The OFA awards between 12 and 20 artist development fellowships annually to promising and/or accomplished student artists and creators who have an unusual opportunity for artistic growth and transformation. Fellowship applications are evaluated by the Council on the Arts, a standing committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
This program supports projects across all arts disciplines, and their range is as varied as the student artists. Successful proposals might afford the student artist an opportunity to apprentice to a great artist or artistic company, to research and develop an unusually innovative idea, to finish a body of work, or to live and work in an environment that will feed the applicant’s creative development.
The program is jointly administered by the OFA and the Office of Career Services, and is open to all undergraduates currently enrolled in Harvard College. more...
The OFA funds approximately 100 arts projects annually that involve up to 2,500 undergraduates and some graduate students. These grants are awarded by the Council on the Arts and are given across artistic disciplines. They are intended to foster a broad and rich community of art making that involves students of all backgrounds and levels of accomplishment. Most projects occur extracurricularly, although an increasing number are connected to FAS coursework. more...
The Music Lesson Subsidy Program provides scholarship support to full-time Harvard undergraduates. Recipients are selected on the basis
of financial need and demonstrated musical ability and/or potential. In 2007-08, 94 students were awarded subsidies to study with music instructors from all over the Boston area, including affiliates of Berklee College of Music, Longy School of Music, Boston Conservatory, New England Conservatory and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. more...
The FAS Council on the Arts recognizes exceptional work in the visual and performing arts each year through the awarding of OFA arts prizes. Any undergraduate may be nominated by faculty, administrators or accomplished professional artists for consideration.
