Arts & Culture


A New Chapter for Harvard Arts

The Office for the Arts turns 50, and its longtime director steps down.

by Lydialyle Gibson

RISD Craft Fair

Artists showcase their work in Providence, Rhode Island. In the foreground are pieces by Dwo Wen Chen/Three Wheel Studio. 

by Nell Porter Brown

Speaking Volumes

Glimpsing Harvard’s East Asian language materials collection

by Nell Porter Brown

“Joyous Protest Posters”

The Royal Chicano Air Force’s activist art at Houghton Library

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

The Untold Story of Watercolors

Harvard Art Museums' exhibit highlights unsung facets of American watercolor.

by Nancy Walecki

Something from Nothing

Painter, animator, illustrator, and silhouettist Susan Bin

by Max J. Krupnick

Happenings in Hartford

Literary legacies, parks, festivals—and more

by Nell Porter Brown

The Eviction of the Bow & Arrow Press

The Adams House space that gave the letterpress studio its name will become a student common room.

by Craig Lambert

The Harvard Forest Dioramas

Scenes of an ever-changing forest, in miniature

by Nancy Walecki

Trading Finance for Flowers

Cultivating local blooms in Upton, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter Brown

Fall River: Phoenix Rising?

“A good place to be pleasantly surprised”

by Nell Porter Brown