| | | Happy New Year and happy first day of the spring semester! We hope you had a restful and restorative break, and are ready to tackle all that the new semester has to offer. We’re excited to embark on another semester with you and to explore how art raises questions, challenges our thinking, moves us forward. The work above, created by the Guerrilla Girls, is one such example.
While you were away, we were busy planning lots of new programs and behind-the-scenes experiences to share. We're kicking off the first week of classes with a look at Picasso and ancient technology. Then join us next week to explore an artist's work with unconventional materials. And you can always find us online for Art Talks, virtual tours, and inspiration to make art at home. |
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| art talk live Feeling Funny—Picasso in 1918 Thursday, January 28
2-2:30PM EDT Reflect on the power of this drawing to capture the spirit of its time—and its resonance today. |
| art study center @ home Art and Technology—3,500 Years Ago Friday, January 29
11AM-12PM EDT Discover ancient works from the northern Mesopotamian town of Nuzi (Iraq). |
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| art talk live Tuesday, February 2
12:30-1PM EDT Consider how the artist harnessed self-deprecating humor in his "decay objects." |
| install in action Setting the Fans Afloat Watch our installation team position and hang a selection of framed fans to replicate Ogi nagashi, a Japanese tradition in which women would toss their fans over the side of a bridge at summer’s end. |
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Graduate Student Teacher Program alumna Clare Murray recently wrote an article for The Museum Review based on surveys she conducted at HAM. You can read her article about the striking inconsistencies between perceived museum function and reasons people visit here.
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From our Friends....
The Arnold Arboretum is currently showcasing two online exhibitions sharing interpretations of how the seasons transform its landscape. Be sure to check out Resilience: Art in the Time of COVID-19 by Lois Cremmins and If Winter Comes…The Promise of Each Year in the Paintings of Anthony Apesos.
Graduating seniors and recent graduates of Harvard College are invited to apply to the Dumbarton Oaks Humanities Fellowships program. Applications are due by February 1.
The Your Veritas project, a collaboration between four Harvard departments, invites all students to partake in a collaborative project to make artworks that are representative of themselves. Learn more about the program and how you can participate here.
Did you recognize all of the museums featured in "Wonder Woman 1984?" Watch director Patty Jenkins share what it was like to film at the National Air and Space Museum, and why it was "the one stop that [Steve] would have to make."
From February 1-5, libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions around the world are sharing free coloring sheets and books based on materials in their collections. Check out the selection of coloring books here. |
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Unsubscribe Image (Header): Guerrilla Girls, Do Women Have to Be Naked to Get Into the Metropolitan Museum?, 20th century. Photolithograph. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Paper Dolls, M22149 © Guerrilla Girls.
Image (Setting the Fans Afloat): © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Photo Credit: Tara Metal. |
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