wellesley college in mona lisa smile is located in massachusetts.
wellesley college in mona lisa smile is located in massachusetts.
where is wellesley college in mona lisa smile?
in massachusetts
in 1953, katherine ann watson (julia roberts), a 30-year-old graduate student in the department of art history at ucla and oakland state, takes a position teaching "history of art" at wellesley college, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in massachusetts. at her first class, katherine discovers that her students have already memorized the entire textbook and syllabus, so she uses the classes to introduce them to modern art and encourages discussion about topics such as what makes good art. katherine comes to know her students and seeks to inspire them to achieve more than marriage to eligible young men.
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during the filming of "mona lisa smile", the wellesley college campus broke into controversy surrounding the casting of student extras with use of the phrase "not too tan" in a casting call for current wellesley students, sparking a fear that casting directors were using race to discriminate against potential extras. producers claimed that they were merely stressing the importance of finding women that reflected the time period.
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