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...buildings that flank the VAC clash with its architecture, but more important, they represent institutions that have long been antithetical to the purposes of the new structure To the traditionalists of the Fine Art Department in the Fogg, the Carpenter center is a dangerous innovation which encroaches on the supremacy of the study of art history. For some scholar in the Faculty, creative activity is in compatible with the academic concern of a liberal arts college...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: The Case for Creativity | 5/22/1963 | See Source »

...VAC was not located between these two antagonistic elements accident. It was meant to be a challenge to them, and an invitation to the University to advance beyond 19th century concepts of what comprise the liberal arts. Unfortunately, the invitation has been only partially and some ways reluctantly accepted; challenge remains...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: The Case for Creativity | 5/22/1963 | See Source »

Soon after his appointment to presidency, Mr. Pusey recognized the Harvard painfully lacked create activity. Three years later an Own seers Committee chaired by John Nicholas Brown '22, articulated this vac and strongly urged the University provide both intellectual and finance encouragement for the creative an Partially as a result of this report, of Mr. Pusey's insistence, the La Drama Center and the Carpenter Center were commissioned. But while Harvard was willing to spend the money to construct these buildings, it has so far been singularly stubborn about deciding realistically what is to be done with them...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: The Case for Creativity | 5/22/1963 | See Source »

...with the Loeb, the future of the VAC is much in doubt. It is not inconceivable that the Center could become a glamorous and powerful monument to an idea frozen to death by a chilly Harvard atmosphere. The building did not appear overnight, but during the long period of its construction and planning few conclusions were reached on a program for the Center. Only a handful of courses in the visual arts will be offered next Fall, and even these seem to be largely experimental ventures, without a coherent program to guide them or indicate further classes...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: The Case for Creativity | 5/22/1963 | See Source »

Harvard apparently is still uneasy about admitting creative artists to its community; the dramatic statement of purpose in the Le Corbusier building almost seems to frighten it. The VAC and the men who may instill it with life are treated as dangerous intruders in the sacred halls of the Academy. The lack of definite plans for future courses, and even the present classes, are indicative of this uncertainty. Before any meaningful use can be made of the center, the University must carefully evaluate its own aims, and clearly determine where the creative artist stands in relation to those aims...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: The Case for Creativity | 5/22/1963 | See Source »

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