Admission to all WheatonArts exhibits and artist studio demonstrations are free and open to the public for the day, part of WheatonArts Family Days sponsored by PNC Arts Alive! ECO Fair is presented in partnership with The Authority of Cumberland County, CU Maurice River, and Rutgers Master Gardeners.

SAVE THE DATE!
a Wheaton [re] Gather: May 20, 2023

Join us as we celebrate and honor Paul Joseph Stankard for his 80th birthday, a benchmark reflecting a rich and inspired artistic career. Highlights of campus-wide activities include collaborative Glass Studio demonstrations with Paul Stankard and friends, curator tours of the Museum of American Glass exhibit, Amber Cowan: Alchemy of Adornment, and a special fare catered by Feast Your Eyes Catering. Additional details will be available soon. For now, save the date! 

Wheaton Conversations: Paige Morris & Josefina Munoz Torres
6 p.m. EDT on May 25, 2023, via Zoom

Wheaton Conversations is a virtual series highlighting the creative process of a diverse community of Artists! 

FANTASY FAIRE
Saturday & Sunday, June 24 & 25, 2023
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Join us for FANTASY FAIRE, a family-friendly festival of medieval folklore & fun! Fantasy Faire features talented performers as they bring to life the “Kingdom of Wheaton” by enacting a series of interconnected shows that tell the story of the day. Interact with strolling costumed characters, portraying historical and mythical figures, throughout WheatonArts’ campus both days. Everyone is welcome to come dressed in their favorite fantasy garbs to enjoy a variety of live performances, including storytellers, dancing, and drumming, as well as sword demonstrations, retail vendors, pirate games, scavenger hunts, and archery games.

Presented in partnership with Mystic Realms, Ltd, this event is included with general admission to WheatonArts.

Festival of Fine Craft
October 7 & 8, 2023
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine

The 24th annual Festival of Fine Craft offers two days of an art and shopping experience for the entire family with 150+ juried artists & craftspeople displaying and selling their works, special artist demonstrations, hands-on family art activities, a Beer & Wine Garden*, Glass Pumpkin Fundraiser, live music, and more!

Artist applications are due by midnight, May 1, 2023. Click here for application details.