Tour Description
Title: World in a Vessel

Kaitlin Hao ’21 explores how three historic vessels bring us into the worlds that created them, their legacies, and their sense of the world yet to come. First, it’s the ritual food vessel (Fang ding) made in China in the 11^th or 10^th century BCE. Then, the stoneware storage jar that Dave the Potter, also known as David Drake, made when he was an enslaved Black man in antebellum South Carolina. And, finally, the Bauhaus teapot designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld in Germany in 1924-1925. Along the way, she talks about cosmology, trade and violence, and the intersection of art and industrialization.

Logistical Information: We are looking forward to virtually welcoming your group on Zoom on Wednesday, June 2^nd at 5:30pm EST!  

The tour will be in webinar format, which means that participants’ cameras and microphones will be turned off.  However, the tour is very interactive, and guests will be invited to participate and ask questions via the chat box.  Kaitlin Hao ‘21 is a senior in Currier studying History of Art and Architecture, focusing in Hong Kong contemporary art. She is interested in the overlap between art and media cultures, studying topics as wide-ranging as the cross-influences between video games, anime, and contemporary art, and the role of memes in the Hong Kong protests.

About the Program

The Ho Family Student Guide Program at the Harvard Art Museums trains students to develop original, research-based tours of the collections. Participants come from a wide range of backgrounds, including art history, visual and environmental studies, the sciences, history, and literature. Through their training, Student Guides gain knowledge of the collections and develop skills in critical thinking, visual analysis, public speaking, and leadership. This program is supported by the Ho Family Student Guide Fund. One of the works Kaitlin Hao will discuss is a highly decorative Chinese bronze ritual food vessel from the Zhou dynasty. Photomontage courtesy of Alexis Boo ’22.

One of the works Kaitlin Hao will discuss is a highly decorative Chinese bronze ritual food vessel from the Zhou dynasty. Photomontage courtesy of Alexis Boo ’22.

Donation Information

While there is no virtual tour fee, we gratefully accept donations to our education fund, which we will use for student-related purposes such as training and enrichment opportunities. You are welcome to give as a group or if your members prefer to give individually, please share the following information with the participants. We can accept a mailed check, or a donation made online.

Please mail checks to the following address and write Education Fund in the memo.

Shannon Kemper

Harvard Art Museums

32 Quincy Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

Or CLICK HERE to submit a donation by credit card 

Under Select a Fund please click OTHER – Harvard Art Museums and write Education Fund where is says Other Fund Name.

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VIRTUAL EVENT DETAILS:

Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Time: 4:30 - 5:30pm CENTRAL
Cost:
Harvard Alums & HCC Members: Complimentary
General Public: $20

Webinar link for the tour will be in your registration receipt
 

Harvard Club office:

Phone:  1-847-256-1211

Email

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