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...often strong, most artists have resisted. Takeuchi Kouzo, on the other hand, uses a hammer regularly to create his art. Takeuchi found his style by accident, as he explained during an Oct. 9 event organized by the Ceramics Program at Harvard’s Office for the Arts (OFA). Once, after firing a piece of porcelain, the Japanese artist found that part of it had broken off in the kiln. It was at his mother’s mention of its uniqueness that he developed the idea of simply using a small hammer and chisel to break his fired pieces...
Renovations began on the old Hasty Pudding Theater in 2005, after what Jack Megan, director of the Office for the Arts (OFA), calls, “a very long and detailed process of talking and looking at theaters and asking ourselves how we wanted to proceed.” According to Megan, the decision to rebuild and refurbish the theater was neither sudden nor surprising...
...Harvard Krokodiloes, and the Radcliffe Pitches, but also will contain rehearsal space for other performance groups. “Harvard has not had a new theater dedicated exclusively to the College in almost 50 years,” said Jack Megan, director of the Office for the Arts (OFA). “The building is a means to an end, not an end in itself. It presents a challenge for a higher standard of programming at Harvard.” The official theater opening on October 17 will be celebrated with a speech by University President Drew G. Faust...
...also about to make his debut this summer with the prestigious New York Philharmonic. With these impressive accomplishments under his belt, Jackiw was an easy choice for the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts. The award recognizes exceptional artistic talent and is sponsored by the Office of the Arts (OFA). “It’s awesome. It’s an honor to be recognized by Harvard,” Jackiw says. “It’s also an honor to be included in a group of such talented people.” Jackiw says...
...parade through some of the major art galleries that are exhibiting for Arts First,” Jenny D. Wanger ’09, one of the co-producers for Art Walk, says. “H-Art’s goal is to spread art awareness so the OFA [Harvard Office for the Arts] thought we would be a good fit for the job,” says Wanger, who is also a board member of H-Art. Lisa J. Maracchi ’09, the other co-producer of Art Walk, started H-Art after thinking that there...