Tag: ” Office for the Arts at Harvard
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For the love of theater
Amy Brenneman and Sabrina Peck, who connected over their love of theater while undergrads at Harvard, are longtime collaborators. Last week they came back to Harvard to teach a workshop on how to create original theater from personal experience.
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Damian Woetzel to receive Harvard Arts Medal
Ballet dancer, director, and now arts leader Damian Woetzel, M.P.A. ’07, has been announced as recipient of the 2015 Harvard Arts Medal, which will be awarded by Harvard President Drew Faust at a Farkas Hall ceremony on April 30 at 4 p.m.
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A transformative TV role
Transgender actress Laverne Cox visited campus to discuss her breakout role on the acclaimed Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black.”
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Sing a song
Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell delivers a master class on song interpretation as part of Harvard’s Wintersession program.
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‘Gangnam Style’ by the Yard
The singer Psy spoke at Memorial Church about his life, his time in the United States, and the runaway success of “Gangnam Style.”
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2013 OFA arts prizes announced
The Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Council on the Arts at Harvard, a standing committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, have announced the recipients of the annual undergraduate arts prizes for 2013.
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Artist fellowships awarded
The Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) and the Office of the Dean for the Arts and Humanities announced the 2013 recipients of the Artist Development Fellowship.
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Jason Alexander, front and center
Actor Jason Alexander, best known for playing the neurotic George Costanza on the television comedy “Seinfeld,” visited Cabot House for a cozy conversation with 60 students.
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Matt Damon to receive Arts Medal
Actor, writer, producer, and humanitarian Matt Damon is the recipient of the 2013 Harvard Arts Medal, which will be awarded by Harvard President Drew Faust at a ceremony on April 25 at 4 p.m. at Sanders Theatre.
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Tom Everett to retire from Harvard
The Office for the Arts at Harvard and Harvard’s Department of Music announced that Thomas G. Everett, director of Harvard Bands since 1971, will retire Feb. 15. His Harvard career will be celebrated in various ways at the University, including a Jazz Bands concert dedicated to him on April 13 at 8 p.m. in Sanders…
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OFA awards undergrad art prizes
The Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) and the Council on the Arts at Harvard, a standing committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, announced the recipients of the annual undergraduate arts prizes for 2012.
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18 receive OFA fellowships
The Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Office of the Dean for the Arts and Humanities announced 18 undergraduate recipients of the 2012 Artist Development Fellowship.
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Ceramics Program donates mural
The Ceramics Program at the Office for the Arts at Harvard recently donated a handmade mural to the Harvard-affiliated Cambridge Health Alliance.
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The artistic side of science
The new Transit Gallery in Gordon Hall at Harvard Medical School lets students and staffers appreciate the fine arts while getting from place to place.
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In praise of America’s music
As part of a two-year lecture and performance series, jazz great Wynton Marsalis performed with a seven-piece band at Sanders Theatre.
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OFA awards 8 students for artistic excellence
The Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Council on the Arts at Harvard, a standing committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, have announced the recipients of the annual undergraduate arts prizes for 2011.
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A musical education
Harvard students are studying and performing the modern, eclectic works of composer John Adams.
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Breaking the sound barrier
Aaron Dworkin, violinist and founder of the Sphinx Organization, spoke at Harvard about his movement to bring diversity to classical music.
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Eyes on the stage
Harvard’s Learning From Performers (LFP) program began in 1975 “to facilitate direct engagement between Harvard students and gifted artists.” Today, LFP hosts 15 to 20 virtuosos each year who lead master classes in music, dance, theater, and other performing arts.
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Students go Dada over project
A group of Harvard undergrads collaborated on period artworks that grace the Loeb’s lobby for the A.R.T.’s avant-garde musical “The Blue Flower.”
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Farrelly hilarious
Directing, producing, and writing brothers Peter and Bobby Farrelly offered insights on their filmmaking craft and comic talents at Kirkland House.