Allston. Find your inspiration.

Join us to celebrate the color, creativity, and character of this diverse neighborhood, and contemplate the changes underway. Experience Edward Boches' photographic project, Postcards from Allston, at the Harvard Ed Portal's Crossings Gallery and... Read more about Postcards from Allston Opening Celebration

Join artists Allison Tanenhaus and Maria Finkelmeier at the Harvard Ed Portal to participate in the public art project FREQUENCIES: Allston-Brighton!... Read more about Sights + Sounds of Allston-Brighton: Community Workshop

*For high school students living or attending school in Allston, Brighton, or Cambridge!*

Reflect on where you are right now to where you want to be. What comes easily to you? What do you love the most about yourself? Where do you want to put your energy?... Read more about Mapping Your Heart: A Zine Making Workshop

The Harvard Ed Portal and the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard are proud to jointly offer a limited number of scholarships for any one eight-week online course offered by the Ceramics Department for Summer 2021 (June 1–July 23, 2021).

Application Deadline: May 14, 2021 at 5:00pm

Instruction will take place online via Zoom. One 25 lb. bag of stoneware clay and 2,000 cubic inches of glazing and firing will be provided as part of the scholarship. The recipient is responsible for clay pick-up and scheduling firing services at Harvard...

*For high school students living or attending school in Allston, Brighton, or Cambridge!*

Do you daydream about places you've loved or imagined? Are you curious about how writers turn ideas into stories? Join author Abdul-Razak Zachariah for a glimpse into the children’s book writing process.... Read more about This Space Holds a Story

*For high school students!*

Have you ever visited or heard about a museum and wondered what it would be like to work there? While exhibitions may not magically spring to life every night, the reality of a museum career can be just as exciting.... Read more about Museum Careers with the Harvard Art Museums

*For high school students living or attending school in Allston-Brighton or Cambridge!*

Remember Play Doh when you were a kid? What if we told you you're never too old to play with clay? Sign up for our Zoom clay class, where we will make and decorate mugs, phone holders, sculptures—whatever you want, really!... Read more about RISE: Pottery Chill Out (for Allston-Brighton & Cambridge High Schoolers)

Need some healing this winter or a creative reboot? Learn how to use art as a tool to move through emotions, decompress, and connect with the imaginative process (rather than product). In this hands-on Zoom workshop,... Read more about Tune In: An Intuitive Drawing Workshop

We could all use a bit of whimsy right now and what better way than to craft your own miniature gnome from felt? In this hands-on Zoom workshop, participants will learn how to sew and decorate a new pocket-sized friend.... Read more about SOLD OUT - Gnome for the Holidays: Fiber Art with Friends

Dive into the fun world of ceramics during February vacation week! Allston-Brighton students in grades 3–5 will create clay sculptures and functional forms inspired by aquatic life and creatures of the deep.... Read more about February Vacation Week: Creatures of the Deep

Join the Harvard ArtLab, Harvard’s new laboratory for art and research, for an opening celebration on September 21! Allston-based tap dance company Subject: Matter will kick off the celebration... Read more about Kick-Off the ArtLab: Opening Celebration

Join a Western Ave. Arts Walk to learn about Allston’s public art! Pieces include both permanent and temporary works of art on view at the Harvard Ed Portal and... Read more about Western Ave. Arts Walk Tour

Join a Western Ave. Arts Walk to learn about Allston’s public art! Pieces include both permanent and temporary works of art on view at the Harvard Ed Portal and... Read more about Western Ave. Arts Walk Tour

Join a Western Ave. Arts Walk to learn about Allston’s public art! Pieces include both permanent and temporary works of art on view at the Harvard Ed Portal and... Read more about Western Ave. Arts Walk Tour