 |  | Just keep swimming! We like to imagine ourselves as the title figure in the artwork above by David Butler, moving/swimming through February straight into spring/March!
We have lots to share with you this week, including new Student Guide tours, a lecture on dealing with difficult images in photography collections, and a new behind-the-scenes spotlight series on museum staff. Be sure to check out our website for even more ways to virtually engage in the days and weeks ahead! |
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 | art talk live Picturing the Modern Home—Lucia Moholy’s Bauhaus Living Room Thursday, February 23
12:30-1PM EDT Hear how the photographer's home served as a publicity tool for the Bauhaus school of art. |
 | Virtual Student Guide Tour Art in Exile Thursday, February 25
8-8:30PM EDT Explore the relationship between art and the origins of its creation, looking at different ways in which objects and artists are removed from their original cultural contexts, with Vlad Batagui ’21. |
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 | lecture Troubling Images: Curating Collections of Historical Photographs Friday, February 26
2-3PM EDT Join the conversation about the challenges and possibilities of curating legacy collections of photographs today. |
 | Virtual Student Guide Tour Design by Decay Saturday, February 27
11-11:30AM EDT Look closely at the beauty that remains in the wake of decay and destruction in this interactive tour with Mei Tercek ’21. |
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 | virtual student guide tour Thursday, March 4
8-8:30PM EDT Discover how three very different works concern themselves with different kinds of pleasure, with Felipe Muñoz ’22. |
 | Friday, March 5
11AM-12PM EDT Study HAM’s collection of unforgettable figure studies by Pontormo, with special guest Professor Dennis Geronimus. |
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Harvard Art Museums Staff Spotlight
Meet Elie Glyn, Assistant Director for Exhibitions at the Harvard Art Museums and the guest for the first Harvard Art Museums Staff Spotlight!
 As an exhibition designer, Elie directs the design of all permanent collections and exhibition galleries, and oversees the museums’ team of art installers. He specializes in display furniture, creating settings for art that balance conservation and safety requirements with visual considerations. Of the balance, he says “We try to create the exhibitions to tell the story we feel should be told, but we do have to make compromises and sometimes those compromises affect what you see in the gallery.” His favorite moment of the installation process “is always as the exhibit is being installed, because that’s the moment where your design plans are actualized and you get to see [artwork and objects] that up until now you’ve only looked at images of.” For those interested in pursuing a career in exhibition designer, Elie notes “you should be a creative person who enjoys drawing, painting, sculpting, whatever it may be; and then go to design school to learn how to think and operate as a designer in terms of creative principles. Exhibition design is really the application of creative principles to the process of developing an exhibition.”
- Elie was interviewed by Zavier Chavez '23
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From our Friends....
On Tuesday, March 2, Radcliffe invites all to virtually attend the Kim and Judy Davis Dean's Lecture in the Arts featuring Fred Wilson, a conceptual artist whose work investigates museological, cultural, and historical issues that are largely overlooked or neglected by museums and cultural institutions. More info and link to register can be found here.
On Friday, March 5, join artists Erin Zona, Maria Veronica San Martin, and Ben Denzer as they discuss the making of artists’ books in the Fine Arts Library’s special collections. Register for the Artists' Book Spotlight here.
The Smithsonian National Museum of American History is currently accepting applications for a paid virtual summer internship in African American History and Material Culture, with a focus on the history of fundraising and philanthropy. Details on the position and how to apply can be found here. |
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Image (Header): David Butler, Window Screen (Fish), c. 1968-1970. Mixed media on tin framed in shadow box. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Collection of Didi & David Barrett ‘71, 2011.35 © President and Fellows of Harvard College. |
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