Visual Arts and Crafts

Listen to lyrical medieval Welsh poetry, in both old Welsh and English, read by Harvard student Samuel Puopolo.

Join staff member Tayana Fincher for a talk focusing on healing through the creation of art and close looking.

Recitals are performed on Harvard’s famous 1958 D. A. Flentrop organ, at Adolphus Busch Hall.

Bring your project and come join other fiber crafters in your community!

Drop by to contribute to a collaborative mural in the south lobby.

Come to the Library to create something special!

Curator Horace D. Ballard closely examines a work of art that speaks to the shifting contexts of American art.

Delve deeper into ancient sculpture, from a time when Celtic and Classical cultures clashed, with art historian Kimberly Cassibry.

Recitals are performed on Harvard’s famous 1958 D. A. Flentrop organ, at Adolphus Busch Hall.

Learn about and remake the first synthetic blue pigment in history with art conservators Lisa Barro and Carolyn Riccardelli.

Join staff as they discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer.

We’re keeping our doors open late for an evening of art, fun, food, and more!

In this workshop, you’ll learn about scent as a sensory medium in Japanese Buddhist funerary and memorial rituals and craft your own incense.

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

Join us at the Valente Branch for a simple craft. This month we will be making beaded earrings.

Supplies are limited. Registration is required.

Join Leigh Raiford and Teju Cole to examine photography’s role in social justice movements and national memory

Bring your project and enjoy the company of other fiber crafters

Join local artist Brooke Lambert for an introduction to the printmaking process of linocut.

Try out 2D animation with Gif-O-grafs!

Adults 18+ are invited to tell a story using 2D animation.

Registration Required.

Join us for a beginner-friendly counted cross stitch class at O'Neill!

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Treat yourself to an afternoon of fun, creativity, and community while a local artist guides us step-by-step through the process of creating a beautiful acrylic painting.

Have clothes to mend or craft projects to work on?

Celebrate the start of summer with friends (new and old), classmates, neighbors, colleagues, and family from the Cambridge, Kendall, and MIT communities!