# Pause for Art ## expand\_more ## Watch online! If you haven’t seen one our PFA videos, check out the [original series](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjruSmhyjv3Jwdf1nVJHgAzIr-l8gCI6H) with professional artists and alums, and the [Harvard 2020 Seniors](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjruSmhyjv3IOP__l74UZuVJW0lOWT5yv) edition on YouTube. ## About Pause for Art [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrsmUfzMUkA&t) ![Screenshot of a PFA video on YouTube](/sites/g/files/omnuum4081/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/makeart/files/screen_shot_2020-10-08_at_5.15.48_pm.png?itok=nTnbUsgA) As rapid change and uncertainty have become a part of our everyday lives, the Office for the Arts at Harvard is offering *Pause for Art: Creative Moments from Harvard*, a daily dose of artistic inspiration for anyone looking to find a moment of beauty, comfort and connection. We've asked students, alumni, faculty, staff, and visiting artists to send short videos from their artistic practice and passion: music, poetry, dance and more. Their generosity has been breathtaking, and we believe you'll find something magical and hopeful in taking a moment to step away from your work and worries to watch these rich performances. In a time when we're looking for ways to stay connected to a larger community beyond the necessary practices of social distancing and isolation, the arts keep us strong. May you find comfort and joy and a sense of belonging as you pause for art. ## Original Series Produced by the Office for the Arts at Harvard, the *Pause for Art* videos were shared each day at 1 p.m. via[ Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/stories/harvard_arts/), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/HarvardArtsOFA/), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/harvardarts) and our Thursday e-newsletter [The Beat](/beat). You can find them on our [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjruSmhyjv3Jwdf1nVJHgAzIr-l8gCI6H) channel and listed below. *Pause for Art* participants include: [Courtney B. Vance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPkrgorhrf8) '82: Actor [Sumire Hirotsuru](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrsmUfzMUkA) '16: Violinist [Madelyn Ho](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHYezXl2E_U) '08, HMS '18: Dancer [Natalie Hodges](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=319ei9a9-BI) '19 and [Eloise Hodges](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=319ei9a9-BI) '21: Violinists and sisters [Arianna Paz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skqzi14polA) '19: Soprano [Marin Orlosky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yHG6HEUOuo) '07-'08: Aerial dancer [John Lithgow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUDpzetxSF4) '67: Actor [Jorie Graham](https://youtu.be/CCiq0f1qb9c): Poet and professor of English at Harvard [Jessica Bodner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWr4LfCHluI) and [Daniel Chong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWr4LfCHluI): Musicians with Parker Quartet [Ben Moss](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKxaj1GxriE) '13: Performer and singer-songwriter [Peter Sacks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq86qvLZX3o): Painter, poet, professor of English at Harvard [Max Phillips](https://youtu.be/ab7JWyZ7wiE) '15 and [Stella Chen](https://youtu.be/ab7JWyZ7wiE) '15: Pianist and violinist [Forrest O'Connor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B57UpFUmaRE) '10: Musician [Benjamin P. Wenzelberg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cWjIe_4yy0) '21: Composer, countertenor and pianist [Drew Gilpin Faust](https://youtu.be/Gq-1wxeoDYs): Professor and 28th President of Harvard University [Charlie Albright](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtUGg1RgopY) '11: Pianist (Featuring *Ten Thousand Men of Harvard*) [Catherine Russell](https://youtu.be/KGvfYBKCWLM): Jazz, blues, gospel vocalist and OFA Guest Artist [Reylon Yount](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNvQPMNs5SM) '16: Yangqin player [Matt Coogan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSTNmpWydJQ) '11 and [Liz Walker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSTNmpWydJQ) '11: Cellist and dancer [Matt Aucoin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqSJUJrL5bw) '12: Pianist and composer [Madeline Smith](https://youtu.be/6IKiI-wh3B4) '14: Broadway composer and music director [Don Braden](https://youtu.be/5c4zE9YhJjc) '85: Saxophone player and [Harvard Jazz Combo Initiative](/harvard-jazz-combo-initiative) instructor [Morris Robinson](https://youtu.be/sBDtXzUq9TA): Operatic bass and OFA Guest Artist [Charlie Albright ](https://youtu.be/iLckZhieYEw)'11: Pianist [Angélique Kidjo](https://youtu.be/jlS6a8RBf4c): Vocalist and 2018 [Harvard Jazz Master](/jazz-masters-residence) [Larry and Adele Bacow](https://youtu.be/AtbTANRSw-M): Harvard President and His Wife [Devon Guinn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R015nC5AzHM&t=1s) '17: Beatboxer [Bria Skonberg](https://youtu.be/EFxy55-3Lhg): Trumpet player and OFA Guest Artist [Stephen Greenblatt](https://youtu.be/GjifPmAmhw8): Shakespeare scholar at Harvard [Vijay Iyer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kbwHDw198c): Pianist Watch for updates daily! #pauseforart #artworks #makeart #staysafe