Visual Arts

students holding their prints

Visual Arts in the Houses

The OFA works directly with Harvard’s historic and vibrant Houses to provide support and guidance to help provide a safe space for students to decompress from their rigorous studies, to foster a sense of creative community, learn new techniques and skills and promote creative thinking that students can apply to their lives and future careers.

Contact Kathy King, Director of the Ceramics Program and Visual Arts Initiatives for more information.

Find out more about funding for Houses, through the OFA Arts in Houses Grant available in 2025-26. For more information, please contact Stephanie Troisi, Student Services Coordinator.

 

students at the potters wheel

Studio Art

Opportunities for students to engage in studio arts are available on a co-curricular basis, mainly through the OFA’s Ceramics Program, which provides instruction and studio space for ceramic art—including sculpture—in a state-of-the-art facility in Allston. Several undergraduate houses have spaces for painting, print-making, fine art letter press, wood-turning, photography and more. Cabot, Quincy and Mather Houses feature ceramics studios. 

Contact Kathy King, Director of the Ceramics Program and Visual Arts Initiatives for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018 Liang and Abrams Arts First Public Art

Public Art

The OFA has a long history of supporting public art projects. Most public art supported by the OFA takes place during Arts Fest, the annual spring festival that celebrates the creativity of students, faculty and affiliates at Harvard. The program is currently on pause for the 2025-26 academic year.