Harvardwood NYC Chapter, join fellow alumni and friends for an exclusive look at the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC), before the facility opens to the public this fall. This extraordinary new venue will serve as a home for all the performing arts – theater, dance, music, opera, film, and media. A performing arts center has been part of the master plan for rebuilding the World Trade Center site since 2003. Located next to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, PAC NYC will bring new life and vitality to the site and to lower Manhattan – and expand horizons for the arts in New York City. 

The new PAC building lit up

After experiencing PAC NYC with Artistic Director Bill Rauch, we’ll wind down with a casual reception and time for networking at Bill’s West Side Bar at the Marriott Downtown, with 2 drinks included for each guest. 

Members of Harvardwood can register for free below.

Non-members are now able join the waitlist by emailing [email protected] 

We only have 30 spots, so please reserve at your earliest convenience. 

Members, RSVP Here: 

The Ceramics Program supports the creative efforts of a wide array of artists in the Boston area - potters, sculptors, painters, etc. We pride ourselves on our community and we understand that many times, students wish to engage in thoughtful dialogue and critique on work outside of the classroom. In a hopes to promote further engagement between our community members, we have asked John Borstel and Catherine Stewart to introduce us to the Critical Response Process (CRP).

If you are doing creative work, you are experiencing feedback: invited or unsolicited, formal or casual, in dialogue with others or in your own head. Handling and applying feedback can be decisive in how we value our work, how we grow, and how we sustain a sense of community in artistic contexts. The Critical Response Process (CRP) devised by choreographer Liz Lerman in 1990, is a four-step process and toolkit of principles for guiding actionable feedback on creative works in progress. CRP emphasizes the power of questions and the potential of informed dialogue between an artist and a group of responders. It offers principles to animate generative conversations between creative collaborators and peers.

Participants in this workshop will learn CRP as a structured feedback method that leaves the maker eagerly motivated to get back to work. We’ll explore CRP’s principles of meaning, inquiry, and engaged/suspended judgment, and experience applications to enhance personal and collective learning, support peer dialogue and artistic conversations, and bring clarity and abundance to creative process. While this workshop centers craft and visual artwork, it welcomes people from all creative disciplines.

Workshop Fee: $150.00 for Adult Community and Harvard Graduate students; FREE for Harvard Undergraduates

***Those enrolled in Summer 2023 classes will receive a 25% discount code prior to registration!***

More info HERE.

Register HERE.

Join Harvardwood for a reunion mixer the first weekend of June, in-person in Cambridge!

We'll meet between 3-5pm on the patio at Charlie's Kitchen.

Save the date, come for food, fun, and friends! RSVP below so we know that you're coming! See you there!

Finding the Right Mental Health Support for You is a one-hour workshop that addresses the interest in finding a therapist and how finding the right one can often feel daunting. The intention of this workshop is to demystify the big questions around mental health care, including the different mental health provider options, the cost of counseling, how insurance can work to ameliorate such costs, and what mental health options there are for those who might not be insured. This workshop is designed to give those in the entertainment industry an understanding of what types of mental health resources are out there, how to determine which ones might be a good fit, and how to access them.

More info HERE.

RSVP HERE.

10 am–12 pm ET/9–11 am CT/7–9 am PT

This workshop is offered nationally.  Please adjust for your time zone.

The Entertainment Community Fund Financial Wellness Program seeks to engage, educate and empower performing arts professionals about the role of money in their lives.

This three-week experience builds on the concepts introduced in Intro to Financial Wellness and focuses on developing a healthy relationship with money and practical money management skills as a creative professional. Participants will learn and begin to implement specific strategies for organizing expenses, planning with multiple and/or episodic income, managing and eliminating debt, saving, investing, aligning professional and financial goals, and more.

The Managing Cash Flow Intensive covers the same concepts as our six-week Managing Cash Flow workshop at a faster, condensed pace. Those who complete all three sessions of the Intensive will be invited to continue their financial wellness journey by participating in monthly meetings of the Financial Wellness Graduate Mastermind.

Prerequisite: 

1–2:30 pm PT/3–4:30 pm CT /4–5:30 pm ET 

ABOUT THIS SERIES

The world of work and meaningful connection for people over 50 is challenged by a number of factors such as ageism. The Career Center's Creativity Doesn't Age Speaker Series invites guest speakers who have knowledge and commitment to addressing strategies for our community to connect and engage in creative ways. Topics highlighted by our speakers are relevant to arts professionals at all ages and stages of their lives and careers.

Is your creative career in need of a refresh? 
Are you open to exploring new artistic opportunities? 

If you are interested in considering different ways to enhance multiple aspects of your creative self in your career, this is an event not to be missed.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER

Yvonne Farrow is an Arts Manager with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Performing Arts Division (PERF) and specifically serves as Project Manager overseeing the Vision Theatre Performing Arts Center from its renovation through its reopening. Farrow was recently honored by the Los Angeles Association of Black Personnel with the 2023 Trailblazer Award. Formerly a concert dancer and model, Farrow was an award-winning actress, choreographer and filmmaker. She was also co-partner in the production company Twinbiz, writing, directing and producing original projects for stage, television and film, with an emphasis on social justice. Yvonne received her Master’s Degree in Arts Management at Claremont Graduate University. Yvonne is also a published author and has written several articles on the arts.

More info HERE.

RSVP HERE.

2–4:30 pm ET/1–3:30 pm CT/11 am–1:30 pm PT

This workshop is offered nationally. Please adjust for your time zone.

This workshop aims to help you maintain financial health and well-being when dealing with the challenges of managing debt as a creative professional. We discuss tools and strategies for managing debt with episodic income, including negotiating with creditors, the pros and cons of various forms of debt relief and how to navigate the impact of your debt on your credit and cash flow. We focus mainly on revolving (credit card) debt, but will also touch on installment debt (mortgages, student loans, etc.).

This interactive workshop is designed to provide information, resources and support for entertainment industry professionals with all levels and types of debt. Following the main presentation, we will address as many of your questions as possible.

***Please note that this workshop is not recorded. You must attend live to participate.***

More info HERE.

RSVP HERE.