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Students involved with the show appreciate it as a unique opportunity to interact with other visual artists. David J. Tischfield ’09, an instructor for the Harvard Ceramics Program, participated last year and has two pieces in the show this year. “There are remarkable artists, painters and sculptors at Harvard,” he says. “I came into college as a rather established potter and sculptor, but I obviously couldn’t do that here. It wasn’t a very social club. This is one of the few ways...
Schapiro and co-director Julia V. Guren ’10, who is a former Crimson illustrator, focused this year on catering to a variety of audiences. The show attracts Harvard faculty and staff, as well as residents of Boston and Cambridge. However, Schapiro notes that in the previous show, “most of the art that was affordable to students was gone the second we opened our doors. [This year] we wanted to have more works that were in the student price range, at 20 to 75 dollars.” To accomplish this, Schapiro and Guren asked...
...minority of students expressed discomfort with the commercial aspect of the show. “In many cases it seemed like they selected pieces that were aesthetically pleasing rather than conceptually provocative,” says Intiya Isaza-Figueroa ’10, who is selling a collage and a drawing in the show this year. “There are, of course, exceptions. This is an obvious result of it being a show about selling student work to a broad audience. So while I see the point and am grateful that the show exists, I don?...
Guren acknowledges this tension. “I was really skeptical of the sale aspect of the show last year,” she says. “But I was a volunteer the day of [the event], and I was just blown away by the sense of community I saw for visual artists on campus. I think the sale component of the show is important. It adds a level of professionalism, and draws in semi-professional artists...
...many of show’s 17 actors are seasoned performers on the Loeb Mainstage, Hickey says that the audience can expect, “lots of silly, loud voices and silly jokes. There will be lots of fun and energy,” making it clear that the show will carry a light, enjoyable, and easy-going air despite its veteran cast. And, though the show is scripted, Hickey says “There was very minimal rehearsal for the show,” which should, as it has in the past, create some fun, impromptu humor that highlights...