About the Office for the Arts

The Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) supports student engagement in the arts and serves the University in its commitment to the arts. Through its programs and services, the OFA fosters student art making, connects students to accomplished artists, integrates the arts into university life, and partners with local, national and international constituencies. By supporting the development of students as artists and cultural stewards, the OFA works to enrich society and shape communities in which the arts are a vital part of life.

OFA programs enable students to explore an art form in depth and to work directly with professional artists in a wide range of courses, workshops, master classes, residencies, and apprenticeships and in the creation of new works.

Programs:
ARTS FIRST, an annual celebration of undergraduates in the arts.
Ceramics Program
Dance Program
Figure Drawing
Jazz Artist in Residence
Learning From Performers
Visiting Artist in Public Art

Services:
Agassiz Theatre
Harvard Box Office
Lowell Hall
Memorial Hall
New College Theatre
Sanders Theatre

Grants for innovative projects
Music Lesson Subsidies
Music Teacher Reference File
Prizes in the arts

The Office for the Arts manages Agassiz Theatre, New College Theatre, and Harvard Dance Center for student productions and for dance classes and workshop performances, as well as Directors Studio, a rehearsal space available to Harvard dance companies. Professional technical directors who conduct workshops on technical theater are also on hand to assist all production companies. The Office for the Arts also oversees the management of the Memorial Hall/Lowell Hall Complex, the Harvard Box Office at Holyoke Center, and ARTS FIRST, an annual celebration of undergraduates in the arts.

Publications:

make art., The Guide to the Arts at Harvard, is updated annually online by the Office for the Arts. Arts Spectrum is a newsletter published three times each year with articles, interviews, and notes on arts events, people, and issues at Harvard and beyond as they affect Harvard undergraduates. Arts Spectrum is delivered to student rooms and dining halls in all the houses, to libraries and at the Holyoke Information Center, and is online.

For more info call the OFA at 617.495.8676.

OFA links:

OFA Staff
Directions to OFA locations
Site Map for OFA Site

 

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