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...integral part of the cognitive life of the university: for along with the sciences and the humanities, the arts—as they are both experienced and practiced—are irreplaceable instruments of knowledge...” To this end, the Harvard Arts Initiative is presenting the event “Art-making=Risk-taking” this Thursday in the Ticknor Lounge at Boylston Hall from 3 to 5 p.m. This event is the culmination of a months-long attempt to maximize the presence of the arts in Harvard classrooms...
...event is an interactive showcase of 12 to 14 classes inspired and supported by the Harvard Arts Initiative. The Initiative includes freshman seminars, General Education and departmental courses, all emphasizing a strong focus on engagement with art and development of students’ understanding of what it means to create art. The classes featured in this event are only a few of the classes supported by the Initiative, and are intended to offer the viewer a cross-sectional view of the project...
Literature and Arts B-85, “American Musicals and American Culture,” taught by Professor Carol J. Oja, will be featured in the event, focusing specifically on a visit to the class by Lin Manuel Miranda, writer and composer of “In the Heights.” Miranda’s visit was documented on film and will be presented at the event. Miranda was an invaluable addition to the class, according to course participant Margaret E. Johnson ’11. “I thought it was one of the best classes...
...says Director Calla C. Videt ’09. “I work in a sort of haze of uncertainty.” Within the context of “The Untitled Project,” such uncertainty is almost logistical—the form of the event depends on the impact of revelation and surprise. The audience, she believes, should arrive knowing very little about the project, but instead should be drawn by curiosity; and the show, she says, is only effective when you don’t know what to expect...
...application process in the fall, the freshmen involved in FACES spent much of the second semester participating in what Sullivan calls “community-building arts workshops,” creating work to be presented at the Arts First showcase. The end product will be a unique event, according to Sullivan: “It will be a multimedia living art exhibit of music, acrobatics, photography, film, painting, and live performance exploring the concept of identity...