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Hope you all are well and starting to feel a bit more settled in your new routines. We certainly miss you!

While we're all away from the galleries, we invite you to explore our special exhibition, Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection, hear about conservator Kate Smith share her favorite work in the collection, join fellow Jen Thum in our first ever virtual H/AM Study Break, and more!

Be sure to follow #harvardarthappens to stay connected with our student community, and see what they’ve been up to at home. 

Curator Rachel Saunders introduces the exhibition and previews some of its more than 120 works in this video.

 

"Into the Kaleidoscope" with Timon Screech

Timon Screech presents a lively lecture on painting in Edo Japan as part of our opening celebration.

 

Staff Pick

Conservator Kate Smith shares why George Inness' October Noon is one of her favorite works in the collections.

 

H/AM Study Break

Friday, April 17
3-3:30PM ET

Join us in Zoom to explore an ancient Egyptian magical stele. Register here.

Did you know all of the works featured in Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection, can be found online in their respective galleries? Links to each gallery are here, here, here, and here. Happy browsing!
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Pigment Stickers in the Wild!

Thanks to all you shared pictures of your pigment stickers at home! Your next challenge is to find examples of pigments from the historic Forbes Pigment Collection in the world around you. With nature starting to bloom here in Cambridge, let's start with some spring-like colors: Cobalt Yellow and Chromium Oxide Green. Submit your photos to social media with the hashtag #HarvardArtHappens.

              

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Student Guide Spotlight

Meet your Ho Family Student Guides!

Gavin Moulton, ’20
Lowell House
“Architecture as Art"
  
Gavin is a senior guide in Lowell House. When not pointing out the hidden wolf in the "Goth Botticelli" (err Mystic Crucifixion), he can be found ringing Russian bells and drinking espresso. With the guides, he is working on thematic training workshops and a publication reimagining wall-text.

Kaitlin Hao, ‘21
Currier House
"The Museum, Revisited:  How the Museum Changes the Meaning of Objects" (working title)
Kaitlin is a junior in Currier studying History of Art and Architecture, focusing in East Asian Modern and Contemporary Art. She is an avid fan of museums, having worked at SFMOMA, the MFA Boston, and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. She is also the head curator of the Harvard Student Art Collective, and hopes to continue to pursue the curatorial path. 



Be on the lookout for more Student Guide Spotlights in future issues of the Harvard Art Museums Student Newsletter.
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From Our Friends...

A group of Medical School students created a public service video promoting education and activism around coronavirus, set to the tune of a Blink-182 song.

Pause for Art: Creative Moments from Harvard - The Office for the Arts is sharing short videos from alumni, faculty, staff, and visiting artists every day at 1pm on multiple social media channels. Learn more here.

Any film buffs out there? Kanopy has expanded streaming access to a selection of free films online; you can create a Harvard account here. In addition, the Harvard Libraries are offering other ways to stream videos here.

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Header Image: Tile Panel with Decoration of Composite Flowers and Serrated Leaves, c. 1570, Underglaze painted composite body. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet,1960.17.