Word: mayman
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...wackier the better," Myra Mayman laughs, as she describes the types of creative endeavors that received grants this year from the Harvard Council on the Arts. Mayman, director of the Office for the Arts at Harvard and Radcliffe (OFA), is one of 10 members of the standing committee that plans to dispense over $20,000, in grants ranging from $50 to $1,000, to various creative and innovative student projects this year. This fall the council has awarded a total of $7,295 in support of 21 "wacky" under graduate art projects. The remainder of the $20,000 will...
...Mayman explains that the grant program was established by the OFA in 1974 with "the purpose of integrating creative thinking into undergraduate education." It is supported in part by Harvard's main operating budget, and in part through private endowments. Grants are made for projects in the areas of dance, literature, multi-disciplinary projects, music, theater, traditional/cultural arts and visual arts...
According to Mayman, the committee looks for two key elements in the creative proposals. First, "we encourage students to try things that they otherwise may not." That means that "experimental" is the main criterion; as Mayman says, "You can always find ticket buyers for and produce a typical 'Guys and Dolls' production, but it is unusual and very hard to find support for the projects that we fund." The second important element is that the project must be "of educational benefit to a range of undergraduates--the project [should] have a ripple effect among undergraduates...
...recital, titled "Playing for Keeps," was introduced by Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles and Office for the Arts Director Myra A. Mayman...
...resolve this concern, a decision on any controversial submissions will be made by four committee members: Harry R. Lewis '68, dean of the College; Eric C. Engel, director of the Memorial Hall/Lowell Complex; Myra A. Mayman, director of the Office of the Arts; and James E. Lenhart '99, who will provide a student perspective...