HUCA

Harvard University Committee on the Arts

The Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA) is charged with advising the president and provost on developing policies and plans that will enhance the presence of the arts at Harvard and make the arts a central component of the University’s educational mission.

Art installation by Teresita Fernandez in Harvard Yard

Selected Past Projects

Poster from John Harvard Projection Project with an image of the John Harvard statue and program details

Krzysztof Wodiczko - John Harvard Projection, 2015

John Harvard statue with a projection of a student on top of it
Screen grab of John Harvard Projection Poster with 2015 event details
A tap dancer surrounded by orange tubes as part of the Autumn (...Nothing Personal) art installation
Close up of the yellow and orange tubes lit up to create the Autumn (...Nothing Personal) art installation
Poster about the Autumn (...Nothing Personal Project)

Autumn (...Nothing Personal) installation by Teresita Fernández, 2018. Top left, dancer Ayodele Casel performs inside the installation. 

Harvard Campus with Banners

Tomashi Jackson created vibrant banners for Harvard Yard that depict civil rights activists Ruth Batson and Pauli Murray in 2021 (photo: Aram Boghosian).

dancers, dressed in white, appear to be emerging from the ocean.

Choreographer and dance scholar Nailah Randall-Bellinger created “Initiation — In Love Solidarity, a choreographic narrative with both film and live components. 2021.

Yard with rocks and a tire rim with plaques with quotes from Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb"

Jordan Weber's Perennial Philosophies, which features excerpts from the Amanda Gorman poem “The Hill We Climb.” 2021.