At the core of the intractability of racism is the persistent cultivation of our collective ignorance of it. The author responds directly to this challenge by introducing Brave Community—a research-based and learner-tested method that leverages learning as a vehicle to increase the bravery and empathy that we need to both imagine and pursue a world beyond racism.
Speakers:
Janine de Novais, Ed.D.'17, Author
Aaliyah El-Amin, Ed.D.'15, Lecturer on Education at HGSE
Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston
The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard presents its annual Spring Show and Sale featuring a dazzling array of original ceramic artwork by staff, instructors, and participants in Ceramics Program classes. This year, more than 80 artists will be showing their work over four days, 10am to 7pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 11 to 14, 2023. From pottery to sculpture to ceramic jewelry and more, this popular exhibition has something for everyone!
Admission is free and open to the public. The Ceramics Program building is wheelchair accessible. Limited...
Ka Shu (Kenneth) Tam is a contemporary classical composer based in Hong Kong. In this lecture, Tam will talk about his latest project creating a series of newly composed pieces that articulate entropy through sonic expression, which he believes is a possible solution to make contemporary art music more relevant to our fast-changing times without sacrificing any innovative qualities.
Join us for an evening of art, fun, food, and more! Bring your friends to mingle in the Calderwood Courtyard, chat over a snack or drink at Jenny’s Cafe, browse the shop, and of course, wander the galleries to take in our world-class collections of art.
Explore the exhibitions From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire and American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light on Level 3. After you’ve browsed the galleries, circle back to see what’s happening in the courtyard.
Join us for a discussion about our special exhibition American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, featuring artist Richard Tuttle, who contributed to the exhibition catalogue, and members of the curatorial team.
Registration is open for this event on Saturday, May 13, after 10:00am.
This talk focuses on how curators Davis Pratt, at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and the Fogg Museum, and Barbara Norfleet, at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, collected and curated photographs as teaching tools beginning in the 1960s. Curatorial fellow Jackson Davidow will also consider what types of photography were prioritized in these early collections, and whose images and voices were left out.
In this family-friendly talk, we’ll explore the colors, shapes, and lines of animal sculptures.
Creature Feature, an ongoing series from the Harvard Art Museums, offers a chance for families to explore magical creatures across the collections through close looking and curious exploration with museum staff. Creature Feature talks are free and open to explorers ages 6 and up.
Join us for a guided look at works of art in the special exhibition From the Andes to the Caribbean, with associate curator Horace D. Ballard. Ballard will share insights about the ways in which the idea of “America” and the canon of American art are inseparable from the histories of Spanish colonialism across the hemisphere.
