Visual Arts

students holding their prints

Visual Arts in the Houses

The OFA works directly with Harvard’s historic and vibrant Houses to provide robust and exciting visual arts workshops and courses for your students. Our goal is 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 students can apply to their lives and future careers.

Explore the menu of potential offerings that span many visual arts genres. These non-credit courses change semester to semester based on student interest and instructor availablity. Contact Kathy King, Director of the Ceramics Program and Visual Arts Initiatives or Deighton Abrams, Visual Arts Coordinator for more information.

Find out more about funding for Houses, and specifically the OFA Faculty Deans Arts Fund, and OFA House Arts Fund for Students. 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. 

 

 

 

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 FIRST, the annual spring festival that celebrates the creativity of students, faculty and affiliates at Harvard. Public art submissions for the festival are open to everyone in the Harvard Community; applications are generally available in the fall. Find out more on the public art page.