Opening Lecture for Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black: Sticks, Stumps, and Fingers—Drawings Revealed
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Harvard Art Museums
Free
To celebrate our new exhibition, conservator Kimberly Schenck will give a talk on the abundant variety of black drawing media.
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- Ages: Adults.
- Wheelchair accessible.
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- Registration dates
Free admission, but seating is limited and registration is encouraged. You can register by clicking on the event on this form beginning Monday, September 1, after 10am.
Cost
This Event is free!
Location
- In-person only.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Limited complimentary parking is available in the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge.
Dates and Times
Thursday, September 11 6PM – 7:30PM
The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Doors to the hall will open for seating at 5:30pm. Please enter at Broadway.
Additional information
In her lecture, Kimberly Schenck, former head of paper conservation at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., will discuss the diversity of black drawing media and how it affords artists different mark-making possibilities. Textures can range from crumbly to waxy, and marks made from pencils and sticks can be manipulated with tools such as fingertips, rolled paper stumps, and chamois cloths to create a range of tones. Artists also choose the paper for their media carefully—for its surface texture, resiliency, and color.
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Last updated August 5, 2025.
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