 |  | Happy Fall everyone! The weather is getting a bit chillier, the leaves are turning, and midterms have arrived – wishing you all good luck as the semester picks up steam! We have a full schedule of programs and opportunities coming up over the next few weeks, and hope to see you in the galleries for the programs below. As always, be sure to check out our full calendar for more, and reach out to us with any questions. |
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 | special event Archives Open Hours October 9
12-2pm Join us in the Art Study Center for a glimpse into the history of the Harvard Art Museums. In celebration of American Archives Month, a selection of historical photographs, correspondence, objects, and more from the Harvard Art Museums Archives will be on view for close examination. Archives staff will be on hand to share the stories behind the materials. The Art Study Center is located on Level 4. No appointment is necessary during open hours. Please be prepared to present a photo ID. More info can be found here. |
 | October 11
11am-12pm Gabriella Szalay, the Renke B. and Pamela M. Thye Curatorial Fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Tony Sigel, senior conservator of objects and sculpture in the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, will trace some of the “clues” that have been left behind by the artisans who worked in the great porcelain manufactories of 18th- and 19th-century Europe.
Free admission, but registration is required. A select number of spots are held for students on a first-come, first-serve basis. To register please email
am_register@harvard.edu. |
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 | October 16
6-7:15pm Vermont photographer Wilson Alwyn Bentley (1865–1931), known as “Snowflake” Bentley, spent a lifetime photographing snowflakes, eventually collecting thousands of images published at the end of his life in a book called Snow Crystals. In this lecture, Alexander Nemerov, chair of the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University, will consider the relation of Wilson’s photographs to the war that ended the year he was born.
More information can be found on our website. This lecture is presented in conjunction with Winslow Homer: Eyewitness, on view at the Harvard Art Museums from August 31, 2019 through January 5, 2020. |
 | October 16
4-5:15pm Join us at the Center for European Studies at Harvard for an interdisciplinary discussion on the notion of belonging, offered in conjunction with the exhibition Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art at the Harvard Art Museums. Free admission. The program will take place at Adolphus Busch Hall, in the Lower Level Conference Room. Please enter via the entrance on Cabot Way. For additional information and directions, visit the Center for European Studies (CES) website. |
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Looking for a different way to engage with the museums? Attend a Gallery Talk! These short, lunch-time tours highlight new works in the collections, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists' materials and techniques, and reveal the latest research by our curators, conservationists, fellows, and technologists. But don't take our word for it - check out the latest Index article by summer intern Allyson Tompkins. Gallery Talks are generally scheduled Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12:30 - 1pm. But don't take our word for it - check out the latest Index article by summer intern Allyson Tompkins. Gallery Talks are generally scheduled Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12:30 - 1pm. See our calendar for details!
From our friends at the Student Organization Center at Hilles - Open call for artwork for the SOCH Art Exhibition! More details here. |
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Image: George Inness, American, October Noon, 1891. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.137. |
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