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Department of Visual
and Environmental Studies
24 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel 617.495.3251
Fax 617.495.8197
ABOUT VES
Department of Visual and Environmental Studies
24 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel 617.495.3251
Fax 617.495.8197
The Department of Visual and Environmental Studies is a degree program in filmmaking, video, and film studies, studio art and photography, in visual culture and theory, and in design and the built environment. Located in the landmark Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, the only Le Corbusier building in the United States, the department offers studio and lecture courses and seminars in the Carpenter Center, in Sever Hall, and in our studios on Linden Street.
The principal educational goal of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies is to provide students in a liberal arts college with an opportunity to gain an understanding of visual quality and expression through both study and practice. The aim of the department is to achieve an understanding of the structure and meaning of the visual arts through practical and theoretical explorations in areas that include painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, design, film, video, and photography.
The department is committed to an integrated study of artistic practice, visual
culture and the critical study of the image. Our faculty of practitioners, critics and theorists works with students to develop both formal skills and a sophisticated understanding of the roles played by technical ability and individual invention in the creation of art. Visiting artists in painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, and animation join the resident faculty in exploring current issues in contemporary art in the context of the department's course offerings, and in exhibits and public lectures scheduled to take place throughout the year.
VES is inaugurating a new secondary field for graduate students in the area of
Film and Visual Studies. The program is open to any student enrolled in a PhD program in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, with the permission of the director of graduate studies of his or her home department, and of the director of graduate studies of film and visual studies in VES. For information on this exciting new program consult the Film and Visual Studies website at www.fas.harvard.edu/~filmstud.
If you are interested in talking with someone in VES about specific courses or faculty, constructing a Plan of Study, or the possibility of concentrating, you should contact Paula Soares, Manager of Academic Programs, soares@fas.harvard.edu, at 617-496-4469. Additionally, you can speak with the Director of Undergraduate Studies (Robb Moss, robbmoss@fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-6614) or Director of Undergraduate Studies for Film Studies (JD Connor, jdconnor@fas.harvard.edu,
617-496-6799.) They are available throughout the year to discuss any questions you might have or any plans you are considering.