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With midterms (hopefully) over, take a cue from Andrea Modica's work above - find a spot for yourself and take a deep breath.

If you're still looking for a way to take a break, join us at one of our upcoming programs! We've listed a few below, including the return of our popular midday organ recitals, but you can find all of our in-person and virtual programs in our online calendar. Hope to see you soon!

lecture

Foregrounding Indigenous Voices and Perspectives at the Met

Thursday, October 20
5:30-7PM

Join us for a lecture by Patricia Marroquin Norby (Purépecha), the Met’s inaugural associate curator of Native American art.

Midday Organ Recital

Heinrich Christensen

Thursday, October 27
12:15-12:45PM

Our popular midday organ recitals are back! Enjoy a lunchtime performance by the music director of historic King’s Chapel on Harvard's famous 1958 D. A. Flentrop organ

special event

HAM @ Night

Thursday, October 27
5-9PM

Celebrate the spooky season with a Dragon's Blood-themed night at HAM!

film screening

Train to Busan

Sunday, October 30
2-5PM

Continue the Halloween spirit with a zombie thriller set on a bullet train in South Korea.

Calling all lovers of art, science, and the ancient world! Harvard students are invited to join us for an encaustic painting workshop on Friday, November 4. Find more details and register here.

Horace Ballard, associate curator of American art, was recently featured in the Boston Globe. Read more about his approach to HAM's collections here.
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From Our Friends...

Join the Yale Center for British Art in an online conversation with artist Ken Gonzales-Day

How otter-ly a-muse-ing! Our friends at Hyperallergic are celebrating the adorable unsung hero of art history: the otter. HAM is no stranger to otter art either; our favorite is this delightful woodcut.  

Image (Header): Andrea Modica, Vernell Lane, Bellingham, WA, 2002. Gelatin silver print. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sidney and Shirley Singer, 2013.178.8. © Andrea Modica