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Aina Arts is a student-run nonprofit organization whose aim is to promote the use of local art forms, materials, and methods with children in marginalized communities globally. The focus is on providing incentives and training to local artists in order to effectively and sustainably integrate them into under-resourced schools to enliven lesson plans, encourage participation, and increase community involvement in school. Aina Arts currently runs projects in India and Zimbabwe. www.ainaarts.org The Arts In Education (AIE) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, under the direction of Steve Seidel, offers the John Landrum Bryant Lecture/Performance Series, featuring individuals with arts expertise relevant to AIE program learning. Topics span from the nature of artistic performance to the role of public policy in arts education. The lectures/performances are free and open to the public and are held on selected Tuesdays and Thursdays, sometimes in the afternoon and sometimes in the evening. Several past installments of the series can be viewed online at www.wgbh.org/forum on the WGBH Forum Network. For a current schedule of speakers and other details, consult the website or contact Scott Ruescher (5.9068). www.gse.harvard.edu/aie Arts Policy Initiative The Arts Policy Initiative, sponsored by the OFA, addresses the need for a stronger relationship among academics, policy makers, those who fund the arts, and civic leaders. Through ongoing forums and special projects, the Initiative explores questions about the importance of the arts to our national viability and identity, and seeks to develop ideas and links between the arts and organizations such as the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Contact Director of Programs Cathleen McCormick or Learning From Performers Program Manager Thomas Lee at the OFA (5.8676). Community Arts Partnership Committee A cross-departmental initiative founded by the Office for the Arts in 1998, Community Arts Partnership promotes meaningful connections between Harvard and its communities through the arts. This is achieved by the creation of a liaison system among Harvard staff, students, and community representatives. Existing arts opportunities are highlighted through the frequent exchange of information. The group meets three times during the academic year. New community or Harvard partners are encouraged to join, ask advice, or make suggestions. Contact Program Associate Stephanie Troisi or Director of Programs Cathleen McCormick at the OFA (5.8676). HAND is a subset of the Public Service Network dedicated to involving Harvard students in public service projects in the Cambridge and greater Boston communities. Most undergraduate Houses have a HAND program designed to meet the needs of a nearby community organization, usually the local elementary school. HAND welcomes the help of students who enjoy theater, arts and crafts, music, sports, and working with children. hcs.harvard.edu/hand The Hillel Arts Committee makes many types of art accessible to students, as demonstrated by the successful campus-wide Purim Mask contest, and explores the relationship between the arts and Judaism. Planned activities include trips to the Boston Jewish Film Festival and several concerts, and comprise visual arts displays as well as classes on art and Judaism. Participation is open to the entire campus regardless of previous involvement with Hillel or the arts. www.hillel.harvard.edu REACH (Recreational Experience & Arts Creativity with Harvard) is a community-based recreational and arts program that seeks to provide an encouraging, stimulating, and friendly environment for children with special needs, ages 5–13, from the Greater Boston Area. Each child is paired with a Harvard undergraduate and together they participate in gym, art, and theater activities. These one-to-one relationships help foster confidence through individual focus within a group setting. hcs.harvard.edu/reach Undergraduate Cultural Agents Initiative By identifying and encouraging the various effects produced when art and reflective thought intervene in civic life, Cultural Agents aims to strengthen the links between democracy, creativity, community, and education. The group strives to draw out the benefits of the arts across diverse Harvard student groups and community initiatives to promote creative practices in the service of the social good. www.culturalagents.org
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adams house ARTSpace gallery and studio. music. theater. visual arts. hcs.harvard.edu/adams dance. music. theater. visual arts. hcs.harvard.edu/cabot dance. music. theater. visual arts. www.currier.harvard.edu dance. literary arts. music. The Dudley House Chorus presents concerts in December and May. Dudley House also sponsors other concerts and recitals during the year. Contact Chorus Director Michael Barrett. The Dudley House Jazz Bands are comprised of graduate students and others. A full big band and an improvisation workshop perform a variety of jazz repertoire in two concerts each year and at the dancing Spring Swing. Contact Music Fellow Jean-franÇois Charles. The Dudley House World Music Ensemble is a small group interested in exploring music from around the globe. Contact Behtash Babadi, or call the office (5.4162) visual arts. / theater. / film. www.fas.harvard.edu/dudley music. Dunster House Opera Society is a society of opera enthusiasts who produce one complete opera each year. This year's production will be Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, featuring a libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman. The entire Harvard community is welcome to join in the annual Messiah Sing, held in early December in the Dining Hall. Four music practice rooms are available for use by House residents. Contact Resident Music Tutor Yunsun Nam (3.2277). visual arts. dunster.harvard.edu dance. music. theater. visual arts. For information on Woodworking, contact yoav liberman or Jack mauch The Eliot House Jimmy Fund Committee organizes An Evening with Champions, an annual figure skating exhibition that benefits the Jimmy Fund at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and features world-class skaters as well as rising Harvard and local talent. www.eliot.harvard.edu film society. music. visual arts. hcs.harvard.edu/kirkland music. theater. visual arts. literary arts. visual arts. film society. audio/visual. rock scene. coffee house. leverett.harvard.edu dance. music. The Lowell House Music Society also organizes the traditional spring reading of the "1812 Overture," recitals and pick-up performances throughout the year, and oversees the House's grand piano. Two practice rooms are also available for use by House residents. Contact Resident Music Tutor Gina rivera. The Lowell House Bell-ringing Society is responsible for ringing the Lowell Bells every Sunday at 1 PM during the academic term, and when Lowell House wins intramural sporting events. visual arts. lowell.harvard.edu music. Three music practice rooms and a Steinway grand piano (special permission needed) are available for use by House residents and students involved in the Chamber Music at Mather program. Contact Na’ama Lion. theater. visual arts. A darkroom is available for a small fee to members of the Harvard community with previous experience. Open Thursday evenings from 5:30 to 9 pm starting September 25. Contact tim trapp. Mather has a wood-turning studio equipped with a lathe. For a small fee, Harvard affiliates may explore and develop their wood-turning talents. Classes and demonstrations are offered by Alan Harke. Contact leigh hafray for more information. Mather has an active crafts circle, where you can bring your own knitting, sewing project, etc, or learn to make different crafts such as sock monkeys, magnets, silkscreening, and others. Everyone is welcome, supplies are provided, and snacks are served! Contact kate drake or dara olmsted or nick smith. The Three Columns Gallery exhibition space, curated by respected artist Lance Keimig, is available for exhibition of student artwork. Priority is given to Mather House residents and affiliates, though all are welcome to submit proposals. Contact lance keimig. www.mather.harvard.edu music. Four music practice rooms are available for use by House residents, in addition to grand pianos. The Quad Sound Studios is a student-run recording facility for use by Harvard undergraduates. Contact jonathan lee . theater. visual arts. www.pfoho.org music. There are four pianos in Quincy House: a Baldwin Grand in the Piano room off of the Spindell Room, a Steinway Grand in the JCR, an upright in the Bullitt room, and a Yamaha upright in the basement practice room of F entry. First-come, first-served - keys can be checked out from the Building Manager's office. multidisciplinary. More information to come! Please visit the Quincy House website for more information. http://58plympton.com/ music. theater. visual arts. www.winthrophouse.net practice spaces. Music department Practice rooms (Paine Hall)
Agassiz Theatre, located in Radcliffe Yard, is an intimate 336-seat performance space for Harvard undergraduate productions. During the academic year, the theater is scheduled and operated by the OFA. Several performance slots are available each term. Assistant Technical Director for College Theatre Programs Elizabeth Dean is on hand for advice and guiding groups through the process of planning and mounting a theatrical event. Application deadlines are in December for spring productions and April for fall productions. Applications are available online. Contact Elizabeth Dean. fas.harvard.edu/ofa/programs/theater/ag.htm The Harvard Dance Center, located at 66 Garden Street and administered by the OFA Dance Program, is a rehearsal, classroom, and performance space for undergraduate dance companies and the Dance Program. Application deadline for spring rehearsal space is in December; deadline for performance slots for the 2006-07 academic year occurs at the end of April. Contact Assitant Dance Director Kristin Ing Aune (5.8683), or visit the Dance Program Office located at 60 Garden Street, Monday-Friday, 1–5 PM. www.fas.harvard.edu/dance This mirrored, air-conditioned facility located in the Office for the Arts at 74 Mt. Auburn Street has a tape/CD system, barres, marley floor, and an upright piano. It is a rehearsal space for groups of 20 dancers or less and has one small adjacent changing room, no shower. Contact Assitant Dance Director Kristin Ing Aune (5.8683). www.fas.harvard.edu/dance Memorial Hall/Lowell Hall Complex The Memorial Hall/Lowell Hall Complex, OFA, is comprised of Memorial Hall—which houses Sanders Theatre, Annenberg Hall, and Loker Commons (under construction until spring 2007)—Lowell Lecture Hall, and the seminar rooms in both buildings. Rooms may be scheduled by recognized student groups for weekly or one-time meetings. Lowell Hall Sanders Theatre Contact Ruth Polleys (6.6391). www.fas.harvard.edu/memhall The inauguration of the New College Theatre, located at 10-12 Holyoke St. took place on October 17th. Production Coordinator for College Theatre Programs Dana Knox is on hand for advice and guiding groups through the process of planning and mounting a theatrical event at the New College Theatre or at any other theatre space at Harvard. Application deadlines are in December for spring productions and April for fall productions. Applications are available online. Contact Dana Knox. fas.harvard.edu/theatre
The 437-seat John Knowles Paine Concert Hall is housed in the Music Building and is available for use by various Harvard-affiliated music groups. Contact Production Coordinator Vicky peterson.
The OFA's visiting-artist program offers students opportunities to meet and work with professional artists in workshops, master classes, lectures, informal discussions, and occasional residencies. Guest artists in 2005–06 included, among others, soprano Dawn Upshaw; opera director William Christie ‘66; musical theater composer/lyricist Adam Guettel; cellist Matt Haimovitz ‘96; choreographer Rachel Cohen ‘95; and the Silk Road Ensemble featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma ‘76. Many events are open to the public. One artist each year is designated the Kayden Visiting Artist in music and musical theater; the Marshall S. Cogan Visiting Artist in the visual arts; the Ruth Page Visiting Artist in dance (co-sponsored by the OFA Dance Program); the Peter Ivers Visiting Artist (multidisciplinary/experimental); the Melvoin Visiting Artist in film and/or television; and the Clifton Visiting Artist, a female Harvard College graduate in the emergent phase of her artistic career. Contact Program Manager Thomas Lee (5.8676). www.fas.harvard.edu/ofa/programs/artists OFA Recording Archive The Office for the Arts’ Recordings Archive offers a wealth of recorded material featuring a wide spectrum of artists in the fields of theater, film, dance, classical and popular music, jazz, and the visual arts participating in workshops, master classes, lectures, discussions, performances, and other events sponsored by the OFA’s Learning From Performers, Jazz, Dance, Ceramics, and Public Art programs. Audio and video material is available for research in the Morse Music & Media collection at Lamont Library on a non-circulating basis. All material is indexed on HOLLIS. Contact Learning From Performers Program Manager Thomas Lee (5.8676).
The Radcliffe Externship Program matches undergraduate students with alumnae over spring break, enabling students to experience the daily lives of their sponsors by living in their homes and shadowing them at work. Externs interested in the arts have been paired with a glass sculptor, choreographer, independent filmmaker, and actress. Applications are available online at www.radcliffe.edu/alumnae or at the Radcliffe Alumnae House, 79 Brattle Street. www.radcliffe.edu/alumnae The Office of Career Services (OCS), 54 Dunster Street, maintains information about employment, internships, and educational opportunities in the arts. This information includes media and arts competitions, film/commercial arts opportunities, museum administration, arts administration, the performing arts, residencies, and art and design catalogs. OCS also publishes ARTWORK: A Guide to Job Hunting and Resources in the Arts. To receive notification of events, workshops, discussions, jobs, and internships in the arts, subscribe to the OCS arts list. www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu Radcliffe Research Partnerships The partnerships provide paid opportunities for undergraduates to work collaboratively with scholars and practitioners in a year-long research and mentorship experience. Students have worked with fiction and nonfiction writers, poets, photographers, filmmakers, and other artists. Partnerships are available during the academic year only. www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/rrp
Ann Radcliffe Trust in Harvard College Grants Harvard Radio Broadcasting (95.3 FM), broadcasts classical music, underground rock, urban contemporary, news, Harvard sports, and other genres 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Moreover, we have been Boston’s exclusive home for the Metropolitan Opera over the past few years. WHRB offers live broadcasts of local performances and events—including HRO, Memorial Church services, and Commencement—and puts on WHRB's Orgy seasons in January and May. WHRB also broadcasts over the Internet. Students entirely manage and staff the station. Contact Jon Stona ‘07 (jons@whrb.org), or call the station (5.WHRB). www.fas.harvard.edu/annradtr These grants are available for student-initiated projects, including arts projects produced by or for freshmen. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Contact Gretchen Gingo (5.1574). www.fas.harvard.edu/fdo The Harvard Foundation awards over 100 grants each semester to student organizations whose projects promote the sharing of racial and ethnic perspectives. In recent years, these projects have included the annual Cinco de Mayo Mexican celebration, an Asian American film festival, a Brazilian Feijoada, and a dialogue on free speech and hate crimes. Activities also supported by the Harvard Foundation grants have included an Arabic-Greek cultural evening, a Caribbean Carnival, an evening of Irish song and storytelling, and a panel discussion during Islam Awareness Week. www.fas.harvard.edu/harvfoun OFA grants for artistically innovative, undergraduate-focused projects are awarded to undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff by the Council on the Arts, a committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Funded projects combine artistic merit and experimentation, educational benefit to undergraduates, and the involvement of and visibility to a maximum number of undergraduates. Over 2500 students were involved in last year’s grant-sponsored programs. To encourage artistic innovation, the Council also awards a special grant of up to $1,000 for a one-time project from the general applicant pool that reflects the most original, creative ideas. For information visit the website or call the OFA (5.8676). www.fas.harvard.edu/ofa/grants The Open Gate, a fund for Gay and Lesbian Life at Harvard, supports activities to benefit gay and lesbian students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Past funding has included support for student publications such as queer and Diversity & Distinction as well as performances of works by gay and lesbian artists. www.hglc.org The Undergraduate Council (UC) assists artistic endeavors through project-based grants. UC Grants fund a broad range of term-time projects produced by individual students and official organizations that contribute to campus life or improve the well being of students. In addition, from its office conveniently located in the basement of Holworthy Hall, the UC lends out its tables to student groups. The UC also has a sound system suitable for most campus activities, a free service offered to the undergraduate community. Arts groups looking to photocopy materials for their projects can use the UC copier at a deeply discounted rate. For the tables, sound system, or use of the copy machine, email the UC (huc@hcs.harvard.edu). www.uc.fas.harvard.edu
The following prizes are administered by the OFA with recipients chosen by the Council on Arts, a committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Candidates are nominated by faculty and staff; no applications are accepted.
Doris Cohen Levi Prize, Radcliffe This annual award is given to a Harvard undergraduate actively involved in writing, directing, staging, performing, and/or producing musical theater who has demonstrated the best combination of talent and energy with an outstanding enthusiasm for musical theater and has made a consistent and significant contribution to theater at Harvard. The prize honors the memory of Doris Cohen Levi ’35. This award is given to the most promising undergraduate actor or actress at the University. Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts This award recognizes the graduating senior of the most outstanding artistic talent and achievement in the composition or performance of music, drama, dance, or the visual arts. The award honors the sum of a student’s artistic activities at Harvard. This award recognizes the Harvard undergraduate who has worked behind the scenes in the arts as director, producer, accompanist, or other affiliate, contributing to the success of a production and the opportunity for others to shine. The award is given in honor of Louise Donovan who, through her distinguished career as secretary of Radcliffe College and clerk to the Board of Trustees of Radcliffe College, was a role model of unselfish, effective support. This award recognizes outstanding work by a Harvard undergraduate in the field of visual arts, which includes but is not limited to painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, film, and video. This award is named for the acclaimed dancer and former ballerina of the New York City Ballet, the prize recognizes a Harvard undergraduate who has demonstrated outstanding artistry in the field of dance.
This annual University-wide festival celebrating the arts at Harvard features over 2,000 students presenting hundreds of productions in dance, literary arts, music, theater and visual arts. The 2007 festival will mark the 15th year of ARTS FIRST. Sponsored by the Harvard Board of Overseers and initiated by actor John Lithgow ’67, ARTS FIRST will be held the weekend of May 3–6, 2007. Special OFA Grants are available. For information, go online or contact the OFA (arts@fas.harvard.edu; 5.8676). www.fas.harvard.edu/arts Black Arts Festival The Harvard Black Arts Festival (BAF) is a weekend-long celebration of the history and traditions of the African Diaspora through a series of performances, workshops, panel discussions, films, and visual art displays. The Festival provides opportunities for students and members of the Harvard community to interact with professional artists known both locally and nationally. Presented by the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College, the Festival will take place in early March 2007. Contact chairs Jessie Washington ‘09 (jwashing@fas) and Julie Anne Crommett ‘08 (jacromm@fas) for more information. This annual cultural show and food festival, sponsored by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, showcases the talent of more than 30 student organizations. Student groups involved in the past include Kuumba Singers, Ballet Folklórico de Aztlán, the Society of Arab Students, Native Americans of Harvard College, the Philippine Forum Dance Troupe, Harvard Hillel, and the Chunsa Dance Troupe. Students and faculty of the Harvard Foundation nominate an outstanding individual as Cultural Artist of the Year. The nominee, chosen for his or her work in promoting intercultural and racial understanding, as well as for humanitarian contributions, is honored at the show. Past honorees have included Will Smith, Andy Garcia, Queen Latifah, Jackie Chan, Halle Berry, and Matt Damon. www.fas.harvard.edu/harvfoun FAP provides incoming freshmen with a hands-on introduction to the arts at Harvard, including music, theater, dance, visual arts, technical theater, and other genres. The program, which takes place the week prior to Freshman Week, culminates in a Yard Pageant comprising performances and art displays created entirely during FAP week. Students applying to be a FAP proctor should contact the Student Steering Committee (fap@fas.harvard.edu). www.fas.harvard.edu/fap Ostara, hosted by the Women's Leadership Network (WLN), an undergraduate organization designed to promote women's leadership both on the Harvard campus and beyond, is a celebration of women in the arts at Harvard. The event takes place in early May during ARTS FIRST and provides opportunities for female singers, songwriters, musicians, dancers, and spoken-word performers. For more information about this year’s Ostara performance, contact Andreea Akerele ‘08 (akerele@fas). hcs.harvard.edu/wln
The Harvard Box Office (HBO), managed by the OFA, is a full-service box office that offers ticketing and promotional services for all events at Harvard University, especially those that occur in Sanders Theatre. The Box Office tickets approximately 600 events annually and distributes in excess of 180,000 tickets. HBO sells tickets over the phone, online at its website (www.fas.harvard.edu/tickets), and handles walk-up sales. Other services include training of students in ticket management and event publicizing, loan of cash box, and reporting of post-show sales and marketing information. HBO waives the standard set-up fee, but does charge a small per-ticket printing fee for student organizations. To put an event on sale, contact Manager of Student Ticketing Services Jason Govostes (govostes@fas; 6.6091). www.boxoffice.harvard.edu
Arts Spectrum is a quarterly newsletter published by the Office for the Arts focusing on a wide range of issues, people, and events in the arts both on and off campus. Information on OFA programs and features about student performers and exhibitions appear regularly. It is distributed to all undergraduate houses, other campus sites, and by mail. www.fas.harvard.edu/spectrum The Beat is your weekly arts vibe at Harvard University. Sponsored by the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA), The Beat’s e-newsletter is distributed every Thursday of the academic year except recesses and exam periods. The Beat is driven by your submissions and accepts submissions on-line to feature your arts events, exhibitions, and opportunities. To submit an arts and entertainment listing, visit the website, view the guidelines, and fill in the on-line web form. Deadline for inclusion is Wednesday at noon prior to that Thursday’s edition. www.fas.harvard.edu/thebeat make art. (formerly known as Practice & Performance: the Guide to the Arts at Harvard), updated continuously by the OFA, is a comprehensive online database for the arts at Harvard. The guide gives descriptions of arts organizations, student groups, facilities, programs, and grants available at Harvard. Entries are divided into categories by genre—dance, literary arts, music, theater, and visual arts. www.fas.harvard.edu/pandp
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