Events

Thursday, May 1: First Annual Crimson Film Festival and more! More>>

Friday, May 2: Music performances on Holyoke Stage and more! More>>

Saturday, May 3: Performance Fair/Dance Fest and more! More>>

Sunday, May 4: Bandfest, Harvard Pops and much much more!: More>>

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ARTS FIRST 2008 | May 1 - 4

Student Exhibitions

The unique gallery spaces of Harvard’s residential houses, organization offices, and the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts host exhibitions of painting, sculpture, ceramics, multimedia work, and much more, all within an easy walk. For information about the ARTS FIRST Art Walk, and the fold-out map in the center of this guide.

Adams House ARTSpace Thursday, 5-9 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 pm
James Powers Painting Show: Work created during an independent study with Professor Nancy Mitchnick, Rudolf Arnheim Lecturer on Studio Arts. (Opening reception Thursday, 6:30 PM) ArtSpace, Linden Street Gate

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat 9 am –11 pm; Sun, noon–11 pm
Senior Thesis Show. (Opening reception Thursday, 5:30 PM)
Main Gallery and the Sert Gallery

Currier House Thursday, 5-9 PM; Saturday, 1-5 PM; Sunday, 1-5 PM
Comic Book Art: A display of original sketches and story boards made by
Kelly Bowse ’08 in her first attempt at comic book creation.
Currier House, Fishbowl

Eliot House Thursday, 5-9 pm; Friday, 5-7 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 12-4 pm
The River Show: A juried exhibit of paintings, furniture, photographs, and short films made by Eliot house students and affiliates. Yoav Liberman and Jack Mauch (art and woodworking tutors), curators. (Opening reception Thursday, 7:15 pm)
Library, second floor, C-entry

Eliot House Thursday, 5-9 PM; Friday, 5-7 PM; Saturday, 1-5 PM; Sunday, 1-5 PM
Max Wong: Photography: Max Wong ’10, whose extensive travels stretch to Antarctica, presents a selection of his photography.
Eliot House, Junior Common Room

Harvard Hall Thursday, 6-9 pm
Tuesday Magazine Presents: Art in Progress: A Visual and Literary Exhibition: Tuesday Magazine artists explore the creative process underlying completed works of art. See the notes, sketches, and oter sources of inspiration that shape conceptual and aesthetic works. Harvard Hall, Atrium

Hillel House, Smith Hall Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 pm
Through Their Eyes: Global Children’s Perspectives on Peace: Free entry, suggested donation of $5. The Harvard Art for Peace Initiative and The Harvard South Slavic Society present an exhibition of artwork made by children from the Balkans as part of an ongoing
effort to raise awareness of the impact of the conflict on children. Emina Kobiljar ’10. aesthetic works.
(Opening reception Sunday, 7-9 pm)

Kirkland House Art Show: An exhibition of artworks by Kirkland House students. Kathleen Breeden ’09, Danielle Alexander ’09, Moonlit Wang ’10, Daniella Allam ’09, Stella Barth ’10, Elizabeth Cook ’10. (Opening reception Thursday, 7 PM)
Kirkland House, Senior Common Room

Mather House Thursday 5-9 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 pm
Mather House Student Art Exhibition: A multimedia exhibition of art created by Mather
House students. (Opening reception Thursday, 8:15 pm)
Mather House, Three Columns Gallery

Mather House Thursday, 5-9 PM; Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 PM
Rehabilitated Mug Project: An exhibit of “rehabilitated” mugs. Once destined for the trash, these mugs were saved and repainted by Mather students and tutors to create works of art. (Opening reception Thursday, 8:30 PM)
Mather House, Dining Hall

Quincy House Thursday, 5-9 PM; Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 PM
Quincy House Art Show: Artwork and pottery made by Quincy House students, tutors, and masters. (Opening reception Thursday, 8 PM)
Quincy House, Junior Common Room

Pforzheimer House Friday through Sunday, 10 am-6 pm
Pfoho Art Sho:. Artwork made by students in Pforzheimer House. (Opening reception with live jazz performanceThursday, 5:30-7:30 pm)
Hastings Room in Moors Hall at Pforzheimer House (enter on 56 Linnaean St.)

OUTDOORS AROUND CAMPUS:

Harvard Yard Saturday, May 3, 10-5
Public Art Project: Installation created by Harvard students under the guidance of Boston artist Gary Duehr and sponsored by the Office for the Arts. Peter Hedman ’10, Yichen Feng
’10, Alexandra Kushman ’11, Katharine M. Chute ’11, Anna Ho ’11, Gabriela Santiago ’11, Thomas Lee (OFA), Eric Scott (Ext.).
Harvard Yard

Harvard Yard Thursday through Sunday
Lunch: A Monument: Mark Davis ’09 and Kalmia Strong ’07 (NYU) present a large-scale public art monument to the quotidian ritual that is “lunch.”
(Opening reception Thursday, 6 pm)
Harvard Yard

Sever Quad, Science Center Lawn Saturday, 9 AM-6:30 PM
(Untitled) (Monad): In a series of engaging public art sculptures, Trevor Martin ’10, invites spectators and passerby to explore the bridge between ordinary reality and the extraordinary possibilities that exist within the imagination.
Sever Quad, Science Center Lawn

Science Center Lawn Saturday, 12-5 PM
paper.me.paper.she.paper.he.paper.we: Ever wanted to experiment with a new identity? Try on life-size ‘paper dolls’ and temporarily become someone else in this interactive public art display by Kristy Lynn Carpenter ’10.
Science Center Lawn

Bulletin boards and kiosks throughout campus Thursday through Sunday
A public art project by the students of the Bow & Arrow Press brings an element of the surreal to Harvard´s bulletin boards, with posters (printed with a movable lead-type
press) advertising outlandish and supernatural events. Brandon Bartch ’08, Tim Hwang ’08, Sam Jacoby ’08, Christina Xu ’09; John Pyper, tutor.