A singer-songwriter with an eclectic style mixing a classical background with modern folk-pop influences, Gabriel Kahane will discuss his work during a conversation with Osnat Netzer, a composer, pianist and member of the Music faculty at Harvard. Kahane will also appear in concert with chamber ensemble Brooklyn Rider on Friday, February 5 at 8 pm at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston; for more information and tickets, visit the Celebrity Series online or call 617.482.6661.... Read more about a conversation with composer GABRIEL KAHANE
Exhibition dates: February 5, 2016–September 18, 2016 Presented by: Harvard Art Museums Opening Celebration for Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia: February 4, 5 PM 5-6 PM: Viewing open 6-7:30 PM: Lecture 10 PM: Museum closes
To celebrate the opening of the special exhibition Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia, on view February 5 through September 18, 2016, the Harvard Art Museums will present a discussion highlighting the show’s central themes of transformation, performance, seasonality, and remembrance. Stephen Gilchrist, Australian Studies Visiting Curator, will be in conversation with Vernon Ah Kee, who is among the artists featured in the exhibition.
The lecture will take place from 6 to 7:30pm in Menschel Hall, on the Lower Level. Before the talk, from 5 to 6pm, visitors will have an opportunity to view the exhibition on Level 3. The museums will also remain open until 10pm; lecture attendees are invited to return to the galleries after the discussion, as well as to enjoy a reception in the Calderwood Courtyard.... Read more about Opening Celebration for Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia
Presented by: Harvard Art Museums Free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk. Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. Museums staff will be on hand to collect tickets.
Elizabeth Rudy, the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Associate Curator of Prints in the Division of European and American Art, will give today’s gallery talk. Every month this spring, she will offer a talk focused on prints in the permanent collections.... Read more about Gallery Talk: Italian Prints from the 16th Century
Repeats every week every Thursday until Tue Mar 01 2016 .
(All day)
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2016 Competition:
Open to Harvard undergraduate and graduate violists and cellists. All applicants must be available for the Parker Quartet's April 17 concert in Paine Hall (8pm) and for rehearsals with the Parker two weeks prior. Applications due March 1, 2016. Finalists will be notified by the second week of March. Live audition callbacks will take place March 23 and 25, when finalists will be invited to play during a 20-minute rehearsal of the Tchaikovsky.
Introducing the first-ever Parker Quartet Guest Artist Award...
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Level 1
Exhibition dates: February 3-21, 2016 Presented by: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Hours: Galleries: 12–7, Wed–Sun Free and open to the public
Performance+ Reception
with Jill Johnson and Hans Tutschku Wed, Feb 3, 6 pm Reception to follow
On Feb 3, Jill Johnson, dancer, choreographer and Director of Dance at Harvard, and Hans Tutschku composer and Director of the Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition, perform in response to the installation of Pneumatic Bodies. Free and open to the public.
Pneuma(tic) Bodies is an installation of sculptures and photographs that explores the relationship shared by the human body, objects, and architectural space through the enveloping medium of air. Three large, balloon–like forms made of thin plastic material occupy considerable visual and physical areas on Level 1 of the Carpenter Center. The objects continuously inflate via small cooling ventilators typically used to regulate temperature in personal computers.... Read more about Performance with Jill Johnson and Hans Tutschku for "Silvia Benedito + C. Alexander Häusler: Pneuma(tic) Bodies"
Wondering what your theatre and entertainment-interested peers did last summer? Looking for some ideas of your own, and some great advice on how to secure these kinds of opportunities? Come to this panel and get the scoop from students who've been there, done that!... Read more about Creative Careers: My Summer in Theatre and Entertainment
Repeats every Monday, Wednesday, Friday until Wed Feb 03 2016 except Wed Jan 27 2016, Fri Jan 29 2016, Mon Feb 01 2016.
12:30pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street
Presented by: Harvard Art Museums Free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk.