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...doesn't hurt that the program has a board of prestigious outside advisors that includes Leonard Bernstein '39 and Joseph Papp which helps recommend different artists. Mayman stresses that the Office usually acts in response to requests from students in bringing guests to Harvard...
...Mayman herself is no stranger to the arts. A 1966 graduate of Bryn Mawr College, Mayman says she has studied the piano for 13 years, and taken painting, drawing and dance lessons. After college, Mayman's various activities included: working as an associate director of admissions at Mt. Holyoke College: acting director of admissions at her alma mater: and living in Puerto Rico and England for a year a piece For two years Mayman worked for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, one year coordinating the BSO's 90th anniversary and another fundraising as the assistant director...
...fundraising experience has come in handy at the Office of the Arts, where, during the past few years. Mayman has canvassed the country in search of money to create a permanent endowment for the office. Last year Mayman says she visited 20 different Harvard clubs, bringing different students to perform "I wanted to bring a number of alumni up to date so that students interested in the arts are not left to their own." Mayman says. She adds that she stressed to the alums that continuing interest in the arts is "a very natural part of an educated person...
...Office's operating budget is supplied by both Harvard and Radcliffe, who each fund their own activities and plan to contribute part of their current fund raising drives to the Office. Mayman does not complain about any dearth of money though, saying. "The facilities here are extraordinary as is the level of talent, so that even with modest sums of money a lot can be accomplished." And she is quick to give credit to Bok and Horner for giving solid financial backing to the project...
Looking back on her 10 years here. Mayman waxes reflective about the institutional inertia she feels she had to battle to build up her programs. "A number of faculty members were against the University supporting the practice of arts, while many in the arts thought the office was bureaucratic padding," she says. But with such developments as the coming of the American Repertory Theatre and giving of drama courses for credit. Mayman says much of the initial opposition has been defused...