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.
Bringing Korean Stories to Life
Composer Julia Riew writes the musicals she needed to see.
“Presenting Jane," and a youthful summer for the New York School
A rediscovered short film, with new commentary by Jane Freilicher and John Ashbery ’49, Litt.D. ’01, gives a glimpse of the New York School's early days.
Anna Deavere Smith welcomes Harvard to a "lecture-performance" on hospitality
In her “lecture-performance,” playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith practiced and preached “Radical Hospitality.”
Animator Tim Reckart and the art of stop-motion acting
The director of Head Over Heels and The Star, on animation's different dimensions
D.J. and experimental composer Jace Clayton discusses his new book, Uproot.
In Uproot, Jace Clayton ’97 explores technological trends in music around the globe.
Harvardians awarded National Humanities Medals and National Book nominations
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
Pianist Aristo Sham ’19 on the world stage
Aristo Sham ’19 takes first place at the New York International Piano Competition.
"The Seventh Fire," by Harvard alum Jack Riccobono, tracks two Ojibwe gang membe
The Seventh Fire, executive produced by Terrence Malick ’65 and Natalie Portman ’03, sheds light on gang life among Native Americans.
Elizabeth Claire Walker, from the Los Angeles Ballet to Harvard and back
A ballet career, earned through college and cattle calls
Boston's Roxbury International Film Festival, June 22-30
Independent films by and about people of color
Harvard's theater, dance, and media concentration looks to expand
A concentration “400 years in the making,” and two semesters old