Robert J. Orchard is managing director and Robert Brustein is artistic director. Student passes are available at a discount. Arts First 2000 included over 2,000 students presenting more than 200 concerts, theatricals, dance productions, exhibitions, and multimedia installations. The director is Tom Everett. The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts showcases contemporary visual art.
Exhibitions go up throughout the year.
Regularly scheduled events in mixed media and film occur almost daily in the auditorium, in addition to lectures and symposia. Students in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies and others from the H-R community participate in the Center's activities. The Radcliffe Ceramics Studio , a collaborative workshop supervised by Nancy Selvage, attracts a diverse group of professionals and students who take classes, obtain independent study credit, share work space, and learn from visiting artists. Classes at all levels develop basic technical skills and encourage personal expression through class projects, slide presentations, group critiques, and individual consultations. Special workshops in soda vapor and raku firing and a course in glaze chemistry are offered.