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ARTS FIRST 2009 | April 30 - May 3

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 Friday, 7-10 pm; Saturday through Sunday, 1-6 pm Thursday, 5-9 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 pm
Constellation Stations: A student art exhibition mapping the past century's most important poems, poetic movements, and prosody. Zachary Sifuentes, curator. (Opening reception Friday, 7-10 pm)
ArtSpace, Linden Street Gate

Adams House ARTSpace Thursday through Sunday, 1-5 pm
Studded and Hung: An exhibition featuring new textile work featured in the Studded and Hung Fashion Show (see listing for Friday, 7pm). Enzo Camacho '07, Amy Yoshitsu '10, Anna Murphy '12, Sabrina Chou '09, Davis Moore '10, Amy Lien '09, Dana Kase '11, and Rebecca Lieberman '10.
ArtSpace, Linden Street Gate

Boylston Hall Saturday 3-6 pm; Sunday 2-4 pm
Faces of Cambridge Photo Gallery: Explore the diverse facets of the Cambridge community through photos taken by homeless and low-income residents, student volunteers, and local photographers. (Reception featuring live music and light refreshments, Sunday 2-4 PM)
Boylston Hall, Ticknor Lounge

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Thursday to Saturday 9am-11pm; Sunday noon-11pm
Senior Thesis Show, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies.
Main Gallery and the Sert Gallery

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Friday through Saturday 1-6pm
Photographs by Yan Yan Mao '10: An Exhibition of prints and books from three bodies of work: Four and a Half, Japanese tea ceremony; Views Inverted, landscapes partially inverted; Tail Lights, car tail lights in various compositions.
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Basement

Center for Government and International Studies Thursday 7am-9pm; Friday 7am-7pm; Saturday 12pm-5pm; Sunday 12pm-5pm
Time: Student Photography at Harvard College: An exhibit of photographs submitted by students from across the college, centered on the theme of Time. Sarah M. Roberts '09 and Natasha L. Coleman '10, curators. (Opening reception Sunday 2-4pm
CGIS North, Knafel Building

Center for Government and International Studies Thursday through Sunday 9am-5pm
Ink Art Evolution, presented by the Asia-related centers and sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies: An exhibition of contemporary Chinese ink paintings by Liu Kuo-Sung, Hsiao Chin, Qui Deshu, Xu Bing, Wang Tiande, G.Y. Wu, Lan Zhenghui, and Quin Feng.
CGIS South Building, 1st Floor and Concourse Level

Dunster House Saturday and Sunday 12pm-6pm
Book Binding Exhibition: Harvard College Stories for Orphans presents an exhibition of handmade books made for orphans in Peru and Poland. Participants will be on hand to demonstrate how to hand-bind artistic books.
Dunster House, Small Dining Hall, l-entryway, 8 Cowperthwaite Street

Eliot House Thursday 5pm-9pm; Friday 5pm-7pm; Saturday 12pm-4pm; Sunday 12pm-6pm
The River Show: A juried exhibit of paintings, furniture, photogrraphs and short films made by Eliot House students and affiliates. Yoav Liberman and Jack Mauch, art and woodowrking tutors, curators. (Opening Reception Thursday, 7pm)
Eliot House Library, 2nd floor C-entry

Kirkland House Art Show: An exhibition of art created by Kirkland House students. (Opening reception Thursday, 8-9:30pm)
Kirkland House, Senior Common Room

Mather House Thursday 6pm-7:30pm; Sunday 1pm-6pm
Mather Student Art Exhibition: A multimedia exhibition of art created by Mather
House students. (Opening reception Thursday, 6-7:30pm)
Mather House, Three Columns Gallery

Pforzheimer House Friday-Saturday 10am-6pm
Pforzheimer House Art Show: An exhibition of artworks by students, tutors and staff of Pforzheimer House.
Pforzheimer House, Hastings Room in Moors Hall

Quincy House Thursday 7:30pm-10pm; Friday 6pm-7:30pm; Saturday 1pm-6pm; Sunday 1pm-6pm
Quincy House Art Show: Artwork and pottery made by Quincy House students, tutors, and masters. (Opening reception Thursday, 7:30-10pm)
Quincy House, Junior Common Room

SOCH Gallery Thursday through Sunday 6-10pm
A Place at the Table: The culmination of months of collaborative effort in the arts at Harvard, A Place at the Table is an engaging community art project that seeks to inspire discussions on sustainability, art, food, everyday life, and democracy. Kathleen Breeden '09; Justine Chow '10; Liz Cook '10; Kate Farley '10; Brandon Gellar '08, FAS-REP Coordinator; Trevor Martin '10, "A Place at the Table" Coordinator; Lisa Miracchi '09; Nancy Selvage, Ceramics Program Director; Ariel Shaker '10; Akili Tommasino '09. (Banquet Reception Saturday, 6:30-8:30pm)
SOCH Gallery and Penthouse Cafe, 59 Shepard Street

Straus Hall Sunday 1pm-5pm
Freshman Art Exhibition: An exhibition of visual art by the talented class of 2012!
Straus Hall, Common Room, First Floor

OUTDOORS AROUND CAMPUS:

Memorial Hall Lawn Thursday through Saturday
Mesh: A geometric mesh stretched within a wooden cube partitions three-dimensonal space. Constructed from hundreds of rubber bands. Peter Hedman '10 and Zach Abel '10.
Memorial Hall Lawn

Widener Library Friday through Sunday 8pm-9pm
Animation Projection: An hour-long projection onto the side of Widener Library. The films, which were created by students in the animation classes in VES, feature a variety of animation techniques and approcaches. Kristina Yee '10, Tim Reckart '09, David Rice '10, Tiffanie Hsu '09, Sami Majadlan '11, Lily Fang '10, Phoebe Stone '10, Christen McDuffee '09, Yen Ting Cho (GSD) and others.
Widener Library, West Exterior Wall

Multiple Locations around the Yard Friday through Sunday
At Any Time Ghosts: An original story serialized in Harvard Yard. Read Chapter 1 at Thayer Gate, by the Science Center. Each chapter directs you where to go to next, with the journey from location to location becoming part of the narrative. Staff writers and illustrators from Tuesday Magazine.

Memorial Church Steps Thursday through Sunday 2pm-4pm
U Picture Me: VES concentrator Davis Moore '10 sets up his easel and draws in The Yard. Stop to have your portrait drawn! Davis Moore '10.
Memorial Church Steps

Science Center, South Exterior Wall Saturday
REACH-ing for the World: Display of a mural of the world created by children in Harvard's REACH program, a recreation and arts mentorship program for local children with special needs.
Science Center, south exterior wall

Sever Quad Saturday
Canoes in Trees: An original public art installation, "Canoes in Trees" offers the surreal sight of multiple canoes suspended in the trees in Harvard Yard. Rebecca Hersher '11 & Hyung Woo Kim '11.
Sever Quad

Memorial Hall South Lawn Saturday and Sunday 12pm-4pm
Paint for Love: Want your art to make a difference? The Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum (HUGH) and Partners in Health (PIH) invite the community to help paint murals that will decorate the walls of a children's hospital in Rwanda. Drop by to add your artistic touch to the mural. Manisha Pandita '10, Jeffrey Low '11.
South Lawn of Memorial Hall

Harvard Yard Saturday
Public Art Project: "Stained Glass Graffiti". Interactive public art installation created by Harvard students under the guidance of Boston artist Gary Duehr and sponsored by the Office for the Arts. Maham Siddiqi '11, Josh Beauregard '04, Peter Hedman '10, Tyler Brandon '12, Moira Forberg '11, Sara Stern '12, Brenda Lin '12, Eva Rosenberg '10, Margaret Min '12.
Along Quincy St. Fence between Broadway and Mass Ave.