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...wackier the better," Myra Mayman laughs, as she describes the types of creative endeavors that received grants this year from the Harvard Council on the Arts. Mayman, director of the Office for the Arts at Harvard and Radcliffe (OFA), is one of 10 members of the standing committee that plans to dispense over $20,000, in grants ranging from $50 to $1,000, to various creative and innovative student projects this year. This fall the council has awarded a total of $7,295 in support of 21 "wacky" under graduate art projects. The remainder of the $20,000 will...
Mayman explains that the grant program was established by the OFA in 1974 with "the purpose of integrating creative thinking into undergraduate education." It is supported in part by Harvard's main operating budget, and in part through private endowments. Grants are made for projects in the areas of dance, literature, multi-disciplinary projects, music, theater, traditional/cultural arts and visual arts...
...Kayden honoree selection committee includes Lee, Harvard Jazz Band Director Thomas G. Everett and OFA Assistant Director Cathy McCormick...
According to the OFA, Johnson is widely recognized as "the premier trombonist in jazz." His career has included stints with the Benny Carter and Count Basie Bands, and he worked on television and movie scores for such productions as "Shaft" and "The Mod Squad...
...Kayden fellowship is sponsored by the Harvard Jazz Band, OFA and the Learning From Performers program, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary year...