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...this past summer living with the 19th century Irish dramatist John Millington Synge. He’s long dead, to be sure, but Spillane-Hinks did everything she could to bring him back to life as the sole occupant of his small island hut and the curator of the museum now housed there. Spillane-Hinks spent her time lighting the hearth and leading tours, immersing herself in the Irish culture she’d been studying at Harvard since her sophomore year. Her name, to reiterate, is Aoife. Pronounced “EE-fah,” it?...
...wanted to draw an audience by getting work that is popular...[and have] art coming from all over.” Prior to the auction, S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural Relations, and Iqbal Ahmed from Operation Heartbeat for Kashmir spoke at the Sackler Museum. Following Counter’s speech on a need for aid, Ahmed presented a slide-show presentation, which depicted his first-hand experience helping earthquake victims following the tragedy. The art show and auction is one of numerous events sponsored by Harvard student groups to aid the victims of earthquake. Proceeds...
...exhibit highlights shawls and silver tableware produced in India during the late colonial period, focusing on the evolution of the former toward European styles and the latter toward more traditional Indian designs. A series of gallery talks and lectures throughout the semester will accompany the show. Arthur M. Sackler Museum. Free. (KAK)Stratification: An Installation of Works Since 1960. Through Feb. 26, 2006. Curatorial intern M. Celka Straughn organized this exhibit of German and Swiss painters and sculptors highlighting seven key pieces from the museum’s collection. Several undergraduates were also involved in the project and will...
...Revere to headphones developed at Harvard during World War II. The gallery is evidence of a recent transition within the History of Science department, from merely studying texts to analyzing scientific tools themselves. “The Putnam gallery is much more than a collection of tools and a museum piece,” department chair Allan M. Brandt said. “It’s more of an active learning space.” With only thin glass cases separating visitors from the tools, the observer can closely analyze the pieces. “It?...
...Bolotin, though, that time has yet to come. During her semester off, she returned home to Washington, D.C., and worked at the Museum of Natural History. Though far away, Harvard—and her petition to come back—were never far from her mind. “It kind of helped, but on the other hand it’s like you never leave Harvard because you always have to go back,” she says. “I was worried about bringing my petition to go back...