Visual Arts and Crafts, Behavioral and Mental Health

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.

Join us for a workshop to make a small quilted potholder or trivet. Using the ‘assembly line” quilting method, you will plan, cut, and sew a quilt using our sewing machines.

Join the Watercolor Painting Workshop

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.

Kids in 6th, 7th and 8th grade can come to the Library to make designs with fuse beads! Snacks provided. No registration necessary.

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

Join the Acrylic Painting Workshop at our North Cambridge location and unleash your artistic talents with the guidance of a skilled instructor. You'll also get to take home your very own masterpiece!

This program, led by Zeenat Potia, will introduce and utilize mindfulness techniques to help us examine and regulate everyday life changes with a focus on aging.

Learn how to upcycle clothing over four sessions!

A fun, dynamic, and ultimately blissful class.

Welcome springtime's longer daylight hours by decorating a paper stained glass suncatcher.

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

Join us for a virtual Death Cafe - an evening of open, lively, and insightful discussion about death for adults aged 18 and older.

This class is designed for people of all levels to strengthen the muscles, the heart and the brain--all while having fun and moving to great music!

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required. 

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.

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required.