Tag: Lori Gross

  • Nation & World

    Big impact of Little Amal

    A.R.T., ArtsThursdays event centers on the 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee child, kicking off monthlong arts programming on migration and immigration.

    3 minutes
    Little Amal.
  • Nation & World

    A look behind the scenes

    This fall, the Harvard University Committee on the Arts is supporting a series of six commissions from seven contemporary artists across various disciplines.

    8 minutes
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    Breaking artistic boundaries

    Located on North Harvard Street, the ArtLab is the University’s latest Allston laboratory devoted to creative inquiry, research, and experimentation. Focused on interdisciplinary artistic collaboration, investigation, and connection, the ArtLab will be open to members of the University and the public this week.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Picturing vision and justice

    A meeting of experts and scholars from Harvard and beyond organized by assistant professor Sarah Lewis will “consider the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice.”

    13 minutes
    Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and African and African American Studies Sarah Lewis
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    In Allston, the ArtLab rises

    The innovation center called the ArtLab, a 9,000-square-foot multiuse space designed to host collaborations, gatherings, film screenings, dance rehearsals, and more, will formally open next fall in Allston, but will be active before then.

    4 minutes
    ArtLab.
  • Nation & World

    Take a seat, and listen

    A festive seasonal staple, the entertainment series known as “The Chairs Revue,” which offers musical and theatrical performances by students and faculty and occasional appearances from members of the American Repertory Theater, is back for daily performances through April 26.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Arts prove intensive

    Across campus, students participated in a series of arts intensives during January’s Wintersession that let them tap their creative talents.

    9 minutes
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    Adding art to academics

    Modern dance instructor Liz Lerman uses a Harvard semester to cross disciplines, deepen understanding, promote research, and increase knowledge.

    5 minutes
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    New era for the arts

    Since 2009, three of Harvard’s main arts positions have changed hands. The fresh leaders of the music, dance, and choral spheres represent an important new direction for the arts.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Art, printmaking, and science

    Students in a History of Science class worked to create an exhibit that illustrates the importance of print technologies and printmaking, not only to the dissemination of scientific knowledge in early modern Europe, but also to its creation.

    5 minutes
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    A march toward the arts

    The relocation of the Silk Road Project to Harvard space in Allston is just the latest indicator that the University is expanding its commitment to the arts as a pivotal source of creativity.

    8 minutes
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    Emily as art

    A Harvard artist and wordsmith takes a turn at reimaging the poems of Emily Dickinson.

    6 minutes
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    Making connections: A special evening for Harvard faculty

    “The arts are something we all care deeply about, whether we are artists ourselves, whether we are social scientists, or whether we are scientists,” Senior Vice Provost Judith Singer told an audience of about 120 Harvard faculty of all stripes and ranks gathered at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.

    5 minutes