The Keith Haring Chair in Art and Activism brings a prominent scholar, activist, or artist to Bard College each year, where they spend one semester in residence teaching in the CCS Bard and Human Rights Programs and pursuing their own research project.
Untitled wall drawing, circa 1981, Keith Haring artwork © Keith Haring Foundation.
For over a decade, scholars have benefitted from this fellowship, which represents Bard's commitment exploring the interaction between political engagement and artistic practices and to bringing leading practitioners from around the world into Bard's classrooms. This fellowship is made possible by the Keith Haring Foundation.
In 2022, the Foundation endowed the fellowship in perpetuity. It honors Keith Haring's relationship with the College, where he visited and drew a wall installation in the 1980s. Each year, a Fellow is announced jointly by the Center for Curatorial Studies and the Human Rights Project.
In 2022, the Foundation endowed the fellowship in perpetuity. It honors Keith Haring's relationship with the College, where he visited and drew a wall installation in the 1980s. Each year, a Fellow is announced jointly by the Center for Curatorial Studies and the Human Rights Project.