 |  | Tomorrow marks the first day of fall here in Cambridge. Although the leaves haven't quite started to morph into their autumnal splendor, the days are chillier and pumpkin spice has made its annual return.
With the fall season and semester underway, we're delighted to offer you more virtual programs and online resources. We've shared a sample below, but be sure to check out our website for everything there is to see and do online. |
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at home Plastics in the Collections Friday, September 25
11AM-12PM EDT Join conservation scientist Georgina Rayner and conservator Susan Costello as they discuss the many challenges museums face in storing, displaying, and treating plastic, a popular material for many artists. |
 | special event Learning to See: Art, Medical Imaging, and Project Success Saturday, September 26
4-5PM EDT How can looking at art help high school students envision a future for themselves in medicine? Join us to learn more about a recent collaboration with Project Success for High School Students, Harvard Medical School, and HAM. |
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 | index article Art and Agency In moments of crisis, art can communicate hope and a call to action. In this article, HAM curators share works from the collections that remind us to take a stance, build community, and make a difference. |
 | HAM at home Coloring Ancient Egypt |
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We’re excited to announce that virtual Student Guide Tours are back for fall, starting this week! Tours will take place on Thursdays at 8pm (EDT) and Saturdays at 11am (EDT) on Zoom. First up, explore “Nostos and Nostalgia” with Laura Murphy ’22 and “Visions of the Future” with Cecilia Zhou ’22.
Discover “The Scary Truth About Ancient Sirens” in an Art Talk Live by curatorial fellow Frances Gallart Marques on Thursday, September 24 at 2pm (EDT) on Zoom.
Did you learn to cook during quarantine? If you haven't quite mastered the culinary arts just yet, perhaps your kitchen creations belong in a museum! The Burnt Food Museum is currently accepting submissions for their online exhibition celebrating the best in gastronomical mistakes. Need a little inspiration? Check out some of the food-based works in HAM's collections, including Capri Battery by Joseph Beuys and Analogia I by Victor Grippo, as well as the exhibition "Eat Art" by Sonja Alhäuser.
Attention student organizations! Are you looking to share your interests with others or recruit new members in a time of remote living? We'd love to help! Please email us at am_dapp@harvard.edu to be featured in a future issue of the HAM Student Newsletter!
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From Our Friends...
For some inspirational reading material, check out Quaranzine, a digital zine created by AAPI students to showcase young Asian voices in art, videos, and writing.
Join artists Marilyn Pappas and Jill Slosburg-Ackerman for a conversation marking the opening of their joint virtual exhibition at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, in which they reflect on how their artistic practices have been shaped by a decades-long friendship working in close proximity. More info found here.
The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research kicks off its Fall 2020 W.E.B. Du Bois virtual lecture series with "Black Pharaohs? Egyptological bias, racism, and Egypt and Nubia as African Civilizations" on Tuesday, September 22. Learn more and register here.
Looking to update your Zoom background? Why not choose one with political punch? Plan Your Vote, a visual arts initiative, has created a library of voting advocacy images for free download. |
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Image (Header): Joan Snyder, Summer Orange, 1970. Oil, acrylic, spray enamel and pencil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Michael Walls (GSD, Class of 1961-1963) in memory of his parents, John Alvin James Williamson Walls and Elva Mary Claire Ricciardi Walls, 2007.225. © Joan Snyder. |
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