Arts & Culture

Explore Harvard’s vibrant arts scene—from campus exhibitions and theater to cultural analysis and literary reviews. Discover how creativity shapes the Harvard experience.

a couple sitting at a park overlooking the ocean

Your Guide to Summer 2025 Along Boston Harbor

Enjoying Boston Harbor’s Renaissance this summer

by Nell Porter-Brown

Brooklyn Bridge Park: the beach at Main Street Park, in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge

How Was Brooklyn Bridge Park Planned?

Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park

Portrait of Kimberly Dowdell sitting on steps

Architect Kimberly Dowdell is Changing Her Profession

Kimberly Dowdell influences her profession—and the built environment.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Corita Kent’s a man you can lean on (1966) plays with its medium: screenprints are not reversed in the making, but her image is.

Harvard Professor on Printmaking

An art historian analyzes an overlooked medium.

by Murray Whyte

Green landscape with path in foreground leading to a pond and grassy open area.

Harvard's Landscape Architect Bas Smets on Cooling Cities

Bas Smets harnesses nature to cool cities.

by Max J. Krupnick

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Dominica’s “Bouyon” Star

Musician “Shelly” Alfred’s indigenous Caribbean sound

by Jose Alison Kentish

Kitchen at Whittier Birthplace with round wood table and 4 chairs and wood surround fireplace

Civil War American Writer and Abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier

Homes of the poet and abolitionist, whose verses were said to have inspired Abraham Lincoln. 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Vacationing with a Purpose

New England “summer camps” for adults

by Nell Porter-Brown

Yamamoto's installation, made of 20 orange tubes that stretch from floor to ceiling in a white room.

Making Space

The natural history of Junko Yamamoto’s art and architecture

by Nina Pasquini

Photograph of stone bridge over a pond in a park

Happenings in Hartford

Literary legacies, parks, festivals—and more

by Nell Porter-Brown

blue skies and green fields and music center building

Listen Up

A new regional music center opens in Groton, Massachusetts.

by Nell Porter-Brown