Melissa B. Wheeler

Class of 2024

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Dana Donaty, Melanie Brewster & Jacquelyn Strycker at The Arts Warehouse
Dana Donaty, Melanie Brewster & Jacquelyn Strycker at The Arts Warehouse

Dana Donaty (AP ‘24), Melanie Brewster (AP ‘24) and Jacquelyn Strycker (AP Faculty) are showing work in “Conceptually Green” at the Arts Warehouse in Florida curated by Donaty and Renee Phillips.

Frank Rapant Profiled by Union College
Frank Rapant Profiled by Union College

Frank Rapant (MFA AP ‘25) starts his day on Canvas! Read more.

David A. Ross interviews Rirkrit Tiravanija in the Brooklyn Rail
David A. Ross interviews Rirkrit Tiravanija in the Brooklyn Rail

AP Chair David A. Ross interviews Rirkrit Tiravanija for the Brooklyn Rail.

Melissa B. Wheeler (b. 1983) is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator, musician, and curator currently living in Buena Vista, Virginia. Her works include ceramic sculpture, functional pottery, artist books, cyanotype prints, and murals. In her practice, Wheeler is interested in exploring the complexity of attachment–to place, time, nature and people, through activation of nostalgia, memory, and ephemera. Melissa’s curatorial work focuses on elevating young and up-and-coming artists. She holds a BA in Liberal Arts from Southern Virginia University where she is currently a professor of ceramics, book arts, and guitar, and lead gallery curator. She is currently pursuing an MFA at the School Of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York.

Image: Christianne Ebel