Arts
The arts are an integral part of each Haverford School boy's education.
The arts at Haverford lead to self discovery and expression. Haverford students work side-by-side with faculty who are practicing artists themselves. We host master classes and visiting artists, hold an annual Arts Festival, study at museums and galleries, and publish an arts and literary magazine, Pegasus, which was recently granted a gold medal by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
Our arts program inspires creative thought that transcends disciplines.
Empathy, Connection, Communication
The Best for Boys speaker series is an annual forum for the educational experts at The Haverford School to discuss the practices that help foster the social, emotional, and academic growth of young boys.
Darren Hengst, the Grace and Mahlon Buck Chair in Performing Arts, recently gave a Best for Boys presentation titled "Performing Arts—Empathy, Connection, Communication."
News
Click the headlines below to learn more about our vibrant visual and performing arts programs.
![Scholastic Art Award silver key winner Xan Matuch]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1738266963/haverfordschool/ihbfdlp9q7t1jafelmr5/3.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1738266963/haverfordschool/ihbfdlp9q7t1jafelmr5/3.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1738266963/haverfordschool/ihbfdlp9q7t1jafelmr5/3.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1738266963/haverfordschool/ihbfdlp9q7t1jafelmr5/3.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1738266963/haverfordschool/ihbfdlp9q7t1jafelmr5/3.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1738266963/haverfordschool/ihbfdlp9q7t1jafelmr5/3.png","width":2025}])
![Harvey Pennington]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1685025806/haverfordschool/qnctx38tajghtwj74g1e/20230309-USMusical-1553-4K_small.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1685025806/haverfordschool/qnctx38tajghtwj74g1e/20230309-USMusical-1553-4K_small.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1685025806/haverfordschool/qnctx38tajghtwj74g1e/20230309-USMusical-1553-4K_small.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1685025806/haverfordschool/qnctx38tajghtwj74g1e/20230309-USMusical-1553-4K_small.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1685025806/haverfordschool/qnctx38tajghtwj74g1e/20230309-USMusical-1553-4K_small.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1685025806/haverfordschool/qnctx38tajghtwj74g1e/20230309-USMusical-1553-4K_small.jpg","width":2200}])
![Performing Arts Department receives 14 nominations from Philadelphia Independence Awards]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1682965711/haverfordschool/rggr5tgtannvnconirsk/20230309-USMusical-1785.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1682965711/haverfordschool/rggr5tgtannvnconirsk/20230309-USMusical-1785.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1682965711/haverfordschool/rggr5tgtannvnconirsk/20230309-USMusical-1785.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1682965711/haverfordschool/rggr5tgtannvnconirsk/20230309-USMusical-1785.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1682965711/haverfordschool/rggr5tgtannvnconirsk/20230309-USMusical-1785.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1682965711/haverfordschool/rggr5tgtannvnconirsk/20230309-USMusical-1785.jpg","width":2200}])
![Screenshot of the Middle School boys performing with the Philadelphia at Rockefeller Center]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1672779781/haverfordschool/aoeizo1ley3qw1u815vz/ScreenshotoftheMiddleSchoolboysperformingwiththePhiladelphiaatRockefellerCenter.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1672779781/haverfordschool/aoeizo1ley3qw1u815vz/ScreenshotoftheMiddleSchoolboysperformingwiththePhiladelphiaatRockefellerCenter.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1672779781/haverfordschool/aoeizo1ley3qw1u815vz/ScreenshotoftheMiddleSchoolboysperformingwiththePhiladelphiaatRockefellerCenter.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1672779781/haverfordschool/aoeizo1ley3qw1u815vz/ScreenshotoftheMiddleSchoolboysperformingwiththePhiladelphiaatRockefellerCenter.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1672779781/haverfordschool/aoeizo1ley3qw1u815vz/ScreenshotoftheMiddleSchoolboysperformingwiththePhiladelphiaatRockefellerCenter.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1672779781/haverfordschool/aoeizo1ley3qw1u815vz/ScreenshotoftheMiddleSchoolboysperformingwiththePhiladelphiaatRockefellerCenter.jpg","width":2200}])
![James and Noah Gates perform for a nursing home community in their native Iowa]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1657026316/haverfordschool/v2yqstlzh3zvrdjekcyz/JamesandNoahGates.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1657026316/haverfordschool/v2yqstlzh3zvrdjekcyz/JamesandNoahGates.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1657026316/haverfordschool/v2yqstlzh3zvrdjekcyz/JamesandNoahGates.jpg","width":750}])
![Performing Arts Department receives 16 nominations from Philadelphia Independence Awards]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1651770961/haverfordschool/rqa7o3ultasxcimusywh/jr-SomethingRotten_0175.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1651770961/haverfordschool/rqa7o3ultasxcimusywh/jr-SomethingRotten_0175.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1651770961/haverfordschool/rqa7o3ultasxcimusywh/jr-SomethingRotten_0175.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1651770961/haverfordschool/rqa7o3ultasxcimusywh/jr-SomethingRotten_0175.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1651770961/haverfordschool/rqa7o3ultasxcimusywh/jr-SomethingRotten_0175.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1651770961/haverfordschool/rqa7o3ultasxcimusywh/jr-SomethingRotten_0175.jpg","width":2200}])
![Upper School art class makes campus collages using new laser cutter]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1614013926/haverfordschool/noh124wj3hyouv4d3hpz/PatDLaserCutterproject.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1614013926/haverfordschool/noh124wj3hyouv4d3hpz/PatDLaserCutterproject.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1614013926/haverfordschool/noh124wj3hyouv4d3hpz/PatDLaserCutterproject.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1614013926/haverfordschool/noh124wj3hyouv4d3hpz/PatDLaserCutterproject.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1614013926/haverfordschool/noh124wj3hyouv4d3hpz/PatDLaserCutterproject.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1614013926/haverfordschool/noh124wj3hyouv4d3hpz/PatDLaserCutterproject.jpg","width":2200}])
![Two US students selected for Media Arts Council High School Show]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1614012941/haverfordschool/pp1vaubrqp0bo254uyu3/Sawhney-Neil_The-smokey-buddha-432.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1614012941/haverfordschool/pp1vaubrqp0bo254uyu3/Sawhney-Neil_The-smokey-buddha-432.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1614012941/haverfordschool/pp1vaubrqp0bo254uyu3/Sawhney-Neil_The-smokey-buddha-432.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1614012941/haverfordschool/pp1vaubrqp0bo254uyu3/Sawhney-Neil_The-smokey-buddha-432.jpg","width":1200}])
![Haverford III Former Shines in Worldwide Piano Master Class]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602687352/haverfordschool/xq9bxrqharxku1v02jyq/JamesGatesMSTalentShow.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1602687352/haverfordschool/xq9bxrqharxku1v02jyq/JamesGatesMSTalentShow.jpg","width":432}])
![Rising II Former James: Piano Prodigy Performs In Siouxland]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1596480251/haverfordschool/r0fyvyjra9aba4qg5ldn/JamesGatesIIIFormerSiouxlandProudNews.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1596480251/haverfordschool/r0fyvyjra9aba4qg5ldn/JamesGatesIIIFormerSiouxlandProudNews.png","width":432}])
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