Harvard Dining Services: Food in Art Tour

Date: 

Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Online

Join us on Zoom for a bitesize look at the role of food in art, presented in partnership with the Food Literacy Project at Harvard University Dining Services!

From vegetable-based dyes to dairy fixatives, food and art share a long and interesting history. In this talk, curatorial and conservation fellows Ruby Awburn, Lauren Hanson, Leonie Mueller, and Julie Wertz will take us on a culinary tour of the Harvard Art Museums and discuss the varied roles that food has played in art.

Led by:
Ruby Awburn, Richard I. Shader Fellow in Paintings Conservation, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
Lauren Hanson, Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art
Leonie Mueller, Craigen W. Bowen Paper Conservation Fellow, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
Julie Wertz, Beal Family Postgraduate Fellow in Conservation Science, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

Presented in partnership with the Food Literacy Project – Harvard University Dining Services.

This virtual event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Sign up here.