Materials Lab Workshop: How to Draw a Pot

Fee: $35 paid at registration; $28 for current Fellows, Friends and Partners, paid at registration. Materials are included. Your purchase helps support the educational mission of the Harvard Art Museums.
Age restrictions: Age 14 and older
Where to go: Materials Lab, Lower Level
Accessibility accommodations: If you would like to request accommodations for your visit, please contact Visitor Services at [email protected] or 617-495-9400. For more details about accommodations at the museums, please see the Accessibility page.
Hand-drawn, painstakingly measured illustrations of excavated artifacts are key tools in archaeological research. Celebrate International Archaeology Day by joining Cathy Alexander, archaeological illustrator for Harvard’s Archaeological Exploration of Sardis in western Türkiye, and Caitlin Chien Clerkin, archaeologist and research curator for ancient art, to learn how these technical drawings are made and used. Then try your hand at the precise drafting process yourself!