You are invited to a student-led tour of the Harvard Art Museums titled
World in a Vessel
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
5:30 PM (eastern time)
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 11th or 10th 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.
The tour will be hosted in Zoom and 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 chatbox.
Webinar link for the tour
https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96504521797
(no password required)
You must have a version of Zoom on your computer.
Click here to download a free version of Zoom.
One of the works Kaitlin Hao will discuss is a highly decorative
Chinese bronze ritual food vessel from the Zhou dynasty.
Photo courtesy of Alexis Boo '22.
About the Guide
Kaitlin Hao ‘21 is a senior in Currier studying History of Art and Architecture, focusing on 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.
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
You may also submit a donation by card using the following website: https://community.alumni.harvard.edu/give/13243053
Under Select a Fund please click OTHER – Harvard Art Museums and write Education Fund where it says Other Fund Name.