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...such a wide range of response to this event, everything from a freshman to a 35-year-old grad student,” says Margaret M. Wang ’09, co-founder of the Student Art Show...
...idea of the Student Art Show was born last October when Jane K. Cheng ’09 inquired about a place for student art at a Harvard arts’ leaders luncheon. “Jane asked if there was a place to sell the books she made, and Drew [Faust, President of Harvard University] looks at Jack Megan, who is director of the OFA, and said, ‘Well now, there isn’t,’” Wang recalls...
...Student Art Show garnered a significant amount of interest, receiving over 500 submissions from the Harvard community. “The amount of interest really blew us away,” Wang says. “Just the sheer number really took us by surprise. Not only the number, but the diversity...
...diversity in the show is not only reflected in the artwork, but in the stories of the artists themselves. The program for the show will include short biographies of all artists, whose backgrounds range from artists who grew up with painters in the family to varsity athletes and biology students. One graduate student in the show spent time in Nepal and, consequently, all the profits resulting from the sale of his artwork are going to a charity for Nepalese orphans...
...Student Art Show not only provides a forum for the sale of student art, but also a way in which those who want to become involved with the world of curating can gain experience. The show—which was entirely student run—gave organizers the opportunity to make curatorial decisions...