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...Remove Reiman from the chopping block, make studio art classes more accessible to non-VES-concentrators (fewer requirements, shorter hours), find a way to get the rest of the Harvard community to understand why it takes so many hours to create a production and the work that goes into...
Originally a sociology concentrator, a portfolio of landscape photographs gained Nair entrance into the nascent Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) department, capped at ten students per year...
Though the equipment was obsolete, VES professors’ passion infused Nair with a desire to make films and introduced her to various directors and styles. And as a sophomore, she met Sooni R. Taraporevala ’79, who now writes Nair’s screenplays...
...feel that it’s been very good. The [Visual and Environmental Studies (VES)] department has been so nice and accepting of me, even though some of its resources are only for concentrators. The VES community provides photographers with so many supplies, which makes it easy. Also, Adams is such a supportive arts community. It’s not competitive at all. Everyone I’ve met are such fantastic photographers and we all get along so well...
...what about Visual and Environmental Studies, the department that replaced Architectural Studies? This is not really the best option for students interested in architecture and urban studies. First, there are no studio courses that have any direct relation to architecture. Second, by concentrating in VES, one does not get appropriate exposure to the political and sociological aspects of the city—experiences essential to architecture and urban studies. To its credit, the VES department has recently been offering many more courses in conjunction with the GSD; however, the lack of studio courses has not been—and likely...