About
The 2026 Harvard Staff Art Show celebrates the creative work of the Harvard University staff through three local shows across campus in the spring of 2026.
This year’s Staff Art Show is brought to you by a team of University-wide staff volunteers in partnership with the Harvard Ed Portal, Countway Library, Harvard Common Spaces, and Harvard Real Estate.
For questions about the show, please contact: StaffArtShow@harvard.edu
Mission Statement
In the spirit of inclusion and belonging at Harvard, we want to establish a space where staff can share their creative endeavors with each other and with the University-wide community. We want to provide the opportunity to show our “whole selves” – the artistic, creative sides that may not otherwise be a part of our work at Harvard. In doing so, we also strive to impart a sense of beauty, inspiration, and hope for a better tomorrow on our colleagues, family, and friends.
History
In 2020, the Smith Campus Center Staff Art Show showcased over 60 artworks by 32 staff artists.
When COVID hit, we moved online. Without the need for a physical space, the 2021 Staff Art Show was opened to the whole University, and over 160 artists presented their work in our Virtual Gallery, which launched in February 2021 with an online event attended by over 400 people.
In 2022, like everyone else, we went hybrid. We held a virtual gallery and online launch event, as well as four in-person shows around campus: Memorial Church, Smith Campus Center, the Ed Portal, and Countway Library.
With the support of the President’s Administrative Innovation Fund, the 2023 Staff Art Show built a set of traveling gallery materials, hosted three staff artist events, and continued our virtual gallery and in-person shows.
In 2024 and 2025, the show was sponsored by Harvard Human Resources and included a Virtual Gallery, local shows across campus, as well as events for staff artists.
Virtual galleries for our earlier shows can be found here:
The artworks displayed online and in person reflect the views and opinions of their creators and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views or opinions of Harvard University or any of its units, officers, or members of its governing boards.