Wheaton Arts & Cultural Center

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for WheatonARTS Day! WheatonARTS Day takes place on May 30, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This NEW EVENT offers visitors of all ages the chance to explore, experience, create, and celebrate across WheatonArts’ 45-acre campus. The event is dedicated to WheatonArts’ mission to engage artists and audiences in an evolving exploration of creativity. WheatonArt’s Resident and Regional Artist Community will share their talents and expertise with our visitors. With a strong focus on varied hands-on activities with demonstrators who are able to excite, engage, teach, and share the process of their art with the visitor. WheatonARTS Day will offer both free and fee-based activities and experiences of different skill levels that will create lasting memories for those who participate. Tickets are available at /cc/fairs-and-events-4232093 and at the Front Gate! WheatonArts is located at GPS: 1000 Village Drive, Millville, NJ 08332 #WheatonArts #MillvilleNJ #ThingsToDoNJ #NJArts

Some pics from our last two Pottery workshops, making birdhouses and cats. These student creations will be dried, glazed, and fired over the next couple of weeks. Always inspired by the creativity we see in our workshops. Check out more pottery workshop experiences at: /learn/classes-and-workshops/#pottery #wheatonarts #clay #millvillenj #wheatonartsworkshops @wheatonartspotters @tessacotta @phyllisseidnerpottery

Looking to learn a little craft history this summer? We've got you! Three exciting classes are being offered in partnership with Craft in America's Handwork 2026 project. All courses are 4-weeks and taught online via Zoom. BLACK CRAFT IN THE U.S. (June 1 - June 22) Taught by Dr. Aleia M. Brown @collardstudies Handwork, Soulwork: Black Craft in the United States offers a social history of quiltmaking, pottery, basketmaking, and blacksmithing. Each week explores a different practice, the craftspeople working within that practice, their work, and the material conditions in which they created their work. AMERICAN GLASS (June 9 - June 30) Taught by Mary Mills @wheatonarts Using major museum collections, historic photographs, videos, and archaeological collections, this course will examine how the demand for specific skills and opportunities for creativity evolved with changes in technology and design trends. READING CRAFT (July 1 - July 29) Taught by Dr. @michellemillarfisher Craft history is still a nascent discipline, and the texts that describe its boundaries and centers are both significant and yet still hungry for better company. The course will require active participation and will be shaped much like a friendly, conversational, engaged book club. Read the full class descriptions and register online! Follow the link in our bio or go to JRACraft.org #handwork2026

The WheatonArts Campus is decorated for the Spring 🌼 Come stroll the grounds to see all the flowers, photo backdrops, and more displays in person. WheatonArts is open Thursday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Millville, NJ. It’s free to shop & stroll during our visiting hours! Visit wheatonarts.org for more information. #WheatonArts #MillvilleNJ #NewJersey #ThingsToDoNJ #NJArts

Thank you for joining us for the 2026 ECO Fair! Special thanks to our partners: The Authority of Cumberland County, CU Maurice River, Rutgers Master Gardeners, and ChemGlass. And special thanks to CU Maurice River's Keynote Speaker, Jennifer Brown for her presentation "The Glass Flowers at Harvard University: Marvels of Art and Science." Mark your calendars for our next event: WheatonARTS Day on May 30, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This NEW EVENT offers visitors of all ages the chance to explore, experience, create, and celebrate across WheatonArts’ 45-acre campus. The event is dedicated to WheatonArts’ mission to engage artists and audiences in an evolving exploration of creativity. WheatonArt’s Resident and Regional Artist Community will share their talents and expertise with our visitors. With a strong focus on varied hands-on activities with demonstrators who are able to excite, engage, teach, and share the process of their art with the visitor. WheatonARTS Day will offer both free and fee-based activities and experiences of different skill levels that will create lasting memories for those who participate. Visit wheatonarts.org for more information on WheatonARTS Day & all of our other events and programming throughout the season. Until then, WheatonArts is open to the public Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Millville, NJ. #WheatonArts #MillvilleNJ #ThingsToDoNJ #NJArts

🤝Welcome to Partners in Impact, our weekly series where we shine a spotlight on one of our incredible nonprofit partners and share how you can get involved and support them. This week, we’re highlighting Wheaton Arts. 🧑🎨WheatonArts and Cultural Center is a nationally recognized institution in Millville, New Jersey, dedicated to engaging artists and audiences in an evolving exploration of creativity through its premier collections and programs. At its heart is the Museum of American Glass, which houses the nation’s most comprehensive collection of American-made glass and serves as a vibrant hub for fellowships, hands-on workshops, and community education. ❤️WheatonArts is looking for volunteers to support with their upcoming Eco Fair (May 2) and Fantasy Faire (June 27)! For all the details and to join them, head to the link in our bio. #FeatureFriday #Nonprofit #Volunteer #WheatonArts #VCSJ

SATURDAY: Watch our Glass Studio team repurpose glass bottles into vessels, sculptures, and more. In partnership with the Authority of Cumberland County, WheatonArts presents the 19th annual ECO Fair, a FREE Family Day event inspired by natural and artful living. ECO Fair, a 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, a Nature Trail tour, eco-friendly activities for families, and more. A special ECO Fair highlight this year is a lecture on Harvard’s Blashcka Glass Flower collection, presented by CU Maurice River and Chemglass. ECO Fair takes place on May 2, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at WheatonArts, in Millville, NJ. Admission to all WheatonArts exhibits and artist studio demonstrations are free and open to the public for the day, part of WheatonArts Family Days presented by PNC Arts Alive! WheatonArts is located at GPS address: 1000 Village Drive, Millville, NJ 08332. Give us your zip code at the gate and receive a FREE Eco-shopping bag, courtesy of the Cumberland County Improvement Authority! One per adult, while supplies last. Kids can design their own at the Authority booth. #WheatonArts #MillvilleNJ #NJEvents #ThingsToDoNJ

Volunteers are at the heart of WheatonArts! This National Volunteer Week, we’re celebrating the time, talent, and passion our volunteers bring to our community every day. Whether welcoming guests, assisting with hands-on programs, or helping behind the scenes, your impact is felt in every corner of our organization. Thank you for showing up, giving back, and making a difference! Photo by Roger Benedict #WheatonArts #millvillenj #nationalvoluteerweek

Getting ready for #EcoFair in the Pottery, Flameworking, and Paper Studios. Come out to see us May 2, 10 am to 4 pm, @WheatonArts ! /calendar-eventon/events/eco-fair/ #millvillenj #sjart #ecofriendly #plants @wheatonartspotters @phyllisseidnerpottery @tessacotta @muddyrootspottery @susanmboyce @studio_del_vetro @wfuter102957

Explore the 2026 Exhibits in the Museum of American Glass at WheatonArts. We are delighted to have Jocelyne Prince as the 2026 guest artist and curator at the Museum of American Glass. - Visitors to the Museum of American Glass will encounter a site-specific window installation, “Ghost Optics,” by guest artist Jocelyne Prince. Using early methods of flat glass and bottle glass production, Prince created a room of color and haunting reminders of America's past. - Museum guests may explore another new exhibition, “Portals & Passages,” curated by Prince. She has brought together five artists: Justin Ginsberg, Romina Gonzales, Ashley Raye Harris, Matthew Day Perez, and Alexander Wenstrup, who have an acute understanding of how just a few millimeters of glass can shift our perception of the world. Each work in "Portals & Passages" catalyzes the optical and sculptural space that exists within a sheet of glass. Experience the return of “Transformations: The Wasserstein Collection of Contemporary Glass.” - This Collection features almost 60 masterworks donated to WheatonArts by Linda and Henry Wasserstein. The Wassersteins’ generous donation, shown in its entirety, features work by the artists who first transformed glass into a medium for functional, sculptural, and conceptual art, as well as those who are leading the field today. Visit wheatonarts.org for more information. Each exhibit will be on display through December 31, 2026. WheatonArts is open Thursday through Sunday, from 11 am to 4 pm. WheatonArts is located at GPS: 1000 Village Drive, Millville, NJ 08332 Tickets are available at /e/wheatonarts-admission-tickets-1222194609979?aff=ebdsoporgprofile and at the Front Gate. It’s free to shop & stroll our Museum Stores during our visiting hours. #WheatonArts #MillvilleNJ #MuseumExhibits #NewJersey Romina Gonzales How the wind feels on my skin, 2023 Cast glass, steel Romina Gonzales and Jason Bauer Cradle, 2023 Cast glass, rock, steel Ashley Raye Harris Reflecting the Surface of Memory, 2026 Glass, wax Jocelyne Prince Ghost Optics, 2026 Glass Ginny Ruffner (1952-2025) Toys of Art History, 1989 Flameworked glass, mixed media

Don't miss your opportunity to sign up for May (and one more in April) workshops in the Pottery and Paper Studios! On April 24, Phyllis will teach you how to design and decorate a Birdhouse or Bird Feeder for your back yard - you can hang them or mount them in a tree for your neighborhood birds. Final day to sign up is April 17: /e/ceramic-birdhouses-birdfeeders-tickets-1979861974462?aff=oddtdtcreator May 1 you can make your own Garden Chicken with Tess. Last day to sign up is April 24: /e/ceramics-garden-chickens-glaze-fired-tickets-1979867942312?aff=ebdsoporgprofile On May 3 with Cherelle, you can make your own colorful inks in Introduction to Ink Making! Last day to sign up is April 26: /e/introduction-to-ink-making-tickets-1977514235311?aff=ebdsoporgprofile May 8 is another opportunity to design your own Bird House or Feeder for your yard! Last day to sign up is May 1: /e/ceramic-birdhouses-birdfeeders-tickets-1979878950237?aff=ebdsoporgprofile On May 29, you can make a Gnome for Home with Tess - your gnome can live in your house or your garden when it's done. Last day to sign up is May 22: /e/ceramics-a-gnome-for-your-home-glaze-fired-tickets-1979879621244?aff=ebdsoporgprofile You can find more information on WheatonArts Workshops at: /learn/classes-and-workshops/ #millvillenj #sjart #birdhouse #gnome #chicken @wheatonartspotters @wheatonarts @phyllisseidnerpottery @tessacotta

Our Opening Program and Reception for the “Paved with Promise: Immigration and Cultural Heritage” Traveling Exhibition was held on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at the Down Jersey Folklife Center at WheatonArts. We want to thank everyone who attended, as well as master artists April Yang and Shikha Dwivedi for sharing their art and insights with us. This traveling exhibition is a part of a bigger project celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act (aka Hart-Celler) of 1965, which allowed for the lifting of certain restrictions on immigration from outside Europe and opened the doors for legal migrations from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and other regions of the world. Soon after 1965, many new communities began making their home in New Jersey and continue to diversify its cultural landscape to the present day. The exhibition will be available at the Down Jersey Folklife Center at WheatonArts from April 2 through May 3, 2026. Visit wheatonarts.org for more information. "Paved with Promise" is a project of the network of NJ Folklife Centers and the NJ State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. WheatonArts is open Thursday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are available at /.../wheatonarts-admission... and at the Front Gate! It’s free to shop & stroll our Museum Stores during our visiting hours! WheatonArts is located at GPS: 1000 Village Drive, Millville, NJ 08332 #WheatonArts #MillvilleNJ