2020 Aug 09
Visit an Artist and Demonstration: Dennis McLaughlin
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Ceramics Program—Online
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
You are going to flip your lid during this very special 2-hour event with Denny McLaughlin at the Harvard Ceramics Program in Allston, MA. Denny, being one of the few staff who have access to our facility due to COVID-19, will be working in our studio...
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2020 Aug 07
Visit an Artist and Demonstration - Paul Andrew Wandless
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
We are thrilled to travel to Chicago to visit multi-media artist, author and educator Paul Andrew Wandless. Our discussion will be around materiality and the...
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2020 Aug 03
Virtual Summer Science Week: Spineless Wonders (Session 2)
Repeats every day until Fri Aug 07 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Come explore the amazing world of insects, spiders, and other invertebrates, virtually, at the museum! During the live Zoom sessions, see a tarantula up close, help find millipedes, and listen to the hiss of a giant cockroach. Complete your own investigations at home as you learn how to collect and study creepy crawlies. A small packet of special collecting materials will be sent to your home to help with your discoveries.
Additional supplies needed: An empty clear plastic jar with a lid and holes for insect collecting (for example, a cleaned peanut butter or mayonnaise jar);...
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2020 Aug 01
Visit an Artist Surface Special with Suze Lindsay
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
We had a wonderful visit with Suze Lindsay in Session 1 and many of you reached out for a second visit to focus on surface! Once again, we travel to the beautiful mountains of North Carolina to visit the one and only ...
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2020 Jul 31
Visit an Artist - Linda Lopez
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
This week we will visit the studio of prolific sculptor and Assistant Professor of Art, Ceramics and Foundations at University of Arkansas Linda Lopez!
Cost:...
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2020 Jul 27
Virtual Summer Science Week: Ins & Outs of Skeletons (Session 1)
Repeats every day until Fri Jul 31 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Investigate the ins and outs of skeletons through a virtual museum experience. Using observations of skulls, bones, and live animals, we will explore how animals use their skeletons for support, protection, and movement, and see how bones and fossils can help us solve ancient mysteries. Extend the fun at home with daily activities. A small packet of materials will be sent to your home upon registration.
Additional supplies needed: Thin cardboard-like poster board about 11" x 11" or two cardboard paper towel rolls, kitchen string, strong tape 3/4" wide or narrower (electrical...
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2020 Jul 24
Visit an Artist and Demonstration - Nicki Green
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
During this 2-hour event, we will travel to San Francisco to the studio of Nicki Green. Nicki will be featured soon at...
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2020 Jul 20
Virtual Summer Science Week: Earth Explorers (Session 2)
Repeats every day until Fri Jul 24 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Dig into Earth Science with this virtual museum experience. Explore volcanoes, crystals, and fossils! During the live Zoom sessions, experiment with “lava,” solve a sandy mystery, and see real museum specimens. Continue your investigations at home as you grow crystals, collect rocks, and make your own fossils! A small packet of special materials will be sent to your home to help with your discoveries.
Additional supplies needed: An empty clear plastic jar with a lid (for example, a cleaned peanut butter or mayonnaise jar), a handful of small rocks (will be used for an activity...
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2020 Jul 13
Virtual Summer Science Week: Earth Explorers (Session 1)
Repeats every day until Fri Jul 17 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Dig into Earth Science with this virtual museum experience. Explore volcanoes, crystals, and fossils! During the live Zoom sessions, experiment with “lava,” solve a sandy mystery, and see real museum specimens. Continue your investigations at home as you grow crystals, collect rocks, and make your own fossils! A small packet of special materials will be sent to your home to help with your discoveries.
Additional supplies needed: An empty clear plastic jar with a lid (for example, a cleaned peanut butter or mayonnaise jar), a handful of small rocks (will be used for an activity...
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2020 Jul 10
Visit an Artist: Joanna Mark
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
This week we will be in our very own backyard with a visit to the home studio of Boston-area, ceramic artist Joanna Mark. Joanna is both a studio participant at the Harvard Ceramics Program as well an instructor of handbuilding...
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2020 Jul 07
Visit an Artist: Kathy King
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Location: 
Online Event
During this event, the Director of the Ceramics Program will step from behind the Zoom and be featured instead from her home studio in East Walopole, Massachusetts.  King will demonstrate preparing for and executing the technique of sgraffito on functional pots and sculptural wall hangings. King will discuss the vocabulary of images she chooses in her work, often pertaining to feminist and LGBTQi issues.
Cost: Free for Harvard Undergraduates. $25.00 for Harvard Graduate Students, Harvard Staff and Adult Community.
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2020 Jun 30
Visit an Artist: Courtney Martin
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Location: 
Online Event
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
Studio potter Courtney Martin opens her studio to us from the mountains of North Carolina near the Penland School of Crafts. Courtney will share her studio life, her process and how she juggles being  mother of of two with her husband,...
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2020 Jun 29
Virtual Summer Science Week: Space! (Session 1)
Repeats every day until Fri Jul 03 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Look up! How do we explore beyond planet Earth? With live Zoom sessions, we’ll compare moon rocks to ones on Earth, explore how light helps us understand what stars are made of, discuss what signs of life we might see on Mars or Europa, and meet a scientist from Harvard who is studying space. At home, you’ll search out “secret” light, create your best Mars lander, safely observe the sun, map out astronomical distances, and chart constellations. A small packet of special materials will be sent to your home to help with your explorations.
Additional supplies needed: Scissors,...
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2020 Jun 27
Visit an Artist Series: Hayne Bayless
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
oin us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
This week we will be traveling to Connecticut to visit Hayne Bayless at Sideways Studios for a special 2-hour studio visit! Hayne will be showing us around the studio and will...
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2020 Jun 26
Visit an Artist Series: Lindsay Rogers
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists from across the country for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
This week we will be traveling to the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee to meet studio potter and educator Lindsay Rogers to see her studio, talk about her work and her advocacy for a more locally based sustainable...
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2020 Jun 22
Visit an Artist: Janice Jakielski and Joshua Persky
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Location: 
Online Event
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
This visit takes place in Sutton, Massachusetts where you might find Janice Jakielski, and her husband Joshua Persky, outside tending their beehives. Recently...
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2020 Jun 22
Virtual Summer Science Week: Spineless Wonders (Session 1)
Repeats every weekday until Fri Jun 26 2020 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Online via Zoom
Come explore the amazing world of insects, spiders, and other invertebrates, virtually, at the museum! During the live Zoom sessions, see a tarantula up close, help find millipedes, and listen to the hiss of a giant cockroach. Complete your own investigations at home as you learn how to collect and study creepy crawlies. A small packet of special collecting materials will be sent to your home to help with your discoveries.
Additional supplies needed: An empty clear plastic jar with a lid and holes for insect collecting (for example, a cleaned peanut butter or mayonnaise jar);...
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2020 Jun 20
Visit an Artist: Suze Lindsay
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
We travel to the beautiful mountains of North Carolina to visit the one and only Suze Lindsay for a special 2-hour edition of our series! Suze (scheduled to be a...
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2020 Jun 19
Visit an Artist Series: Mark Errol
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
This week we will be traveling to Tifton, Georgia to visit with Mark Errol and hear about he is juggling a life as a studio potter, educator and co-owner of ...
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2020 Mar 07
Weekend Matinee: The Place Promised in Our Early Days
4:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
 
Makoto Shinkai's remarkable feature film debut is set in a futuristic Japan on the verge of war. Takuya, a physicist, is drawn into a complex world of dreams, revolutionary fronts, government conspiracies and multiple realities. After many years, he reunites with his high school pal in their shared grief over their missing friend Sayuri, upon whose mysterious fate the whole world may depend.
Admission: $5 Weekend Matinee Admission or Free with Cambridge Public Library Card or current Harvard Student ID
 
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