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...including her blockmate Anna M. Chen ’09—shared this desire. Together, the two contacted Lynne Stanton, the coordinator of public education at the Harvard University Art Museums. Stanton—who had serendipitously been working on a student docent program at the museums??was immediately excited to get involved. Together, those involved created the “Nights” Series at Harvard University Art Museums, to generate publicity about the museums and opportunities for student involvement therein. Their group, OUR HUAM, is a collective of students seeking to encourage undergraduate interest...
...look like an art center,” Gordon said. The display rooms in the new center will showcase modern and contemporary art, according to Daron Manoogian, a Harvard University Art Museums spokesman. Manoogian said the decision to devote the space to this artwork was driven both by the museums?? desire to expand their modern art collection and the need for more space to display their existing inventory. The facility will also include offices, study space, and storage for over 250,000 pieces that will be relocated across the river during the first renovations to the Fogg Museum?...
Harry Cooper, associate curator of modern art at the Fogg, takes a similar position, saying of the Harvard Art Museums?? modern collection that “we’re historically minded...
...Italian architect Renzo Piano, who is best known for the edgy design of Paris’s Centre Georges Pompidou.The most fervent support for the project comes from the Student Friends of Harvard University Art Museums, an undergraduate group which coordinates events with the museums and promotes the museums?? collections. “We’re excited for the renovation,” Alexis M. Kusy ’07 and Caroline L. Schopp ’07, who are, respectively, the president and vice president of the organization wrote in an e-mail...
Platts also presents another possible cause for the museums?? empty halls. “It is difficult to get students [to visit] because museums are always there,” he says...