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The Passing of Frederick Wiseman

February 23, 2026

The Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies is saddened to learn of the passing of Frederick Wiseman, a pioneering documentarian and local Cambridge resident. You can read more about Wiseman’s life and films in the New York Times obituary.

AFVS Graduate Student Max Bowens film, Looking at You Looking at Me, will premiere in competition at this year's Cinéma de Réel.

February 23, 2026

Max Bowens film, Looking at You Looking at Me , will premiere in competition at this year's Cinéma de Réel. Read More.

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Exploring Fields of Study for First Years Continues on March 2

February 19, 2026

Attention Class of 2029: Exploring Fields of Study is here! Whether you are interested in concentrating, pursuing a double or joint concentration, or a secondary field, this is your chance to learn more about AFVS. Meet with Professor Matt Saunders, AFVS’...

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Woodberry Poetry Room- Eliot Memorial Reading: Ocean Vuong

December 04, 2025

The Poetry Room is honored to present the 2025 Eliot Memorial Reading, which will feature award-winning poet and novelist Ocean Vuong. The event will take place on Tuesday, December 9, at 6:00pm. Doors will open at 5:45pm. Seating is limited. Reservations...

Professor of HAA and AFVS Carrie Lambert-Beatty and artist Aria Dean will discuss nationalism, postmodernism, fiction, form, and many meanings of the word projection in relation to The Color Scheme (2025)

November 14, 2025

As part of the PERFORMA Biennial 202 5, Professor of HAA and AFVS Carrie Lambert-Beatty and artist Aria Dean will discuss nationalism, postmodernism, fiction, form, and many meanings of the word projection in relation to The Color Scheme (2025), Dean's...

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Fall 2025 AFVS Open Studios

October 27, 2025

AFVS Fall 2025 Open Studios will take place on Friday, December 5th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on levels B, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, at 24 Quincy Street. Artwork made this semester in all AFVS studio classes will be on view...

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The Artist’s Voice: Caroline Monnet and Sky Hopinka with Jenelle Porter

October 17, 2025

Artists Caroline Monnet and Sky Hopinka defy boundaries and blur genres by adopting film, fashion, poetry, sculpture, and more in their cross-disciplinary artistic practices. These prolific, visionary creators will be joined by An Indigenous Present...

Giuliana Bruno in conversation with Wael Shawky, Harvard Art Museums | Oct. 15 6pm HAM

October 08, 2025

Giuliana Bruno in conversation with Wael Shawky and Screening of I Am Hymns of the New Temples, Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Wael Shawky, Film still of I Am Hymns of the New Temples, 2023. © Wael Shawky. Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan...

AFVS faculty Joana Pimenta featured in Spanish Cineteca

September 15, 2025

In collaboration with the INSTAR Film Festival , we present the first Spanish retrospective of Adirley Queirós and Joana Pimenta, an essential duo on the contemporary cinematic scene. For more than two decades, Queirós and Pimenta have created from the...

Ross McElwee Honors the Memory of His Late Son by Chronicling Their On-Screen Relationship

September 09, 2025

Long before the video diary became the en vogue format of personal expression on YouTube and social media platforms like TikTok, Ross McElwee was America's preeminent first-person filmmaker. While studying under cinéma vérité pioneers Richard Leacock and...

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AFVS Faculty Robb Moss interviewed by the International Documentary Association

September 04, 2025

During the past fifty years, television channels, continually expanding online options, even theatrical cinemas have made short-form and long-form documentaries available to an ever-broadening audience. So many documentary films of so many kinds are now...

Screening and Conversation with Karthik Pandian and Philip Deloria

September 04, 2025

Screening and Conversation with Karthik Pandian and Philip Deloria 6:00pm on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Carpenter Center Theater 24 Quincy Street, lower level Co-sponsored by the Harvard University Native American Program AFVS invites you to a special...