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Today, the Office of the Arts at Harvard-Radcliffe under the guiding hand of director Myra A. Mayman, has grown enormously in breadth and depth, offering instruction in many arts including pottery, printmaking, painting and dance. "When I came to Harvard in 1973, the arts were too recreational," Mayman explains. "It was my intention to start serious and demanding programs in the arts that focused on expert direction and instruction." Following the merger, Harvard took responsibility for sports, dance became a stepped-up program and all vestiges of recreation were soon gone...
...Mayman is quick to point out that today there is no such thing as "the arts at Radcliffe." The office runs programs for undergraduates, she explains, giving no preferential treatment to women...
However, many still associate the art programs here with Radcliffe because Radcliffe pays for the majority of the programs' expenses out of its annual budget. The rest of the funding comes out of President Bok's discretionary fund. Mayman says that Radcliffe pays for most of the programs because of "tradition." "There are some programs that were specifically developed by Radcliffe and Harvard doesn't want to pay for them or have anything to do with them," Mayman says. "Radcliffe developed the pottery studio and will continue to pay for it." The programs that Bok pays for are those that...
...while Mayman's office "serves undergraduates" Radcliffe still carries the economic burden. No one is complaining too loudly about this less-than-equitable arrangement. Mayman does say, however, that money from the Radcliffe Century Fund Drive and the Harvard Core Campaign will both go towards making the Office of the Arts a permanent fixture at the University by supplying it with an endowment...
...location beyond the Observatory makes the Radcliffe ceramic studio inconvenient for some undergraduates, Mayman says. She adds, however, that the staff there is "the most unique on the east coast." The studio, which started in a small basement many years ago now fills a large former warehouse with five kilns, 18 wheels and many varied experimental programs. It is just one example of the Office's success stories...