ArtsThursdays

Every Thursday evening, a Harvard arts institution or organization will open its doors to the Harvard community and the wider public for free performances, exhibitions, lectures and other events as part of a presidential initiative that promotes access to the arts at Harvard. ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative sponsored by Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA).

Our next events

A rainbow computer visualization of a brain

Harvard Museums of Science and Culture and Harvard Art Museums

September 28, 5pm

Harvard Museums of Science and Culture: The Brain and Your Senses

Harvard Art Museums: Harvard Art Museums at Night

Fall 2023 ArtsThursdays Events

All events are free. Some venues have limited capacity; be sure to register early and check back often.

October

October 5 – Artist Talk with Pope.L and Opening Reception: "This Machine Creates Opacities"

6pm: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Learn more about this event at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

October 12 – Boston Dance Theater “Carol Kaye Project”: work-in-progress performance

6pm: Harvard ArtLab

Learn more about this event at Harvard ArtLab

October 19 – Wókiksuye with Frank Waln: Honoring Our Ancestors and Relatives Through Music

7pm: Performance at Harvard ArtLab

Learn more about this event at Harvard ArtLab

October 26 – Harvard Art Museums at Night

5pm: Harvard Art Museums

Learn more about this event at Harvard Art Museums

October 26 – Day of the Dead Celebration

5pm: Harvard Museums of Science and Culture

Learn more about this event at HMSC

October 26 – Curator Talk: Linda Norden on Pierre Huyghe’s “This is Not a Time for Dreaming” (2004)

6pm: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Theater, Lower Level

Learn more about this event at the Carpenter Center

November

November 2 – Responsibility and Repair Keynote Lecture from Dallas Goldtooth, activist and actor

7pm: Knafel Center at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute

Learn more about this event at the Knafel Center

November 9 – Ritual Imaginations: an evening of short films curated by Joseph Zeal-Henry

7pm: Film screening at Harvard ArtLab

Learn more about this event at Harvard ArtLab

November 16 – Our Artificial Nature: Perspectives on Design for an Era of Environmental Change

6:30pm: Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design

November 30 – ArtsThursdays at HMSC

5pm: Harvard Museums of Science and Culture

November 30 – ArtsThursdays Film Screening: El hombre de al lado (2010)

5pm: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Learn more about this event at the Carpenter Center

December

December 7 – Harvard Art Museums at Night

5pm: Harvard Art Museums

Learn more about this event at Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Museums of Science and Culture and Harvard Art Museums

October 5 – Artist Talk with Pope.L and Opening Reception: "This Machine Creates Opacities"

October 12 – Boston Dance Theater “Carol Kaye Project”: work-in-progress performance

October 19 – Wókiksuye with Frank Waln: Honoring Our Ancestors and Relatives Through Music

October 26 – Harvard Art Museums at Night

October 26 – Day of the Dead Celebration

October 26 – Curator Talk: Linda Norden on Pierre Huyghe’s “This is Not a Time for Dreaming” (2004)

November 2 – Responsibility and Repair Keynote Lecture from Dallas Goldtooth, activist and actor

November 9 – Ritual Imaginations: an evening of short films curated by Joseph Zeal-Henry

November 16 – Our Artificial Nature: Perspectives on Design for an Era of Environmental Change

November 30 – ArtsThursdays at HMSC

November 30 – ArtsThursdays Film Screening: El hombre de al lado (2010)

December 7 – Harvard Art Museums at Night

More events coming soon