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Despite Bloomfield's prediction, the shows still go on. This fall there will be four Loeb productions, including Dark of the Moon and The Ring. House and company productions will thrive, and Mayman reports that the Aggasiz theater is booked all the way through December. Last year, small groups outside the Loeb put on everything from the traditional Camelot (in the Union) to an original Lost Cookies at Eliot House...
...controversy grows, so do Harvard's arts programs, most of which come out of the office of Myra A. Mayman, coordinator of arts at Harvard and Radcliffe. Not only does Mayman's office provide a large number of art opportunities--classes in dance, photography and pottery to name a few--it also provides money for independent student projects. Each year, Mayman allocates $10,000 to student artists whose work will "increase the understanding of art for all of Harvard" her office also provides subsidies for instrumental lessons with Boston musicians...
...When I came to Harvard in 1973, the arts were too recreational," says Mayman. "It was my intention to start serious and demanding programs in the arts that focused on expert direction and instruction." Six years later, Mayman feels that she's gotten what she wanted...
...Mayman's office also sponsors Learning from Performers, a program that brings guest artists to Harvard to work with students on a personal level. Last year the director of Broadway's Pacific Overtures ran a three part seminar with 15 students interested in drama. Students saw the play worked through its various stages, and participated on discussions with the director about the changes. This year, the program will bring playwright Arthur Miller and musician Jonnie Green to Harvard, among others...
...students don't want anything different than what they have now. "Everyone knows the arts are wonderful and theraputic, but they're also hard work that take perserverence and often pain. Then again, just because they're educational doesn't mean that you have to get credit for it," Mayman says. "There's just no overwhelming need or desire for the arts as credit," say Coolidge. Perhaps with the coming of Brustein, the desire for change--a shift towards credibility for the arts as Bakanowsky calls it--will become a more public issue. Until then, for many students and professors...