Public Art 2025

On View Outdoors in Harvard Yard
Wednesday-Sunday, April 30-May 4

¿Como que hay piñatas en el campus de Harvard? (Like there are piñatas on the Harvard campus?)

UPDATE: This art installation and workshop have been canceled. 

A colorful invitation to seek joy, unity and communal celebration in our everyday lives. The star-shaped piñata traditionally represents the Star of Bethlehem, with each point standing for virtues such as faith, hope and love.

• CANCELED Public Art workshop: Piñata-making with Leslie Ponce Diaz GSD '25, Fuerza Latina and the Harvard Arts & Crafts Club on Saturday 1-5pm

Leslie Ponce-Diaz GSD '25
Harvard Yard, near Holworthy Hall

Pause

Take a moment to look up and appreciate Harvard Yard's urban canopy of trees and architecture through metal, fabric and handmade cyanotype prints.
Paola Ovando Peraza GSD '25, Dafne Saint-Hilaire GSD '25
Tercentenary Theatre

STRATA (There Are Always Tracks to Follow)

This abstract reinterpretation of dig sites by the Harvard Yard Archaeology Project serves as a container for examining local history, systems of colonization and how artifacts shape our understanding of the past.

Film screening: Thursday, May 1 at 8pm
We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân
Anne Makepeace's documentary about the revitalization of the Wampanoag language, the first time a language with no native speakers has been revived in this country.

Eric Rannestad GSD '26, Ignacio Lira Montes GSD '26, Victoria Suárez Romera GSD '26
Harvard Yard, near Matthews Hall

Yard Grotesque

An assemblage of architectural corpses from Harvard's campus buildings. Digital decay for physical reproduction. How many historic and modern design elements can you recognize?
Fernando Garrido Carreras GSD '25, Paris Bezanis GSD '25
Harvard Yard, near Holworthy Hall

These works are supported by the OFA Arts Fest Public Art Program. See festival schedule for additional Public Art installations on display throughout Harvard.