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Tag: Office for the Arts at Harvard

  • Wednesdays, July 22 – August 12, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Plant Based Printing Processes Online

    This Office for the Arts at Harvard class is an introduction to plant-based printing processes that use light and common plant materials. It will cover anthotypes, chlorophyll printing, and other plant-based printing methods. We will meet with instructor Anne Eder via online platform once a week for demonstrations and students will then take what they have learned and complete that week’s assignment, returning for troubleshooting, critique and a new demo each week. Everything needed to take this course should be easily obtainable from the backyard, a nearby park, or even the grocery. (4 classes, Wednesdays, July 22 – August 12, 6:30 – 8:30 Eastern).

    $120 – register online and access the materials list at https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/classes/plant_print1_eder For questions regarding course content, policies or materials, please contact Director, Kathy King at kking@fas.harvard.edu.

  • Tuesday, October 1, 4:00 pm – Himalaya: Mountains of Life

    The Harvard Museum of Natural History, along with the Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Office for Sustainability at Harvard, will co-sponsor a lecture and panel discussion with Kamal Bawa and Sandresh Kadur on Tuesday, October 1, beginning at 4 pm on Himalaya: Mountains of Life. Conservation biologist Kamal Bawa and conservation photographer Sandesh Kadur will share breathtaking photographs and stories from their new book, Himalaya: Mountains of Life, to spark a conversation about why the preservation of this land is so important not just for us, but for the future of all life on Earth. Following their presentation, a panel of distinguished Harvard professors, representing the arts, humanities and environmental disciplines, will lead a discussion with the authors on the interplay and interconnectedness of art and the humanities in building awareness of and potential solutions to global environmental challenges. Free and open to the public. Please note location: The Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway Street, Lecture Hall B029.

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