Join us on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 for a slide lecture with artist Cheyenne Rudolph. Rudolph’s work blends functional ceramic objects with campy performances and satirical videos. Her absurd domestic scenarios illustrate and challenge stereotypical assumptions about gender roles, proper etiquette, and cultural expectations.

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The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard is pleased to announce the installation of a ceramic mural created by students of Instructor Allison Newsome for the CHA Somerville Hospital, part of the Cambridge Health Alliance.

 The public is invited to celebrate this collaborative public art project at a reception at the hospital on Monday, June 20, 2016 from 4:30 – 6 pm at the CHA Somerville Hospital Emergency Department at 230 Highland Ave. Somerville, MA, 02143. Light refreshments will be served. The event will be held in the ED/Main Entrance of Somerville Hospital....

Presented by: The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art
Admission: Free & open to the public. Galley open Monday-Saturday, 10 AM - 5 PM
Opening reception: May 19, 6 PM
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THE WOVEN ARC, curated by Gallery Director Vera Ingrid Grant, is a special installation of legacy textiles and hats from the Cooper Hewitt,...

Presented by: Harvard Ed Portal
Admission: Free!
Reception: June 10, 6-8 PM. RSVP here. 
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Presented by: Harvard Ed Portal
Eligibility: All artists, especially those living and/or working in Allston-Brighton, are encouraged to apply! Works from all visual mediums are welcome. 
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The Harvard Ed Portal’s Crossings Gallery is excited to announce its first open Call for Artists!

Presented by: Harvard Art Museums
Admission: Tickets required (see below)
Runs: through August 14
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This exhibition will explore the mysterious visual world of symbolism, a challenging and open-ended cultural phenomenon of the late 19th century. It formed an important bridge between impressionism and modernism, yet was more than these two movements. Symbolism sought to evoke ideas subjectively—through color, form, and composition—rather than objectively representing worldly appearances. The title of the show is inspired by Les Fleurs du Mal, an influential collection of poems by symbolist poet Charles Baudelaire, and thereby alludes to the literary ramifications of the movement.... Read more about Flowers of Evil: Symbolist Drawings, 1870–1910

Presented by: Harvard Art Museums
Admission: Tickets required (see below)
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Ancient pottery vessels are not only works of art but also representations of technical achievement, products of economic value, and windows into understanding ancient history and society. This installation showcases approximately 60 excellent, yet rarely seen prehistoric Chinese ceramics from the collections of the Harvard Art Museums and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.... Read more about Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China

Presented by: Harvard Art Museums
Admission: Tickets required (see below)
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The Harvard Art Museums hold one of the most comprehensive U.S. collections of Netherlandish, Dutch, and Flemish drawings from the 15th to 18th century. This exhibition will present about 40 of those drawings, covering five salient themes in the art history of the Netherlands during the 16th and 17th centuries. Works by the period’s outstanding draftsmen will be on view, including Pieter Bruegel, Lambert Doomer, Jacques de Gheyn II, Hendrick Goltzius, Jan van Goyen, Maarten van Heemskerck, Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, and Cornelis Vroom.... Read more about Drawings from the Age of Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt

Presented by: Harvard Museum of Natural History
Admission: Free with Harvard ID for you and one guest. Others; $12 Adults; $10 Students/Seniors; $8 age 3-18. Available at front...

Presented by: Harvard Art Museums
Lecture location: Menschel Hall, Lower Level
Video installation on view: May 23-June 6, screening every 20 minutes, beginning at the top of the hour, in the Lightbox Gallery, Level 5.
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Your Story Has Touched My Heart is a video...

Presented by: Continuing the Conversation
Regular Registration: $135
Online registration ends May 4, 2016. Registrations at the door will be accepted for $150. Registrants at the door must pay by check. We encourage participants to register online in advance to take advantage of the pre-conference resources.
May 6-8 (view schedule)
More information and a link to register: aieconversation.org/conferences/circle-up/

Continuing the Conversation, an arts education network born out of the Arts in Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is holding their conference May 6-8, 2016 at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The event is co-hosted by the Arts in Education program.... Read more about Circle Up! Continuing the Conversation Conference

Presented by: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Free and open to the public. 
Exhibition by Photographer Matika Wilbur runs 4/29-5/28
Monday through Saturday, from 12-5 pm; April 29: 9 AM-6:30 PM; April 30: 12-6 PM
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Matika Wilbur, an acclaimed photographer from the Tulalip and Swinomish tribes (Washington), is the creator and director of Project 562 and the only Native American photographer and social documentarian to be welcomed into each of the 562+ Native American sovereign territories in the United States. For the past three years, Wilbur has collaborated with scores of tribes to share the images and truths of Native American peoples.... Read more about Seeds of Culture: The Portraits and Stories of Native American Women