Materials Lab Workshop: Making Faces

When:
Sunday, Dec 04, 2022 10:00a -
1:00p

Where:
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission:
$15

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Categories:
Accessible Spots, Art, Classes, Photoworthy

Event website:
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This workshop accompanies the exhibition Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward, which invites viewers to ask more about the complicated histories of these portraits and the people they depict. The exhibition explores what can be learned about the artistic process and current condition of these works through scientific analysis and technical research conducted by staff in the Harvard Art Museums’ Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Funerary Portraits is on view through December 30, 2022.


In this two-part workshop, join us first in the exhibition galleries with conservators Kate Smith and Georgina Rayner for a close look at the portraits and learn what our curators, conservators, and scientists have discovered about them. Then take that experience to the Materials Lab, where you’ll make your own version of an ancient tempera painting using some of the same materials and techniques used by Roman-period artists. This workshop aims to honor and remember the woman in the ancient portrait we will copy, and to celebrate the relationship between artist and sitter that allowed the woman’s essence to be captured so powerfully.


Led by:

Kate Smith, Conservator of Paintings and Head of Paintings Lab, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

Georgina Rayner, Associate Conservation Scientist, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies


No prior experience necessary. This workshop will take place in the Materials Lab, Lower Level.


$15 materials fee. Registration is required and space is limited. Registration for this workshop will open on Thursday, November 24, 2022 at this link, and participants will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. To join the waitlist, please email [email protected]. Minimum age of 14.

Please see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museum.


The Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs, please contact us at [email protected] at least 48 hours in advance.

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