# Spring Open Studios #### calendar\_today Date and Time **April 29, 2016** 05:00PM - 07:00PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Carpenter Center** **The Department of Visual and Environmental Studies presents** **2016 Senior Thesis Exhibit and VES Open Studios** Friday, April 29 (Beginning at 4pm in Linden Studios and 5pm in the Carpenter Center) **and VES Student Screenings** Thursday, April 28 – Saturday, April 30 The Department of Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) is holding the opening reception for VES 2016 Senior Thesis Exhibition, *[Fabricated, Normally](http://ccva.fas.harvard.edu/ves-2016-senior-thesis-fabricated-normally)* with works by **Lydia Burns, C.H. Choi, Daniel Citron, Alistair Debling, and Renee Zhan**. Work will be displayed in both the Sert Gallery and in the Carpenter Center level one with the opening reception beginning at 5pm on April 29th. VES Spring Open Studios will run in both the Linden Street Studios starting at 4:00 pm and throughout the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Student work on display comes from the following courses; *Paper Always Talks a Lot: Drawing as Object; Conceptual Figure; Material Histories: Advanced Sculpture; Introduction to Still Photography; Contemporary Painting Practice: Beyond the Surface; Intermediate Animation: Making an Animated Film; Post Brush; In and Out of Actions: An Intro to Performance Art; Fundamentals of Animation; The Devil Probably x10+1; Directed Research; Sensory Ethnography 1; New Waves; Sophomore Tutorial; Photographic Inquiry; Conceptual Strategies in Photography; Filming Science; the Art of Film; and Visual Music.* VES Student Screenings will showcase moving-image works produced by spring semester students in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, including senior thesis projects by **Elizabeth Choi, Dario Guerrero, Lance Katigbak, Danielle Lessard, Max McGillivray, and Kendra Justine McLaughlin**. Visit the [Student Work](http://ves.fas.harvard.edu/student-work) page on our website to see more about the thesis projects. **VES 2016 Senior Thesis,** *Fabricated, Normally* Opening Reception, Friday, April 29, 2016, 5pm Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Cambridge, MA 02138 **VES Open Studios** 6 Linden Street, Friday, April 29, 4-6pm and Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 5-7pm 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 **VES Student Screenings** Carpenter Center Lecture Hall Thursday, April 28, 1pm Friday, April 29, 7 pm Saturday, April 30, 7 pm About the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies** The Department of Visual and Environmental Studies is home to a range of studio and theoretical studies in the arts at Harvard University. It offers courses in painting, drawing, sculpture, film, video, and animation, as well as photography, film history, the built environment, and contemporary art. The academic experience transpires in the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, where thinking and making intersect to enable students from a variety of disciplinary studies to be aware of their visual environment. To learn more about the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, visit . --- Attachments- [ image 2016open\_studios-1.jpg ](/sites/g/files/omnuum5041/files/ves/files/2016open_studios-1.jpg) - [ image 2016open\_studios-2.jpg ](/sites/g/files/omnuum5041/files/ves/files/2016open_studios-2.jpg) --- Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://afvs.fas.harvard.edu/node/776901/event-feed.ics) Copy link link