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2020 Mar 14

Face to Face: Portraits of Museum Animals by Jana Matusz

Sat - Sun, Mar 14 to Jun 21, 9:00pm - 5:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

MatsuzLionCubJana Matusz, an accomplished Massachusetts-based painter and founding sketching facilitator volunteer with the museum, has explored this with expressive prints, based on original paintings, that animate animals found in the Harvard Museum of Natural History. ...

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2020 May 21

From the Hands of the Makers

6:00pm

Location: 

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
BlaschkaWorkTableFrom 1886 to 1936, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka applied their artistic talents and knowledge of natural history to create an exquisite collection of glass models of plants to support the botanical education of Harvard students and the public. This program will explore the history, conservation, and relevance of... Read more about From the Hands of the Makers
2020 Mar 23

Seeing Citizens: Picturing American Women’s Fight for the Vote

Mon - Sat, Mar 23 to Oct 3, 9:00am - 5:00pm

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The Lia and William Poor Gallery, Schlesinger Library, 3 James Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
SuffrageThis exhibition presents the images that leading activists wanted the public to see—and some that they wanted to hide. White suffragists portrayed themselves as elite, educated, and moral women. Some aspects of their campaign assured skeptics that the amendment would preserve white supremacy and pose no challenges to the... Read more about Seeing Citizens: Picturing American Women’s Fight for the Vote
2020 Feb 13

Opening Celebration - Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection

5:00pm to 9:00pm

PaintingEdoCelebrate the opening of the Harvard Art Museums’ largest ever exhibition, Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection, on view from February 14 through July 26, 2020. Opening lecture at 6pm, followed by the reception. Galleries open 5 to 9pm. Free and open to the public (tickets requied for lecture only... Read more about Opening Celebration - Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection
2020 Jan 29

Smith Campus Center Staff Art Show

Wed - Wed, Jan 29 to Feb 12, 10:30am - 7:30pm

Location: 

Smith Campus Center, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
SCCStaffArtThe Smith Campus Center Staff Art Show is a two-week-long exhibition celebrating the creative work of the Smith Campus Center staff. The show features fifty works by over thirty artists and will take place in the Arts Wing, on the second floor of Smith Campus Center, accessible with Harvard ID from 10:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m. only.... Read more about Smith Campus Center Staff Art Show
2020 Feb 20

Exhibition Reception: PARTLY CLOUDY

6:00pm to 8:00pm

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Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Avenue, Allston, MA 02134
PartlyCloudyIn PARTLY CLOUDY, Chris Sageman presents a series of paintings that diagram our current moment. By isolating fractions of imagery in each diagram, the paintings serve as disjointed road maps that try to make sense of all the bits and pieces and create an intimate situation in itself. Free and open to the public (... Read more about Exhibition Reception: PARTLY CLOUDY
2020 Feb 13

A Talk with Celebrity Makeup Artist Mario Dedivanovic

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Emerson Hall Room 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
MarioDedivanovicMaster Makeup Artist Mario Dedivanovic is one of the most renowned and influential celebrity makeup artists in the world. From education and social media to innovation, Mario has popularized makeup techniques and ignited viral trends in the digital age that have inspired and altered the beauty landscape over the past decade.... Read more about A Talk with Celebrity Makeup Artist Mario Dedivanovic
2020 Mar 04

Radcliffe Open Studios

6:00pm

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Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall, 8 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
RadcliffeOpenStudios2020Join the Radcliffe Institute for a special event during which fellows across the creative arts open their studio doors to reveal their creative processes. Learn more about the music, film, artworks, performances, and books that Radcliffe’s community of artists have under way in Byerly Hall. Participating... Read more about Radcliffe Open Studios

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