Announcing the 2021 Solomon Fellow in AFVS

March 1, 2021

The Solomon Fellowship Committee is thrilled to announce acclaimed artist ...

Lex Brown, recipient of the United States Artists 2021 USA Fellowship

Lex Brown named a United States Artists 2021 USA Fellow

February 3, 2021

Lex Brown, a College Fellow in Media Practice jointly appointed in AFVS and TDM, and teaching Enter the Mediaverse in AFVS this Spring term, was named a United States Artists 2021 USA Fellow. From the United States Artists press release:

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Virtual Office Hours in the Woodshop

February 3, 2021

This semester the AFVS Woodshop will host virtual office hours via Zoom. Students are welcome to drop in with any and all building-related questions. Whether you're wondering about tools, techniques, materials, safety, construction or just want to troubleshoot a design or a drawing, all questions are very welcome - it doesn't have to be related to wood or woodworking!

AFVS 231 Studio Language Spring Term 2021 talks

Talks in AFVS 231 this Spring

January 28, 2021

AFVS 231 Studio Language Spring Term 2021 talks

This spring, AFVS 231 Studio Language hosts artists, writers, a sociolinguist, and the CEO of a vocal synthesis company whose various contributions to our use of voice and language are changing its shape. Artist ...

Students in critique in Making Mischief, taught by Professor Sharon Harper, Fall 2019

Spring 2021 in AFVS

January 11, 2021

This Spring 2021, the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies will offer courses in Studio Art and Film Making, including photography, animation, video art, painting, drawing, printmaking, sound, and sculpture, as well as film and visual studies, critical theory, and the study of the built environment. For view our full list of courses, visit our ...

AFVS concentrator Eli Zuzovsky ’21 receives Rhodes Scholarship

December 18, 2020

Read about Eli Zuzovsky and the other scholarship recipients at the Harvard Gazette. Read more about AFVS concentrator Eli Zuzovsky ’21 receives Rhodes Scholarship

AFVS Open Studios & the AFVS Student Film Screenings: Opening Tuesday, December 8th

December 8, 2020

The AFVS department invites members of the community to visit www.afvsstudio.com to view student artworks produced during the fall 2020 semester,... Read more about AFVS Open Studios & the AFVS Student Film Screenings: Opening Tuesday, December 8th

The Studio Museum in Harlem 2019–20 Artists in Residence

AFVS Visiting Faculty member and College Fellow in Media Practice E. Jane will be in MoMA Ps1's Artist-in-Residence exhibition "This Longing Vessel: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2019–20"

December 7, 2020

The Studio Musem in Harlem presents This Longing Vessel, an exhibition at MoMA Ps1

The AFVS Department mourns the death of Chris Killip

October 20, 2020

CHRIS KILLIP (1946 – 2020)

The AFVS Department mourns the death of Chris Killip who passed away on October 13, 2020. As Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies from 1991 to 2017, Chris was a beloved colleague and mentor to many. During his tenure Chris defined the photography program where his legendary 40A course, Fundamentals of Still Photography, long served as a critical entry point to VES and to art making for thousands of students. Chris’s impassioned teaching...

David Joselit will present at the University of Houston School of Art conversation series "Interrogating Global Contemporary Art" on October 8

October 8, 2020

Read about the event and see the full schedule here.... Read more about David Joselit will present at the University of Houston School of Art conversation series "Interrogating Global Contemporary Art" on October 8

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