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2018 Dec 07

Ceramics Program Holiday Show and Sale

Repeats every day until Sun Dec 09 2018 .
10:00am to 7:00pm

10:00am to 7:00pm
10:00am to 7:00pm

Location: 

Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard 224 Western Ave, Allston MA 02134

Presented by: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard

Pots by Alice NastoCeramics Program Holiday Show and Sale 

December 6 - 9, 2018

Showcasing the work of dozens of artists from the Ceramics Program studio community, this annual event...

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2018 Nov 30

Art Study Center Seminar: Reigning over a Hellish Bureaucracy—The Ten Kings of Hell

11:00am

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums Art Study Center, Level 4. 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Presented by: Harvard Art Museums Art Study Center
Tickets: Tickets Required

In this seminar, Wai Yee Chiong and Penley Knipe, the Philip and Lynn Straus Senior Conservator of Works on Paper and the head of the paper lab, will examine a series of images of the Ten Kings of Hell. These kings are shown delivering judgment on sinners, as the latter journey through the afterlife. Chiong and Knipe will look closely at the format, function, and context in which... Read more about Art Study Center Seminar: Reigning over a Hellish Bureaucracy—The Ten Kings of Hell
2018 Nov 17

Tour (in Korean): Mutiny: Works by Géricault

10:30am

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
Théodore Géricault, French, Cattle Market, 1818–19Presented by: Harvard Art Museums
Tickets: Admission Free: Tickets Required

하버드 미술관은 전시회 “폭동: 제리코의 작품 세계” (전시기간:... Read more about Tour (in Korean): Mutiny: Works by Géricault
2018 Nov 15

A Queer View of Printing

5:30pm

Location: 

Houghton Library

Presented by: Houghton Library
Tickets: RSVP

Houghton Library's George Parker Winship Lecture series presents ""A Queer View of Printing"" by Brooke Palmieri. Printing is a queer art in the sense its 16th-century meanings: queer as in “perverse,” since it disrupted the norms of how information was reproduced at the time; and queer as in “off-center,” since it is has allowed for the survival of marginalized voices and experiences. Recently, printing is “queer” in the sense that the campaign to recognize LGBTQ+ rights has required activists to design, print, and...

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2018 Nov 14

Artist Talk: Cameron Rowland

6:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums
cameron rowlandPresented by: Harvard Art Museums
Tickets: Admission Free: Tickets Required

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2018 Nov 10

Tours by Harvard Student Guides

2:00pm

Location: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Harvard_Student_ToursPresented by: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Tickets: All tours are...

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2018 Nov 09

Tours by Harvard Student Guides

12:30pm

Location: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard_Student_ToursPresented by: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
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2018 Nov 07

Tours by Harvard Student Guides

3:30pm

Location: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Harvard_Student_ToursPresented by: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Tickets: Admission Free: No Tickets Required

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2018 Nov 10

Family Day

11:00am

Location: 

Design and Media Center, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
MassArt family dayPresented by: Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Tickets: Admission Free: No Tickets Required

Family Day continues on campus while the Bakalar & Paine Galleries undergo a transformative renovation this year. Drop in for interactive activities and art-making inspired by the SENSES, designed and guided... Read more about Family Day

Curation, Conservation and the Ceramic Object

Semester: 

Summer

Offered: 

2020

Dates: July 24 - August 14
Days/Times: Fridays, 10am - 12noon EST
Level: Beginner - Advanced
Instructor: Multiple

Course Description: 

The Harvard Art Museums and the Harvard Ceramics Program have been close collaborators in support of scholarly research of ceramic objects for many years. This course offers participants the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of historic ceramic objects from across the globe. Five curators and conservation scientists from the Harvard Art Museums will discuss their research of ceramic objects within the collection. Each class meeting will feature a different topic. (4 classes)... Read more about Curation, Conservation and the Ceramic Object

Raising glasses

Raise a Glass detailFor an Office for the Arts Ceramics Program exhibition, modern artists respond to ancient artifacts. In conjunction with an exhibition at Harvard Art Museums, the new ceramics creations offer insights, commentary and reflections to viewers. 

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