By DENISE J. XU
According to the Office for the Arts (OFA), the visual work of Council Prize in Visual Arts winner Alexandra M. Hays ’09 “addresses the critique of social customs and expectations of the West’s myopic perspective on the East, especially China.” But Hays does not entirely agree with this interpretation. Yes, Hays admits, her background as an East Asian Studies concentrator has influenced her art more than a history of working from any particular medium. “But I’m not really an artist,” she says. “I just make projects and a lot .of the time there’s something to them about Asia because that’s what I study and think about.”
Claudia F. Schreier ’08
By KERRY A. GOODENOW
While the Dance Department may not be why most students choose Harvard, for Claudia F. Schreier ’08—recipient of the Office for the Arts’ Suzanne Farrell Dance Prize–dancing has been the most significant part of her undergraduate career.
David S. Jewett '08
By ROSS S. WEINSTEIN
He’s been called director, actor, and producer, but those in the theater community know him best as technician, carpenter, set builder and light designer.
Elizabeth C. Lim ’08
By JESSICA O. MATTHEWS
If you have attended any of the classical music events on campus, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the music of Elizabeth C. Lim ’08.
Bong Ihn Koh ’08
By ROY COHEN
Bong Ihn Koh ’08 might have picked up the cello at the age of seven and started his international career at the age of 12, but the winner of the 2008 Louis Sudler Prize ultimately does not want to be remembered as a great cellist.
Sophie C. Kargman ’08
By MOLLIE K WRIGHT
Through her work as an actress, Sophie C. Kargman ’08—the recipient of this year’s Jonathan Levy Award in Drama—has really learned how to connect with people, and not just the directors, mentors, and other actors she’s worked with.
Kara E. Kaufman ’08
By ESTHER I. YI
Kara E. Kaufman ’08 has a difficult time staying still. As she walks briskly past the stage at the Loeb Drama Center, the former rhythmic gymnast may just as well have been on a landing mat, about to launch into a somersault.
Arlo D. Hill ’08
By EMILY G.W. CHAU
“Of Arlo-hill (Who knowes not Arlo-hill?)” Arlo D. Hill ’08 first stumbled across this verse from Edmund Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene” after searching his name on Google, although he says that his name was probably more inspired by folk artist Arlo Guthrie than the Elizabethan poet.
James A. Powers ’08
By KERRY A. GOODENOW
Although Lampoon members have a reputation for being obnoxious and over-the-top, James A. Powers ’08, a soft-spoken Irishman, does not conform to stereotypes. Powers has illustrated covers for the Lampoon and drawn cartoons for The Crimson, but painting is where his passion lies.
Charlie I. Miller ’08
By AMANDA C. LYNCH
Charlie I. Miller ’08 got his start in filmmaking in eighth grade. Always interested in his Jewish heritage, Miller became fascinated by the Jewish steam baths, or shvitz. One documentary later, Miller had laid the foundations for a career of turning personal passions into art.
Marcus G. Miller ’08
By AMA R. FRANCIS
Marcus G. Miller ’08 has dreadlocks that tell a story. After discovering African American literature his sophomore year of high school, he started to think for himself for the first time and grew ’locks to commemorate the development. But more than just matted spirals of hair, Miller’s dreads symbolize the connection between literature and his appearance, art and his life.
Madelyn M. Ho ’08
By RACHEL M. GREEN
Madelyn M. Ho ’08 began her dance career choreographing her own routines to a cassette tape of “Amazing Grace” at the age of six. Now, approaching the end of her senior year at Harvard, the Chemical and Physical Biology concentrator plans to move to New York after graduation and pursue dance professionally.
Mimi Yu ’08
By BETSY L. MEAD
The Signet Society building on 46 Dunster St. seems like the perfect place to conduct an interview with Harvard’s cellist extraordinaire, Mimi Yu ’08. And at 5 p.m., when the Signet’s Friday Tea is in full swing with soft jazz music wafting down the hallway, it’s also the perfect time.
Rachel E. Whitaker ’08
By MARY A. BRAZELTON
Although she is probably one of the most well-versed scholars of film studies at Harvard, Rachel E. Whitaker ’08 started off her college career on the crew team.
Catrin Lloyd-Ballard ’08
By RYAN J. MEEHAN
When Catrin M. Lloyd-Bollard ’08 auditioned for her first play the summer before high school, a local production of “The Tempest,” it may have been difficult to divine where her nascent ambitions would bring her.
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