Visual Arts
An evening under the stars with Jay O'Callahan
Last night in the Sackler Museum, Jay O’Callahan recites "Forged in the Stars", a story commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of NASA.
Spotlight: John Henry F. Hinkel '12
John Henry F. Hinkel ’12 recently co-directed his first feature film, “The Death of Richard Young,” with scriptwriter Kieran Scarlett. ...
Scientific Animation Spurs Artistic Creation
“Artists and scientists find each other very exotic—they idealize each other,” says Professor Ruth Lingford. “Artists are in awe of ...
Anthropology Professor's Book Inspires Oscar-Nominated Film
Harvard Associate Professor of Anthropology Kimberly Theidon had no idea that her 2004 book of essays, “Entre Prójimos,” inspired the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Milk of Sorrow” until the film started to win awards last year.
Scientific Image Wins Photo Prize
A electron microscope image taken by Harvard scientists recently won first place in the photography category of the prestigious International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.
Machines in the Museum
Ray Williams of the Harvard Art Museum and Brown University Professor Steven Lubar discuss the influence of industrialization on artists in the 20th century.
MOBA Changes Trash to Treasure
Boasting the tagline “art too bad to be ignored,” the Boston-based Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) hails itself as “the ...
The Scenic Route
In the summer of 2009, film student Alexandra E. Zimbler ’10 visited her grandmother in Saint-Malo, Brittany, to interview her ...
HKS Event Examines Art and Citizenship
What defines the ambiguous distinction between a national and a world citizen, and how do institutions such as art museums influence the shifting interplay between local and global identity?
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Drawing financial support from the university and inspiration from the colorful Boston film community, film students find ample opportunites to pursue creative projects from within the department of Visual and Environmental Studies.
