Francesca Harper is a choreographer/singer/video artist, a 2012 Living History Awardee, founder of The Francesca Harper Project, Broadway performer, and former dancer with Dance Theater of Harlem and principal dancer in William Forsythe's Frankfurt Ballet. Ms. Harper will teach an improv master class.
Participants: Intermediate or advanced dance experience required; free, open class.
Observers: Free and open to the public.
All Dance Program master classes are open to participants 18 years of age and older.
Boston area artist Jeremy Ogusky is passionate in teaching others about the health benefits, simplicity and radical nature of fermentation. Ogusky will present a short Fermentation 101 demonstration in studio while he draws comparisons between his handcrafted...
Hiphop Archive and Research Institute, Hutchins Center
Experience the history and art of beatboxing, or vocal percussion—producing drum sounds and beat patterns using the lips, tongue, mouth, throat, and voice—at this workshop and “beatboxing battle†led by Chesney Snow, an award-winning actor, beatboxer, poet, musician and songwriter, co-sponsored by Harvard’s...
Documenting one of the most neglected genres of Hip Hop culture, American Beatboxer depicts the first ever American Beatbox Championship, held in July 2010 in Brooklyn, New York. The art of beatboxing is...
Program by Martin Beck manifests through a sequence of interventions, installations, events, and publications that draw upon the exhibition histories and academic pursuits of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and Department...
This workshop invites curious minds from all walks of life to experience Pilobolus's creative process and learn to access untapped areas of creativity. This class will be playful, group-driven, physically challenging and fun!
Participants: Free, open class. Observers: Free and open to the public.
*This class is currently full, but spots are still available on the wait list*
We are honored to welcome the Harvard Art Museum's Conservator of Objects and Sculpture at the Straus Center for Conservation, Tony Sigel, to the program to discuss the small terracotta sketches of the great Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, created to design his full sized works in marble and...
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave
Presented by: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology Admission: Free with Harvard ID; admission to one museum admits you to both during regular hours. General admission includes all exhibits. The Peabody Museum is adjacent to the Harvard Museum of Natural History More information>
War is a persistent attribute of human cultures through time, and weapons are crafted with a practical, and deadly, intent. Nearly as pervasive as war itself, is the practice of decorating objects used to wage it. Arts of War: Artistry in Weapons across Cultures is a new Peabody Museum exhibition that presents the varied beauty and craftsmanship of war objects drawn from cultures around the world. From maces, clubs, daggers, and spears, to shields, helmets, and entire suits of armor, this exhibition offers museum-goers more than 150 striking examples of weapons that are also extraordinary works of art.... Read more about Arts of War: Artistry in Weapons across Cultures
Join us in welcoming to internationally acclaimed ceramic artist, curator and arts activist, Vipoo Srivilasa to Boston as he presents his personal work and collaborative efforts from around the globe. Vipoo is one of six, ceramic artists working on a collaborative venture he originally envisioned at...
Master of improvisational violin and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Regina Carter will participate in a conversation entitled "Down Home: The Musical Heritage of the American South," co-sponsored by the Celebrity Series of Boston. Moderated by Prof. Ingrid Monson,...