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SUMMARY:Screens for Teens: Sublime and The One You Never Forget
DESCRIPTION:This series of contemporary and classic films is specially curated for teenagers in and around Cambridge. The selection\, including both short and feature-length films\, is meant to provide teens with an opportunity to watch work focused explicitly on their experiences. Covering a range of topics\, emotions\, and nuances\, these free films—depending on length and scope—will be followed by conversation with faculty from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. \nAbout today’s films:\nThe One You Never Forget\, 2019 (Morgan Jon Fox; English; 9 min.) \nA 14-year-old African American excitedly prepares for his first prom\, but when his date arrives he’s faced with a split-second decision. \nSublime\, 2022 (Meinkincine; Spanish with English subtitles; 100 min.) \nSixteen-year-old Manuel lives in a small coastal town. He plays bass in a band with his best friends. One of them is Felipe\, with whom he shares a strong friendship from a very young age. Manuel is dating Azul\, a relationship that they are intensely exploring. But when it comes time to have their first time together\, Manuel feels something completely new that makes him see Felipe with different eyes. Routine situations of that friendship change tenor. Manuel tries to figure out if the impulse is mutual. The challenge is not putting the friendship at risk. \nFree admission\, but seating is limited and reservations are required. Reservations may be arranged by clicking on the event on this form beginning on Friday\, September 30\, after 10am. \nThe screening will take place in Menschel Hall\, Lower Level. Doors will open at 1:30pm. \nPlease see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/screens-for-teens-sublime-and-the-one-you-never-forget/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
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SUMMARY:Materials Lab Workshop: Modeling Material Culture in Paper
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is inspired by the exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment\, which explores how the graphic arts inspired\, shaped\, and gave immediacy to new ideas in the so-called age of reason. It invites visitors to embrace the Enlightenment’s same spirit of inquiry—to investigate\, to persuade\, and to imagine. The exhibition is on view at the Harvard Art Museums through January 15\, 2023. \nWe will first gather in the galleries with Elizabeth Rudy\, the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints\, and visiting artist Angela Lorenz. Rudy will explain the main themes of the exhibition and focus on a few works that present mysteries that remain unsolved. Lorenz will show examples of her “McSpheres” (Material Culture Spheres). These spheres serve as a low-tech\, open model for the 3-D visualization of objects. She developed them as tools to explore\, categorize\, and describe any object in the world—and to create connections with other objects. Participants will have an opportunity to closely examine and discuss the selected works together in the galleries. We will then proceed to the Materials Lab to fashion our own McSpheres. A conversation about the participants’ creations and the works in the exhibition will conclude the workshop. \nLorenz sees the McSphere as “a call and response specific to Dare to Know\, but [also as] a way to access critical thinking that applies to any object\, environment\, cupboard\, refrigerator\, living room or neighborhood. Some people will go micro to the carbon atom and the water cycle\, others macro to settler colonialism and global trade.” The artist’s hope is that the McSphere will serve as a tool for the exploration of objects in other museums\, neighborhoods\, and contexts. \nLed by:\nElizabeth Rudy\, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints\, Harvard Art Museums\nAngela Lorenz\, Artist \nNo prior experience necessary. Bring your imagination\, curiosity\, and creativity! This workshop will take place in the Materials Lab\, Lower Level. \n$15 materials fee. Registration is required and space is limited. Registration for this workshop will open on Thursday\, September 29\, 2022 at this link\, and participants will be admitted on a first-come\, first-served basis. To join the waitlist\, please email am_register@harvard.edu. Minimum age of 14. \nPlease see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museum. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/materials-lab-workshop-modeling-material-culture-in-paper/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221007T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221007T200000
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SUMMARY:Disrupt the View: A Conversation with Arlene Shechet
DESCRIPTION:In her installation Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums\, contemporary sculptor Arlene Shechet presents her recent work alongside historical German\, Japanese\, and Chinese porcelain objects from the Harvard Art Museums. \nJoin curator Lynette Roth as she talks with Shechet about her artistic process\, her past collaborations with German porcelain manufactory workers\, and how she recontextualizes these remarkable objects to speak to the larger history of labor\, class\, and global trade. \nDisrupt the View is on view through July 6\, 2025. \nSpeakers:\nArlene Shechet\, Artist \nLynette Roth\, Daimler Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum\, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art\, Harvard Art Museums \nBefore the lecture\, guests are invited to visit the exhibition on Level 1. \nFree admission\, but seating is limited\, and reservations are required. Reservations may be arranged by clicking on the event on this form beginning on Tuesday\, September 27\, after 10am. \nThe lecture will take place in Menschel Hall\, Lower Level. Doors will open at 5:30pm from the Broadway entrance for gallery access\, and at 6:00pm for seating for the lecture. The lecture begins at 6:30pm. Please review our general visitor policies\, including details on COVID-related precautions. \nLimited complimentary parking is available in the Broadway Garage\, 7 Felton Street\, Cambridge. \nThis installation and related programming are supported by the Charles Kuhn Endowment Fund in the Busch-Reisinger Museum. Support for the lecture is also provided by the M. Victor Leventritt Fund\, which was established through the generosity of the wife\, children\, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt\, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer\, Jr.\, Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/disrupt-the-view-a-conversation-with-arlene-shechet/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
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SUMMARY:“Mummy Portraits” of Roman Egypt: Status\, Ethnicity\, and Magic
DESCRIPTION:In ancient Egypt\, one of the final steps in the mummification process was to equip the body with a permanent face covering that helped protect the head and also ritually transform the deceased into a god. The earliest examples of these were stylized masks\, later replaced by more realistically rendered painted portraits. Using evidence from the archaeological record and the Book of the Dead—a series of spells meant to guide the dead as they sought eternal life—art professor Lorelei Corcoran will discuss the production and function of the “mummy portraits” that were popular throughout Egypt in the Roman period. She’ll also explore what these images reveal about the religious beliefs and multilayered ethnicities of their subjects. \nThis hybrid event will be held in person and online. The event will be held at the Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, in Cambridge. Free parking is available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage. \nThis event is free\, but advance registration required for either virtual or in-person attendance. A Zoom link will be shared upon registration for those opting to join virtually. \nPresented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in collaboration with the Harvard Art Museums. The related Harvard Art Museums exhibition\, Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward\, is on view through December 30\, 2022.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/mummy-portraits-of-roman-egypt-status-ethnicity-and-magic/
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street Cambridge MA\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual Events + Viewing Rooms
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk: Funerary Portraits of Roman Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Funerary Portraits of Roman Egypt: Facing Forward is a team-curated exhibition that brings together art history\, Egyptology\, and conservation science to illuminate artists’ processes and the life stories of the people depicted in funerary portraits. Join two exhibition curators as they describe what can be learned when close looking\, scientific analysis\, and community collaboration combine. \nOur galleries are full of stories—this series of talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view\, take a fresh look at old favorites\, investigate artists’ materials and techniques\, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators\, conservators\, fellows\, visiting artists\, technologists\, and other contributors. \nGallery talks are limited to 18 people\, and it is required that you reserve your place. At 10am the day of the event\, reservations will open and may be arranged online through this form. The gallery talk reservation will also serve as your general museum reservation. If required\, visitors will pay the museum admission fee upon arrival. \nPlease meet in the Calderwood Courtyard\, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. \nPlease visit the museum website to learn about our general policies. \nSupport for this exhibition is provided by the Kelekian Fund\, the Christopher and Jean Angell Charitable Fund\, and the Kornfeld Foundation (through Christopher Angell). Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/gallery-talk-funerary-portraits-of-roman-egypt/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221004T123000
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SUMMARY:Art Talk Live: A Study of a Study
DESCRIPTION:Join curatorial assistant Sam Nehila to pick apart the typical ways viewers think about studies displayed in art museums. We will closely examine a study by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Rather than focusing on the artist’s technique or process\, or comparing the study directly to the finished piece\, we’ll view this study as an individual work of art and discover a new way of looking. \nLed by:\nSam Nehila\, Curatorial Assistant\, Division of European and American Art \nThis talk is part of the series Fresh Perspectives\, an initiative that centers the role of the museumgoer. Like talks in the ReFrame series\, these programs highlight diverse voices and broad interpretations of difficult histories and untold narratives. This approach encourages visitors to consider alternative ways of understanding an object\, culture\, or theme. \nThis talk will take place online via Zoom. The event is free and open to all\, but registration is required. To register\, please complete this online form. \nPlease read these instructions on how to join a meeting on Zoom. For general questions about Art Talks\, email am_register@harvard.edu. \nArt Talks Live are presented via Zoom and offer an up-close look at works from our collections with our team of curators\, conservators\, fellows\, and graduate students. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/art-talk-live-a-study-of-a-study/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Virtual Events + Viewing Rooms
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220930T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220930T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220912T150010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T150010Z
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk: Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment
DESCRIPTION:Join Sam Nehila\, curatorial assistant in the Division of European and American Art\, for an in-depth discussion about William Hogarth’s print series The Four Stages of Cruelty\, on view in the special exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment. \nFeaturing approximately 150 works on paper and other related objects\, Dare to Know explores how the graphic arts inspired\, shaped\, and gave immediacy to new ideas in the Enlightenment era by encouraging individuals to follow their own reason when seeking to know more. An illustrated catalogue with 26 thematic essays—an A to Z exploration of the Enlightenment quest for understanding and change—accompanies the exhibition. \nOur galleries are full of stories—this series of talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view\, take a fresh look at old favorites\, investigate artists’ materials and techniques\, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators\, conservators\, fellows\, visiting artists\, technologists\, and other contributors. \nLed by:\nSam Nehila\, Curatorial Assistant\, Division of European and American Art \nGallery talks are limited to 18 people\, and it is required that you reserve your place. At 10am the day of the event\, reservations will open and may be arranged online through this form. The gallery talk reservation will also serve as your general museum reservation. If required\, visitors will pay the museum admission fee upon arrival. \nPlease meet in the Calderwood Courtyard\, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. \nPlease see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museum. \nThis exhibition is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Melvin R. Seiden and Janine Luke Fund for Publications and Exhibitions\, the Robert M. Light Print Department Fund\, the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Support Fund\, the Catalogues and Exhibitions Fund for Pre-Twentieth-Century Art of the Fogg Museum\, and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. The catalogue was made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Funds\, including the Henry P. McIlhenny Fund. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/gallery-talk-dare-to-know-prints-and-drawings-in-the-age-of-enlightenment/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Harvard Art Museums":MAILTO:john_connolly@harvard.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220929T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220929T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220831T150528Z
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SUMMARY:Harvard Art Museums at Night
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of art\, fun\, food\, and more! This event is free and open to everyone. This month’s gathering is extra special because we’ll be celebrating the opening of our exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment. \nThe evening will feature exhibition-related activities. Tours will be available in the galleries throughout the night. Bring your friends to mingle in the Calderwood Courtyard\, chat over a snack or drink at Jenny’s Cafe\, browse the shop\, and of course\, wander the galleries to take in our world-class collections of art\, all set to the smooth sounds of DJ C-Zone. The featured local vendor is Castle Island Brewing Company. \nAlso be sure to check out the recently opened exhibition Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward. \nAfter you’ve browsed the galleries\, circle back to see what’s happening in the courtyard. \nHarvard Art Museums at Night takes place the last Thursday of every month\, from 5 to 9pm. \nEach night will feature a new mix of local talent and community partners to make this a festive occasion for all. \nAdvance reservations are encouraged\, but walk-in visitors are always welcome. Please note that space may be limited due to capacity. Reservations are available two weeks before the event. \nVisit the museum website for the latest visitor policies and parking information. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/harvard-art-museums-at-night/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220928T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220928T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
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SUMMARY:Conversations around Funerary Portraits
DESCRIPTION:Join Harvard professor Kathleen Coleman and exhibition co-curator Jen Thum for a virtual conversation on how grief is expressed in ancient Egyptian portraits and teaching about loss. \nFunerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward is a collaborative effort drawing from the expertise of staff across the museums and other members of our community. The exhibition invites visitors to reflect upon objects that represent the deceased and were once intimately connected with their bodies. It foregrounds artistic processes and technical research but also draws attention to the complicated histories of these objects. \nLed by:\nKathleen Coleman\, James Loeb Professor of the Classics\, Harvard University\nJen Thum\, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Assistant Research Curator\, Division of Academic and Public Programs\, Harvard Art Museums \nThis talk will take place online via Zoom. The event is free and open to all\, but registration is required. To register\, please complete this online form. \nPlease read these instructions on how to join a meeting on Zoom. For general questions\, email am_register@harvard.edu. \nSupport for this exhibition is provided by the Kelekian Fund\, the Christopher and Jean Angell Charitable Fund\, and the Kornfeld Foundation (through Christopher Angell). Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/conversations-around-funerary-portraits/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Virtual Events + Viewing Rooms
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ORGANIZER;CN="Harvard Art Museums":MAILTO:john_connolly@harvard.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220927T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220927T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220907T153259Z
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk: Activation of Moholy-Nagy’s Light Prop for an Electric Stage
DESCRIPTION:Our galleries are full of stories—this series of talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view\, take a fresh look at old favorites\, investigate artists’ materials and techniques\, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators\, conservators\, fellows\, visiting artists\, technologists\, and other contributors. \nOffered by:\nLynette Roth\, Daimler Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum\, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art \nGallery talks are limited to 18 people\, and it is required that you reserve your place. At 10am the day of the event\, reservations will open and may be arranged online through this form. The gallery talk reservation will also serve as your general museum reservation. If required\, visitors will pay the museum admission fee upon arrival. \nPlease meet in the Calderwood Courtyard\, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. \nPlease visit the museum website to learn about our general policies. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/gallery-talk-activation-of-moholy-nagys-light-prop-for-an-electric-stage/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220925T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220925T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
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SUMMARY:Materials Lab Workshop: Making Faces
DESCRIPTION:This workshop accompanies the exhibition Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward\, which invites viewers to ask more about the complicated histories of these portraits and the people they depict. The exhibition explores what can be learned about the artistic process and current condition of these works through scientific analysis and technical research conducted by staff in the Harvard Art Museums’ Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Funerary Portraits is on view through December 30\, 2022. \nIn this two-part workshop\, join us first in the exhibition galleries with conservators Kate Smith and Georgina Rayner for a close look at the portraits and learn what our curators\, conservators\, and scientists have discovered about them. Then take that experience to the Materials Lab\, where you’ll make your own version of an ancient tempera painting using some of the same materials and techniques used by Roman-period artists. This workshop aims to honor and remember the woman in the ancient portrait we will copy\, and to celebrate the relationship between artist and sitter that allowed the woman’s essence to be captured so powerfully. \nLed by:\nKate Smith\, Conservator of Paintings and Head of Paintings Lab\, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies\nGeorgina Rayner\, Associate Conservation Scientist\, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies \nNo prior experience is necessary. This workshop will take place in the Materials Lab\, Lower Level. \n$15 materials fee. Registration is required and space is limited. Registration for this workshop will open on Thursday\, September 15\, 2022 at this link\, and participants will be admitted on a first-come\, first-served basis. To join the waitlist\, please email am_register@harvard.edu. Minimum age of 14. \nPlease see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museum. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/materials-lab-workshop-making-faces/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220922T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220922T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
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SUMMARY:Virtual Student Guide Tour: The Hybridity of Hispanic Art
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month\, Brandon Calderón ’23 will explore how Hispanic art emerged from a mixture of violent Spanish colonization and the resistance of Indigenous traditions and testimony. Starting with Indigenous pottery from the Moche civilization of ancient Peru and ending with a 17th-century carved crucifix likely from the colonial Spanish Philippines\, Calderón will stress the agency of “New World artists” and how they worked within and against the Spanish Empire. \nThis interactive tour will take place online via Zoom. To join\, click the following link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97806174187 (free admission; no pre-registration required). \nVirtual Student Guide Tours offer a chance to explore the collections of the Harvard Art Museums through the eyes of a Harvard student. Drop in and join the conversation! \nRead these instructions on how to join a meeting on Zoom. For general questions about Student Guide Tours\, email am_register@harvard.edu. \nThis program is supported by the Ho Family Student Guide Fund. \nThe Ho Family Student Guide Program at the Harvard Art Museums trains students to develop original\, research-based tours of the collections. These tours\, designed and led by Harvard undergraduates from a range of academic disciplines\, focus on objects chosen by each Student Guide and offer a unique\, thematic view into the collections. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/virtual-student-guide-tour-the-hybridity-of-hispanic-art/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Virtual Events + Viewing Rooms
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220922T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220922T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk: Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment
DESCRIPTION:Join Margaret Morgan Grasselli for an in-depth discussion about the 18th-century invention of the multicolor\, multiplate printing technique that laid the foundation for today’s CMYK process. Grasselli will examine several examples of this technique on view in the special exhibition Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment\, with particular focus given to Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty’s Muscles of the Back. \nFeaturing approximately 150 works on paper and other related objects\, Dare to Know explores how the graphic arts inspired\, shaped\, and gave immediacy to new ideas in the Enlightenment era by encouraging individuals to follow their own reason when seeking to know more. An illustrated catalogue with 26 thematic essays—an A to Z exploration of the Enlightenment quest for understanding and change—accompanies the exhibition. \nOur galleries are full of stories—this series of talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view\, take a fresh look at old favorites\, investigate artists’ materials and techniques\, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators\, conservators\, fellows\, visiting artists\, technologists\, and other contributors. \nLed by:\nMargaret Morgan Grasselli\, Visiting Senior Scholar for Drawings \nGallery talks are limited to 18 people\, and it is required that you reserve your place. At 10am the day of the event\, reservations will open and may be arranged online through this form. The gallery talk reservation will also serve as your general museum reservation. If required\, visitors will pay the museum admission fee upon arrival. \nPlease meet in the Calderwood Courtyard\, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. \nPlease see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museum. \nThis exhibition is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Melvin R. Seiden and Janine Luke Fund for Publications and Exhibitions\, the Robert M. Light Print Department Fund\, the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Support Fund\, the Catalogues and Exhibitions Fund for Pre-Twentieth-Century Art of the Fogg Museum\, and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. The catalogue was made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Funds\, including the Henry P. McIlhenny Fund. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/gallery-talk-dare-to-know-prints-and-drawings-in-the-age-of-enlightenment-2/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220920T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220920T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220831T150528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220831T150528Z
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SUMMARY:Art Talk Live: Yasuo Kuniyoshi’s Last Act
DESCRIPTION:Yasuo Kuniyoshi once proclaimed that “an artist’s drawings are his first words.” Having emigrated from Japan to the United States at the age of 16\, Kuniyoshi relied upon drawing as his most expressive medium. Through drawing\, he translated the anxiety\, disillusionment\, and alienation faced by Japanese émigrés in the aftermath of World War II into a uniquely personal and dynamic American modernist style. \nLed by:\nElisa Germán\, Emily Rauh Pulitzer Curatorial Fellow in Contemporary Drawings\, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art \nThis talk is part of a series inspired by ReFrame\, a museum-wide initiative to reimagine the function\, role\, and future of the university art museum. These talks examine difficult histories\, foreground untold stories\, and experiment with new approaches to the collections of the Harvard Art Museums\, reflecting the concerns of our world today. \nThis talk will take place online via Zoom. The event is free and open to all\, but registration is required. To register\, please complete this online form. \nPlease read these instructions on how to join a meeting on Zoom. For general questions about Art Talks\, email am_register@harvard.edu. \nArt Talks Live are presented via Zoom every other Tuesday at 12:30pm (ET) and offer an up-close look at works from our collections with our team of curators\, conservators\, fellows\, and graduate students. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are open to the public. Reservations are available but not required and can be made up to three weeks in advance. Please see the museum visit page for more information.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/art-talk-live-yasuo-kuniyoshis-last-act/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220918T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220918T130000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220831T150528Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Tour: Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment
DESCRIPTION:Join exhibition curator Elizabeth Rudy for an in-depth tour of Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment\, on view through January 15\, 2023. She will share insights about how works on paper played a critical role in the 18th century\, wielding the power to visually articulate\, reinforce\, or contradict beliefs as well as biases. \nLed by:\nElizabeth Rudy\, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints\, Division of European and American Art \nTours are limited to 18 people\, and it is required that you reserve your place. At 10am the day of the event\, reservations will open and may be arranged online through this form. The tour reservation will also serve as your general museum reservation. If required\, visitors will pay the museum admission fee upon arrival. \nPlease meet in the Calderwood Courtyard\, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. \nSee the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums. \nThis exhibition is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Melvin R. Seiden and Janine Luke Fund for Publications and Exhibitions\, the Robert M. Light Print Department Fund\, the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Support Fund\, the Catalogues and Exhibitions Fund for Pre-Twentieth-Century Art of the Fogg Museum\, and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. The catalogue was made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Funds\, including the Henry P. McIlhenny Fund. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/exhibition-tour-dare-to-know-prints-and-drawings-in-the-age-of-enlightenment/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220916T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220916T150000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220906T174558Z
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SUMMARY:Jazz Performance: Atlantic Connections
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy an afternoon of live music in the Calderwood Courtyard—free and open to everyone! \nThe Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA) will present Atlantic Connections\, a jazz performance led by Yosvany Terry\, senior lecturer on music at Harvard\, and mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran\, who will perform a work inspired by poets from the African diaspora\, including Maya Angelou. This performance will explore the themes of land\, homeland\, motherhood\, running\, love\, loss\, distance\, diasporic geographies\, and water as a spiritual connecting element. \nAdditional performers include:\nFabian Almazán\, a 2020 recipient of an honorarium from HUCA and a graduate student in creative practice and critical inquiry\nYunior Terry\, Assistant Professor of Music\, New York University\nDavid Virelles\, jazz musician \nThis is the second of two performances. The first event will take place at Farkas Hall on Thursday\, September 15\, at 7:30pm. Both events are free and open to the public. \nPlease visit the museum website to learn about our general visitor policies. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/jazz-performance-atlantic-connections/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220916T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230115T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
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SUMMARY:Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment
DESCRIPTION:See how the graphic arts inspired\, shaped\, and gave immediacy to new ideas in the Enlightenment era\, encouraging individuals to follow their own reason when seeking to know more. \nWhat role did drawings and prints play during the Enlightenment era\, from roughly 1720 to 1800? Dare to Know explores many nuances of this complex time—when political and cultural revolutions swept across Europe and the Americas\, spurring profound shifts in science\, philosophy\, the arts\, social and cultural encounters\, and our shared sense of history. Indeed\, the Enlightenment itself has been described as a “revolution of the mind.” Novel concepts in every realm of intellectual inquiry were communicated not only through text and speech\, but in prints and drawings that gave these ideas a visual\, concrete form. They made new things visible—and familiar things visible in powerful new ways. They wielded the potential to visually articulate\, reinforce\, or contradict beliefs as well as biases\, while also arguing for social action and imagining new realities. \nIn 1784\, in response to a journal article asking “What Is Enlightenment?\,” German philosopher Immanuel Kant argued that the Enlightenment’s main impulse was to “dare to know!”: to pursue knowledge for oneself\, without relying on others to interpret facts and experiences. But is this ever truly possible? \nBringing together 150 prints\, drawings\, books\, and other related objects from Harvard as well as collections in the United States and abroad\, this exhibition offers provocative insights into both the achievements and the failures of a period whose complicated legacies reverberate still today. Dare to Know asks new and sometimes uncomfortable questions of the so-called age of reason\, inviting visitors to embrace the Enlightenment’s same spirit of inquiry—to investigate\, to persuade\, and to imagine. \nCurated by Elizabeth M. Rudy\, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints at the Harvard Art Museums\, and Kristel Smentek\, Associate Professor of Art History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With special thanks to Heather Linton\, Curatorial Assistant for Special Exhibitions and Publications in the Division of European and American Art\, and Christina Taylor\, Associate Paper Conservator\, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Research contributions by Austėja Mackelaitė\, Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Curatorial Fellow (2016–18)\, and by these Ph.D. candidates in Harvard’s Department of History of Art and Architecture and former graduate interns in the Division of European and American Art: J. Cabelle Ahn\, Thea Goldring\, and Sarah Lund. \nAn illustrated catalogue with 26 thematic essays—an A to Z exploration of the Enlightenment quest for understanding and change—accompanies the exhibition.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/dare-to-know-prints-and-drawings-in-the-age-of-enlightenment/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220915T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220915T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
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SUMMARY:Dare to Know: An Introduction
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a series of brief presentations and a discussion about our latest special exhibition\, Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment\, with curators Elizabeth M. Rudy and Kristel Smentek\, along with several contributors to the exhibition catalogue. Dare to Know will be on view at the Harvard Art Museums from September 16\, 2022 through January 15\, 2023. \nFollowing the discussion\, guests are invited to visit the exhibition on Level 3\, for informal remarks by graduate student contributors to the catalogue from Harvard’s Department of History of Art and Architecture and MIT’s Department of Architecture. \nFeaturing approximately 150 works on paper and other related objects\, Dare to Know explores how the graphic arts inspired\, shaped\, and gave immediacy to new ideas in the Enlightenment era by encouraging individuals to follow their own reason when seeking to know more. \nAn illustrated catalogue with 26 thematic essays—an A to Z exploration of the Enlightenment quest for understanding and change—accompanies the exhibition. \nSpeakers:\nElizabeth Saari Browne\, Senior Cataloguer for the Decloux Collection\, Cooper Hewitt\, Smithsonian Design Museum\nEdouard Kopp\, John R. Eckel\, Jr.\, Foundation Chief Curator\, Menil Drawing Institute\nTamar Mayer\, Assistant Professor\, Art History and Curatorial Studies\, Tel Aviv University\nElizabeth Rudy\, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints\, Division of European and American Art\, Harvard Art Museums\nKristel Smentek\, Associate Professor of Art History\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology \nModerated by Joachim Homann\, Maida and George Abrams Curator of Drawings\, Division of European and American Art\, Harvard Art Museums \nFree admission\, but seating is limited and reservations are required. Reservations may be arranged by clicking on the event on this form beginning Monday\, September 5\, after 10am. \nThe lecture will take place in Menschel Hall\, Lower Level. Doors will open at 5pm. \nPlease see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums. \nLimited complimentary parking is available in the Broadway Garage\, 7 Felton Street\, Cambridge. \nThis exhibition is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Melvin R. Seiden and Janine Luke Fund for Publications and Exhibitions\, the Robert M. Light Print Department Fund\, the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Support Fund\, the Catalogues and Exhibitions Fund for Pre-Twentieth-Century Art of the Fogg Museum\, and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. The catalogue was made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Funds\, including the Henry P. McIlhenny Fund. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. \nSupport for the program is provided by the M. Victor Leventritt Fund\, which was established through the generosity of the wife\, children\, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt\, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/dare-to-know-an-introduction/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220911T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220911T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
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SUMMARY:Screens for Teens: Clueless
DESCRIPTION:This series of contemporary and classic films is specially curated for teenagers in and around Cambridge. The selection\, including both short and feature-length films\, is meant to provide teens with an opportunity to watch work focused explicitly on their experiences. Covering a range of topics\, emotions\, and nuances\, these free films—depending on length and scope—will be followed by conversation with faculty from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. \nAbout today’s film:\nClueless\, 1995 (Paramount Pictures; English; 97 min.) \nJane Austen might never have imagined that her 1816 novel Emma could be turned into a fresh and satirical look at ultra-rich teenagers in a Beverly Hills high school. Cher (Alicia Silverstone) and Dionne (Stacey Dash)\, both named after “great singers of the past that now do infomercials\,” are pampered upper-class girls who care less about getting good grades than wearing the right clothes and being as popular as possible. But Cher\, who lives with her tough yet warm-hearted lawyer dad (Dan Hedaya) and hunky\, sensitive stepbrother (Paul Rudd)\, also has an innate urge to help those less fortunate like the two introverted teachers she brings together (“negotiating” improved grades for herself in the process) and new friend Tai (Brittany Murphy)\, who starts out a geek and ends up a Cher prodigy. Cher also possesses her own sensitive side\, and she is looking for the perfect boyfriend\, whom she ends up finding where she least expected. \nFree admission\, but seating is limited and reservations are required. Reservations may be arranged by clicking on the event on this form beginning on Thursday\, September 1\, after 10am. \nThe screening will take place in Menschel Hall\, Lower Level. Doors will open at 1:30pm. \nPlease see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/screens-for-teens-clueless/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220827T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221231T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220831T150527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220831T150527Z
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SUMMARY:Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward
DESCRIPTION:Come face to face with portraits of Egyptians who lived during the Roman period and discover what role these images played in funerary rituals as well as what modern technical study can reveal about ancient artistic practices. \nFeaturing several painted portrait panels\, sculptural portraits\, and a linen burial shroud\, this tightly focused exhibition asks visitors to reflect upon objects that represent the deceased and were once intimately connected with their bodies. The exact findspots and details of the excavation and dismantling of these objects were not recorded; and while the portraits present seemingly familiar faces\, we can never fully know the people behind them. So what more can we learn from the objects themselves? \nThe exhibition foregrounds scientific analysis and technical research conducted by staff in the Harvard Art Museums’ Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Their work\, part of an international research project\, helps illuminate how ancient artists created these painted and plaster faces. In-gallery displays of technical images of the objects\, samples of artists’ materials such as pigments and binding media\, and a sequence of panels illustrating painting techniques provide further context. In recovering the artistic processes\, the complicated histories of these objects have also come into view. \nThe individuals depicted in these portraits lived in the first three centuries CE\, when Egypt was a province of the Roman empire\, and their burial treatments attest to the multicultural nature of that era. Their bodies were mummified in the Egyptian tradition\, but their portraits appear in a Graeco-Roman style. They wore clothes\, jewelry\, and hairstyles that were popular in Rome\, while also participating in Egyptian religious institutions. The funerary traditions represented by the objects in this exhibition were elaborate and expensive\, privileges of an elite class who could choose how their bodies were treated in death. \nWe invite visitors to face forward as they explore this exhibition: to engage with the ancient subjects on an equal footing\, consider the problematic practices that led to the removal of these objects from their original contexts\, and imagine what questions the works and the individuals depicted might generate in the future. \nOrganized by Susanne Ebbinghaus\, George M.A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art and head of the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art; Georgina Rayner\, associate conservation scientist; Kate Smith\, conservator of paintings and head of the paintings lab; and Jen Thum\, assistant director of academic engagement and assistant research curator. \nSupport for this exhibition is provided by the Kelekian Fund\, the Christopher and Jean Angell Charitable Fund\, and the Kornfeld Foundation (through Christopher Angell). Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. \nOnline Resources \nAn online digital companion offers insights into the world of the people depicted in the portraits in the exhibition and the artists who painted them. The featured essays\, written by specialists at Harvard and elsewhere\, investigate the making\, meaning\, and modern history of these funerary objects. Research is ongoing\, and the tool will be updated as new information arises. \nVisit the Getty Center’s website to learn more about the research behind this exhibition\, part of an international collaborative effort called the APPEAR (Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination\, Analysis\, and Research) Project.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/funerary-portraits-from-roman-egypt-facing-forward-2/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220827T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221231T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220818T203929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220818T204024Z
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SUMMARY:Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward
DESCRIPTION:Come face to face with portraits of Egyptians who lived during the Roman period and discover what role these images played in funerary rituals as well as what modern technical study can reveal about ancient artistic practices. \nFeaturing several painted portrait panels\, sculptural portraits\, and a linen burial shroud\, this tightly focused exhibition asks visitors to reflect upon objects that represent the deceased and were once intimately connected with their bodies. The exact findspots and details of the excavation and dismantling of these objects were not recorded; and while the portraits present seemingly familiar faces\, we can never fully know the people behind them. So what more can we learn from the objects themselves? \nThe exhibition foregrounds scientific analysis and technical research conducted by staff in the Harvard Art Museums’ Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Their work\, part of an international research project\, helps illuminate how ancient artists created these painted and plaster faces. In-gallery displays of technical images of the objects\, samples of artists’ materials such as pigments and binding media\, and a sequence of panels illustrating painting techniques provide further context. In recovering the artistic processes\, the complicated histories of these objects have also come into view. \nThe individuals depicted in these portraits lived in the first three centuries CE\, when Egypt was a province of the Roman empire\, and their burial treatments attest to the multicultural nature of that era. Their bodies were mummified in the Egyptian tradition\, but their portraits appear in a Graeco-Roman style. They wore clothes\, jewelry\, and hairstyles that were popular in Rome\, while also participating in Egyptian religious institutions. The funerary traditions represented by the objects in this exhibition were elaborate and expensive\, privileges of an elite class who could choose how their bodies were treated in death. \nWe invite visitors to face forward as they explore this exhibition: to engage with the ancient subjects on an equal footing\, consider the problematic practices that led to the removal of these objects from their original contexts\, and imagine what questions the works and the individuals depicted might generate in the future.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/funerary-portraits-from-roman-egypt-facing-forward/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220304T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220731T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220214T165511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220216T202246Z
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SUMMARY:Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities
DESCRIPTION:Discover innovative prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives\, a nonprofit cultural institution celebrated for its collaborative and inventive approach. \nFounded by Allan Edmunds in Philadelphia in 1972\, the Brandywine Workshop and Archives provides a fertile environment for artists from diverse backgrounds to create cutting-edge prints. At Brandywine\, collaboration and the exchange of ideas feed a culture of experimentation\, in which master printers and artists continually challenge conventions of the creative process and push the technical boundaries of printmaking to produce compelling new works. \nThis exhibition marks the first presentation of a group of works acquired by the Harvard Art Museums from the Brandywine Workshop in 2018. Comprising prints and proofs by 30 artists\, the acquisition itself was a cooperative effort between curators and other museum colleagues as well as Harvard students and professors\, who selected works that highlight collaboration and innovation\, values at the core of Brandywine’s pioneering approach. The collection spans the history of the workshop\, from the early 1970s to today\, and includes works by artists who had not yet found representation in the marketplace or museum collections when they arrived at Brandywine—a key constituency of the organization\, which seeks to create opportunities for such artists. The exhibition honors that mission by incorporating the perspectives of Brandywine artists\, students\, and members of the greater Boston community in interpretive materials and associated programming. \nArtists in the exhibition: Pedro Abascal\, Danny Alvarez\, John Biggers\, Andrea Chung\, Louis Delsarte\, Allan Edmunds\, Rodney Ewing\, Sam Gilliam\, Simon Gouverneur\, Sedrick Huckaby\, Hughie Lee-Smith\, Ibrahim Miranda\, Tanya Murphy\, Kenneth Noland\, Odili Donald Odita\, Janet Taylor Pickett\, Howardena Pindell\, Robert Pruitt\, Faith Ringgold\, Betye Saar\, Eduardo Roca Salazar\, Juan Sanchez\, Clarissa Sligh\, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum\, Hank Willis Thomas\, Larry Walker\, Stanley Whitney\, Deborah Willis\, and Murray Zimiles \nPrints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities and its associated programming were developed by colleagues in the museums’ Division of Modern and Contemporary Art: Hannah Chew\, Summer 2021 SHARP Research Fellow and 2021–22 Student Assistant; Jessica Ficken\, Cunningham Curatorial Assistant for the Collection; Sarah Kianovsky\, Curator of the Collection; and Joelle Te Paske\, Curatorial Graduate Student Intern; together with colleagues in the Division of European and American Art: Elizabeth M. Rudy\, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints; and Natalia Ángeles Vieyra\, Maher Curatorial Fellow of American Art. \nSupport for this exhibition is provided by the Alexander S.\, Robert L.\, and Bruce A. Beal Exhibition Fund\, the Fund for the Contemporary Art Department\, and the Robert M. Light Print Department Fund. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer\, Jr.\, Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art. \nShare your experience: #BrandywineHarvard #HarvardArtMuseums
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/prints-from-the-brandywine-workshop-and-archives-creative-communities-2/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
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ORGANIZER;CN="Harvard Art Museums":MAILTO:john_connolly@harvard.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220304T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220731T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220214T165511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T165511Z
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SUMMARY:White Shadows: Anneliese Hager and the Camera-less Photograph
DESCRIPTION:Explore how the innovative camera-less photography of German artist Anneliese Hager (1904–1997) relates to science and poetry\, in this first exhibition to focus on the role of women makers in the history of the photogram. \nDespite the cloud of Nazi censure hanging over mid-1930s Germany\, Anneliese Hager made significant contributions to the medium of camera-less photography and to the wider surrealist movement in Europe. The camera-less photograph\, or photogram\, is an image made by placing objects directly on (or in close proximity to) a light-sensitive surface and then exposing the assembled material to light. In its final form\, a photogram reverses light and dark: the longer the paper is covered\, and hence unexposed\, the brighter the covered parts will be\, and vice versa. Referring to that effect as “white shadows\,” Hager developed her experimental darkroom practice through her knowledge of and fascination with the natural sciences. Also a talented surrealist poet\, she often paired photograms she made using everyday domestic objects with the naturalistic vibrancy of her own words. \nUndoubtedly one of the most fervent and accomplished 20th-century makers of photograms\, Hager has remained virtually unknown\, in part because her early artwork was destroyed in the 1945 bombing of Dresden. Hager was among only three women and the sole photographer to exhibit in the now legendary CoBrA exhibition in Amsterdam in 1949. Like the medium in which she worked\, she was overshadowed by the rise of male painters on the international stage in the 1950s. The Harvard Art Museums’ 2018 exhibition Inventur—Art in Germany\, 1943–55 was the first to feature her work since Struktur und Geste\, organized by the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum\, Aachen\, in 1988. \nHager is believed to have made up to 150 photograms over the span of her career; White Shadows will showcase 29 recently acquired photograms made by the artist between the late 1940s and the 1960s\, when she abandoned the medium. The exhibition\, which will incorporate examples of cyanotypes\, microphotography\, copy prints\, photograms\, and photographs\, will also feature works by Hager’s 19th-century predecessors\, such as Anna Atkins\, Ella J.C. Hurd\, and Philip Otto Runge\, as well as her contemporaries\, including Marta Hoepffner\, László Moholy-Nagy\, K.O. Götz\, Christian Schad\, Carl Strüwe\, Elfriede Stegemeyer\, Elsa Thiemann\, and Otto Umbehr (Umbo). In addition\, several key historical publications and selected materials from the artist’s estate (now housed in the Harvard Art Museums Archives) will be on display. \nHalfway through the exhibition’s five-month run\, cyanotypes by Anna Atkins and Ella J.C. Hurd will be exchanged for other examples by these artists\, due to the light-sensitive nature of the works. \nOrganized by the Harvard Art Museums. Curated by Lynette Roth\, the Daimler Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum at the Harvard Art Museums. \nSupport for this project was provided by the Daimler Curatorship of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Fund. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer\, Jr.\, Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art. \nShare your experience: #AnnelieseHager #HarvardArtMuseums
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/white-shadows-anneliese-hager-and-the-camera-less-photograph/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
ORGANIZER;CN="Harvard Art Museums":MAILTO:john_connolly@harvard.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220304T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220731T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220214T165511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T165511Z
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SUMMARY:White Shadows: Anneliese Hager and the Camera-less Photograph
DESCRIPTION:Explore how the innovative camera-less photography of German artist Anneliese Hager (1904–1997) relates to science and poetry\, in this first exhibition to focus on the role of women makers in the history of the photogram. \nDespite the cloud of Nazi censure hanging over mid-1930s Germany\, Anneliese Hager made significant contributions to the medium of camera-less photography and to the wider surrealist movement in Europe. The camera-less photograph\, or photogram\, is an image made by placing objects directly on (or in close proximity to) a light-sensitive surface and then exposing the assembled material to light. In its final form\, a photogram reverses light and dark: the longer the paper is covered\, and hence unexposed\, the brighter the covered parts will be\, and vice versa. Referring to that effect as “white shadows\,” Hager developed her experimental darkroom practice through her knowledge of and fascination with the natural sciences. Also a talented surrealist poet\, she often paired photograms she made using everyday domestic objects with the naturalistic vibrancy of her own words. \nUndoubtedly one of the most fervent and accomplished 20th-century makers of photograms\, Hager has remained virtually unknown\, in part because her early artwork was destroyed in the 1945 bombing of Dresden. Hager was among only three women and the sole photographer to exhibit in the now legendary CoBrA exhibition in Amsterdam in 1949. Like the medium in which she worked\, she was overshadowed by the rise of male painters on the international stage in the 1950s. The Harvard Art Museums’ 2018 exhibition Inventur—Art in Germany\, 1943–55 was the first to feature her work since Struktur und Geste\, organized by the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum\, Aachen\, in 1988. \nHager is believed to have made up to 150 photograms over the span of her career; White Shadows will showcase 29 recently acquired photograms made by the artist between the late 1940s and the 1960s\, when she abandoned the medium. The exhibition\, which will incorporate examples of cyanotypes\, microphotography\, copy prints\, photograms\, and photographs\, will also feature works by Hager’s 19th-century predecessors\, such as Anna Atkins\, Ella J.C. Hurd\, and Philip Otto Runge\, as well as her contemporaries\, including Marta Hoepffner\, László Moholy-Nagy\, K.O. Götz\, Christian Schad\, Carl Strüwe\, Elfriede Stegemeyer\, Elsa Thiemann\, and Otto Umbehr (Umbo). In addition\, several key historical publications and selected materials from the artist’s estate (now housed in the Harvard Art Museums Archives) will be on display. \nHalfway through the exhibition’s five-month run\, cyanotypes by Anna Atkins and Ella J.C. Hurd will be exchanged for other examples by these artists\, due to the light-sensitive nature of the works. \nOrganized by the Harvard Art Museums. Curated by Lynette Roth\, the Daimler Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum at the Harvard Art Museums. \nSupport for this project was provided by the Daimler Curatorship of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Fund. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer\, Jr.\, Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art. \nShare your experience: #AnnelieseHager #HarvardArtMuseums
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/white-shadows-anneliese-hager-and-the-camera-less-photograph-2/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
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ORGANIZER;CN="Harvard Art Museums":MAILTO:john_connolly@harvard.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220122T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220508T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220113T210341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220113T210341Z
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SUMMARY:Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs
DESCRIPTION:Make your reservation to visit the Harvard Art Museums now! \nDiscover what textiles made and worn in medieval Egypt tell us about connection and belonging in a diversifying world. \nFrom swaddling newborns to enshrouding the deceased\, woven fabrics touch nearly every aspect of human existence. The textiles in this exhibition are particularly meaningful\, for they tell a bigger story about political and social power\, class\, trade\, and concerns for the afterlife during a transformative period in Egyptian history. In the medieval era\, control of the region shifted repeatedly\, as Egypt was subsumed under a sequence of empires—Byzantine\, Umayyad\, Abbasid\, and Fatimid—and the majority religion gradually evolved from pagan to Christian to Muslim. The textiles in Social Fabrics record the material and cultural impacts of these transitions\, including the exchange of weaving and embroidery techniques\, the availability of new fabrics and fibers\, and interactions among people of different faiths. \nThe exhibition’s core fabrics date from the ninth through twelfth centuries and feature Arabic inscriptions. Most were produced in Egypt and belong to the prized category of tiraz textiles. Bearing state-controlled inscriptions\, tiraz represent a privileged network headed by the caliph\, the temporal and spiritual ruler of the Islamic world. They were distributed not on the open market\, but as gifts to favored courtiers and officials. Yet also presented are a range of textiles made for different communities that merely emulate court fabrics. Taken together\, these objects trace the diversity and stratification of medieval Egypt. \nAlthough removed from their original environments\, the fragments remain vital social fabrics\, revealing the circumstances and aspirations of their owners and the remarkable resilience and artistry of their makers. Speaking across centuries\, they invite us to consider the ways in which we structure society and how we organize and announce our social relations. \nCurated by Mary McWilliams\, Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art at the Harvard Art Museums (1998–2021). The accompanying catalogue was co-edited by Mary McWilliams and Jochen Sokoly\, Associate Professor of Art History of the Islamic World at Virginia Commonwealth University\, School of the Arts in Qatar. \nThis project was made possible by the Henry P. McIlhenny Fund\, the Islamic and Later Indian Art Scholarship Support Fund\, the Eric Schroeder Fund\, and the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. \nShare your experience: #SocialFabrics #HarvardArtMuseums \n  \n\n\nRelated Publications
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/social-fabrics-inscribed-textiles-from-medieval-egyptian-tombs/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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ORGANIZER;CN="Harvard Art Museums":MAILTO:john_connolly@harvard.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220122T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220508T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220214T165512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T165512Z
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SUMMARY:Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs
DESCRIPTION:Discover what textiles made and worn in medieval Egypt tell us about connection and belonging in a diversifying world. \nFrom swaddling newborns to enshrouding the deceased\, woven fabrics touch nearly every aspect of human existence. The textiles in this exhibition are particularly meaningful\, for they tell a bigger story about political and social power\, class\, trade\, and concerns for the afterlife during a transformative period in Egyptian history. In the medieval era\, control of the region shifted repeatedly\, as Egypt was subsumed under a sequence of empires—Byzantine\, Umayyad\, Abbasid\, and Fatimid—and the majority religion gradually evolved from pagan to Christian to Muslim. The textiles in Social Fabrics record the material and cultural impacts of these transitions\, including the exchange of weaving and embroidery techniques\, the availability of new fabrics and fibers\, and interactions among people of different faiths. \nThe exhibition’s core fabrics date from the ninth through twelfth centuries and feature Arabic inscriptions. Most were produced in Egypt and belong to the prized category of tiraz textiles. Bearing state-controlled inscriptions\, tiraz represent a privileged network headed by the caliph\, the temporal and spiritual ruler of the Islamic world. They were distributed not on the open market\, but as gifts to favored courtiers and officials. Yet also presented are a range of textiles made for different communities that merely emulate court fabrics. Taken together\, these objects trace the diversity and stratification of medieval Egypt. \nAlthough removed from their original environments\, the fragments remain vital social fabrics\, revealing the circumstances and aspirations of their owners and the remarkable resilience and artistry of their makers. Speaking across centuries\, they invite us to consider the ways in which we structure society and how we organize and announce our social relations. \nCurated by Mary McWilliams\, Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art at the Harvard Art Museums (1998–2021). The accompanying catalogue was co-edited by Mary McWilliams and Jochen Sokoly\, Associate Professor of Art History of the Islamic World at Virginia Commonwealth University\, School of the Arts in Qatar. \nThis project was made possible by the Henry P. McIlhenny Fund\, the Islamic and Later Indian Art Scholarship Support Fund\, the Eric Schroeder Fund\, and the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. \nShare your experience: #SocialFabrics #HarvardArtMuseums
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/social-fabrics-inscribed-textiles-from-medieval-egyptian-tombs-2/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
ORGANIZER;CN="Harvard Art Museums":MAILTO:john_connolly@harvard.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220122T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220508T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20220214T165511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T165511Z
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SUMMARY:Himalayan Art: Art of the Divine Abode
DESCRIPTION:“Himalaya” literally means the abode of snow. Understood as a divine abode in Indic mythology and envisioned as the immortal realm of “Shangri-la” by later western interpreters\, the Himalayas and the kingdoms therein abound with holy sites related to Hindu\, Buddhist\, and Indigenous belief systems\, such as Bon. Art and architecture of the Himalayas developed to support the devotional and liturgical needs of communities among whom tantric Buddhism found ready support. The vibrant art and culture of the Trans-Himalayan region is as varied as there are mountain peaks\, valleys\, and glacial lakes. \nDiverse artistic expressions and innovative religious iconographies across the region challenge colonial-era misconceptions of Himalayan insularity. The inspiration for spiritual transformation and devotion that flowed naturally from the mountainous environment bursts into a religious space in the form of brilliant paintings and exquisitely carved sculptures adorned with semi-precious jewels. This space of transformation was activated through the art of ritual\, employing a complex system of ritual languages created to serve the needs of practitioners seeking transcendence in this life.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/himalayan-art-art-of-the-divine-abode/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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ORGANIZER;CN="Harvard Art Museums":MAILTO:john_connolly@harvard.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20211210T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20211210T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20211115T162033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211115T162033Z
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SUMMARY:Art Study Center Seminar at Home\, with Hong Chun Zhang
DESCRIPTION:In her work\, Kansas-based Chinese artist Hong Chun Zhang reimagines the world around her as enveloped in hair. In conversation with The Wave\, Harvard’s Asian literary and arts magazine\, Zhang will explore how her identity\, the environment\, and the dual pandemics are woven into her recent work. \nLed by:\nHong Chun Zhang\, artist\nJerrica Li ’22\, founder\, The Wave magazine\, Harvard University\nSarah Laursen\, Alan J. Dworsky Associate Curator of Chinese Art\, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art\, Harvard Art Museums \nThis talk will take place online via Zoom. The event is free and open to all\, but registration is required. To register\, please complete this online form. \nPlease read these instructions on how to join a meeting on Zoom. For questions about Art Study Center Seminars at Home\, email am_register@harvard.edu. \nPlease note that closed captioning is available during this program. \nThe Harvard Art Museums have reopened to the public. Reservations are required for visitors and can be made up to three weeks in advance. Please visit the museum website for more information.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/art-study-center-seminar-at-home-with-hong-chun-zhang/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20211208T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20211208T173000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20211206T165516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211206T165516Z
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SUMMARY:Playing with States: A Conversation with Local Printmakers
DESCRIPTION:Using the exhibition States of Play: Prints from Rembrandt to Delsarte as a starting point\, curator Elizabeth Rudy and conservator Christina Taylor will lead a dynamic conversation about printmaking with a group of Boston-area printmakers. \nThe speakers will discuss the role of revision\, correction\, and adjustment in the printmaking process. Each artist will present an example of how they’ve reworked one of their projects\, and the group will explore how editing and change play a fundamental role in the creation of fine prints. \nSpanning four centuries\, the works in States of Play unveil the layers of creative revision behind finished prints. Central to this process is the concept of a “print state\,” which traditionally refers to a version of a print that precedes the final product. By decoding creative choices that the artist pursued or abandoned in each successive step\, the exhibition helps uncover the full breadth of experimentation and demystifies printmaking terminology and techniques. \nLed by:\nElizabeth Rudy\, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints\, Division of European and American Art\nChristina Taylor\, Assistant Paper Conservator\, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies \nPrintmakers:\nCicely Carew\nSusan Denniston\nCatherine Kernan\nDebra Olin\nRebecca Leopoldina Torres\nChristopher Wallace \nThis talk will take place online via Zoom. The event is free and open to all\, but registration is required. To register\, please complete this online form. \nPlease read these instructions on how to join a meeting on Zoom. For general questions\, email am_register@harvard.edu. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance. \nSupport for this program is provided by the M. Victor Leventritt Fund\, which was established through the generosity of the wife\, children\, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt\, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities. \nThe Harvard Art Museums have reopened to the public. Reservations are required for visitors and can be made up to three weeks in advance. Please visit the museum website for more information.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/playing-with-states-a-conversation-with-local-printmakers/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual Events + Viewing Rooms
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GEO:42.37459;-71.1191377
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20211201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20211201T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T053105
CREATED:20211122T203428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211122T203428Z
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Devour the Land
DESCRIPTION:In this virtual panel discussion\, curator Makeda Best will be in conversation with scholars to dissect the wider impacts of military activity on the American landscape. Their discussion is inspired by our latest special exhibition\, Devour the Land: War and American Landscape Photography since 1970\, on view at the Harvard Art Museums through January 16\, 2022. \nDevour the Land explores the unknown and often hidden consequences of militarism on habitats and well-being in the United States. Featuring approximately 160 photographs across 6 thematic groupings\, the exhibition reveals the nationwide footprint of the U.S. military\, the wide network of industries that support and supply its work\, and the impacts of—and responses to—this activity. \nSpeakers:\nMakeda Best\, Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography\, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art\, Harvard Art Museums\nNeta C. Crawford\, Professor and Chair of Political Science\, Boston University; Co-Director\, Costs of War\nAbrahm Lustgarten\, Reporter\, ProPublica\nCatherine Lutz\, Thomas J. Watson\, Jr. Family Professor Emerita of Anthropology and International Studies\, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs\, Brown University; Co-Director\, Costs of War \nThis panel discussion will take place online via Zoom. The event is free and open to all\, but registration is required. To register\, please complete this online form. \nPlease read these instructions on how to join a meeting on Zoom. For general questions\, email am_register@harvard.edu. \nThis exhibition is made possible in part by the generosity of the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Additional support is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Fund and the Rosenblatt Fund for Postwar American Art. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer\, Jr.\, Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art. \nThe Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs\, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance. \nThe Harvard Art Museums have reopened to the public. Reservations are required for visitors and can be made up to three weeks in advance. Please visit the museum website for more information.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/panel-discussion-devour-the-land/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Harvard Art Museums":MAILTO:john_connolly@harvard.edu
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