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    2020 Mar 02

    The Pursuit of Happiness

    3:30pm to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Business School, Klarman Hall, Batten Way, Boston

    Join this thought-provoking talk by Arthur Brooks who distills 40 years and hundreds of social science research studies on happiness, into a surprising set of answers to questions like: What percentage of the population is happy? What brings us happiness? Who is happier, men or women? How much of happiness is genetically determine?

    How can we pursue the surest path to happiness? Arthur has the answers.

    The event will have a show opener featuring a performance by the Faculty band: Indie Folk rock, including:
    Mike Norton: vocals, guitar, bass
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    2019 Oct 28

    Visiting Artist Lecture: Amy Mackle

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, for a visiting artist lecture by Amy Mackle. Amy Mackle is an Irish ceramic maker who creates predominantly large scale installations using coloured porcelains, earthenware clays and found materials. Her work is inspired by her sense of place, the landscape and the relationship between the natural and the manufactured in our environment.

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    2019 Oct 22

    Visiting Artist Lecture: Deighton Abrams

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, for a visiting artist lecture by Deighton Abrams. Deighton is a ceramic sculptor, and educator. He has taught at numerous institutions including Clemson University and Winthrop University. He has shown work both nationally and internationally including the ISCAEE member Exhibition in Yixing, China and ArtFields 2017 in Lake City, South Carolina where he won a Merit Award for sculpture.

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    2019 Oct 17

    Visiting Artist Lecture: Kelcy Chase Folsom

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard for a visiting artist lecture delivered by Kelcy Chase Folsom. Kelcy Chase Folsom received his MFA in Ceramics from University of Colorado Boulder and his BFA from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been a resident artist at numerous residencies including the Center for Ceramics in Berlin, Germany, The Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap, Georgia, and The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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    2019 Oct 10

    Visiting Artist Lecture: Kyle Johns

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Please join us in welcoming Kyle Johns to the Ceramics Program—Office for the Arts at Harvard, one of our incoming 2019-2020 Kyle Johns Artists-in-Residence. Johns will share his work, which is often made from multiple molds and cast in a myriad of colored slips. Johns will be an instructor in the Ceramics Program "Molds and Multiples" class this Fall as well as "Interdisciplinary Projects" and the Harvard Graduate School of Design course SCI-6317.

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    2019 Oct 05

    Lecture & Exhibition Reception: Passages of Absence

    4:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join us for a lecture with Natalia Arbelaez, 2018-19 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard as she discusses the work developed during her residency over the past year. Immediately following the lecture, join us in Gallery 224 from 5:00pm–7:00pm for the opening reception of Passages of Absence, Arbelaez's solo exhibition.

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    2019 Sep 18

    Visiting Artist Lecture: Crystal Morey

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join us in welcoming Crystal Morey to the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard to talk about her work in porcelain. Morey’s porcelain sculptures narrate the interdependence between humans, plants, and animals while cultivating empathy for our changing world.

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    2019 Sep 07

    Lecture & Exhibition Reception: Devitrified

    4:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard for a lecture with Colby Charpentier, 2018–19 Artist In Residence, as he discusses the work he developed during his residency. Charpentier has created work that explores the question “What if we took clay out of the vessel and glaze was all that remained? And what does it mean to replicate a 3-D printing process by hand? The result is ceramic: glass, devitrified.”

    Immediately following the lecture will be the opening reception of Devitrified, Charpentier's solo exhibition.

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    2019 Sep 06

    The Marks Project: A Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1946–Present

    1:00pm to 1:40pm

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program—Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The Marks Project is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit creating the first online research hub for American studio ceramics. This is a searchable, online database of American studio ceramic makers working from 1945 onward and their marks, signatures, back stamps, and more.

    Learn about how you can contribute content to The Marks Project database or use it as a research tool. On September 6, join the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard for a presentation with Martha Vida, Executive Director of The Marks Project.

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    2019 Apr 24

    Lives Still in Limbo: UnDACAmented and Navigating Uncertain Futures

    6:00pm to 7:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join the Harvard Ed Portal and Professor Roberto Gonzales, professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for a faculty speaker presentation, Lives Still in Limbo: UnDACAmented and Navigating Uncertain Futures.

    Gonzales’ talk will draw from a seven-year national study assessing the impact of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. His findings have important implications for immigration policy and educational and community practice.

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    2019 Apr 16

    Cancelled | Visiting Scholar Lecture: Jane Cook

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Please note: this event has been cancelled. 

    Join us for a special lecture about the science behind ceramics and glass with Dr. Jane Cook of the Corning Museum of Glass.

    Dr. Jane Cook is the Chief Scientist at the Corning Museum of Glass, and lectures widely on how science can inform artists' work. Jane is a materials engineer with 25 years of expertise in glass, metals, ceramics, and semiconductors, with a Ph.D. in Metalurgical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She worked 16 years in Corning corporate R&D, and is...

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    2019 Apr 13

    Visiting Artist Lecture with Julia Galloway

    4:00pm to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join us for a lecture with Montana-based potter Julia Galloway. Her solo exhibition, The Endangered Species Project: New England is on view in the Ceramics Program's exhibition space, Gallery 224, through April 14, 2019. Julia Galloway's exhibition, Visiting Artist Lecture, and Workshop are part of the Ceramics Program's 50th Anniversary Celebration programming.

    Note: This lecture will be held at the Harvard Ed Portal at 224 Western Ave in Allston, directly next...

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    2019 Feb 20

    Lecture with Lisa Oram on Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave, Allston

    We are pleased to welcome Lisa Oram, Director of Marketing & Communications at Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program in Williamsburg, Massachusetts to the Ceramics Program to give a presentation about the range of opportunities Snow Farm offers for artists of all ages.

    Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program is a nonprofit residential craft school located on a historic New England farm in Williamsburg, MA. Snow Farm offers 2- to 5-day workshops for teens and adults in ceramics, glass, mosaics, metal, wood, fiber, and 2D/mixed media. In July, the...

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    2019 Feb 13

    Visiting Artist Lecture with James Lee Webb

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave, Allston

    Join us in welcoming James Lee Webb to the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard to talk about his life and work as a ceramic artist. Webb is currently the Artist-In-Residence at Mudflat Studio in Somerville, Massachusetts.

    This lecture is free and open to the public but space is limited. Please RSVP to reserve your seat.

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    2018 Oct 15

    Opportunity Fund Information Session

    6:30pm to 8:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join the Harvard Ed Portal and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture to learn about the Boston Cultural Council's Opportunity Fund, a grant that supports professional development for Boston-based artists, events and festivals in the city, and cultural field trips organized by public schools. In this round of the Opportunity Fund, Harvard University has contributed an additional $10,000 to be awarded to Allston-Brighton artists and projects as part of the ArtLab community benefits agreement. Find out how you can build a strong application and other ways the Ed Portal can support your...

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