Office for the Arts at Harvard

Empowering Creative Lives

Arts are at the heart of a Harvard education. The Office for the Arts cultivates a vibrant ecosystem for art making, empowering students to live creative and meaningful lives.

About OFA

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Your Front Door to the Arts at Harvard

The OFA is the front door to the arts at Harvard. Here students can find space, funding, programs, courses, mentorship, and support in navigating Harvard’s rich and varied arts ecosystem—spanning curricular, co-curricular, professional, and public arts institutions.

Arts Fest

Arts Fest is an annual multi-day celebration of student artmaking, featuring performances, exhibitions, and interactive artmaking for the campus and wider community.

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First Year Arts Program (FAP)

First Year Arts is a pre-orientation program for incoming first-years, that fosters community through artmaking.

Artist Residencies

Students can explore an art form in-depth and work directly with professional artists in a wide range of courses, workshops, residencies, apprenticeships, and in the creation of new works.

House Arts

House Arts supports expression and connection among undergraduates with arts programming and activation of arts spaces in student residences.

Creative Entrepreneurship

Creative Entrepreneurship workshops and events foster an entrepreneurial mindset, essential for shaping ideas, building projects, and navigating the arts and creative industries.

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Creative Careers

Students prepare for careers in the arts through internships, workshops, residencies, conferences, and connections with alumni and arts industry leaders.

Attend Events

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Explore Our Programs

OFA Ceramics

Connecting students, faculty, and community artists in an internationally recognized hub for learning and creating in ceramics.

OFA Dance

Empowering students to take risks, build resilience, and find joy through movement.

OFA Music

Bringing students together through music that spans centuries, cultures, and traditions.

OFA Theater

Providing students with space, resources, and mentorship to create bold, student-led theater.

Creativity is intrinsic. No one can take that away from me. I am a writer at heart. Whether I’m writing or not, I will always be a poet.

Evan Wang ‘29

2025-2026 National Youth Poet Laureate

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I am not a perfectionist when it comes to ceramics at all. Everything turns out different every single time. I think that, at first, really frustrated me...but I think the little imperfections are actually something to learn from.

Isabella Cao ‘26

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