Exhibition Tour: Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin 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 […]
Jazz Performance: Atlantic Connections
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAEnjoy an afternoon of live music in the Calderwood Courtyard—free and open to everyone! The 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 […]
Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MASee 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. What 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 […]
Dare to Know: An Introduction
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAJoin 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 […]
Screens for Teens: Clueless
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MAThis 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 […]