Arts Front Feature
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At Harvard, animators must balance the workload of a normal student with an incredibly time-consuming craft.
Art Therapy
The arts have collectively provided Harvard students with an outlet for creative self-expression, allowing them to explore issues of mental health in safe spaces and with freedom of expression. One campus artist who has utilized art to generate discussion about mental health, Bex H. Kwan ’14, sees the two as inseparable: “What is art not on mental health issues?”
Still a Man's World?
“The essence of a conductor’s profession is strength. The essence of a woman is weakness,” said Yuri Temirkanov, former music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. As women’s representation in many fields increases, classical music lags further and further behind, both in the wider music community and at Harvard itself.
Multimedia Feature: Controversial Collecting in Harvard's Museums
With pieces from around the world in their collections, Harvard's museums negotiate what artifacts they rightfully hold and should put on display.
The Silent Studios
Six years after its opening, the SOCH recording studio has fallen into disuse. Despite its goal of unifying campus musicians, the musical community at Harvard is as incohesive as it was when the space first opened. What happened to the studio and the vision that inspired it?
"Air Travel" Soars to Success
Directed by Jacob A. Brandt ’14 and supported by strong acting from all the players, the show explored the drama of dealing with death. With frequent moments of humor, the production provided adequate time to think about and appreciate the deep and well-expressed themes at work in this very entertaining performance.
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A banner for the Youth Arts Festival at the Roslindale Community Center. The festival is part of broader efforts to reinforce the importance of the arts even as budgetary concerns put them increasingly on the chopping block.
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Harvard's famous literary alumni include E. E. Cummings '15, Michael Crichton '64, and Norman Mailer '43.
Containing Multitudes
In the absence of a perfect formula for fostering future Pulitzer winners, the writing scene at Harvard is multi-faceted, varied, and as often as not, a collective rather than a solo pursuit.
