Arts at MIT

Arts Scholars at Tanglewood on Parade

Tim Lemp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:03:23 +0000

MIT’s Arts Scholars make their first trip to the BSO’s summer home for a day of parades, conductorless Beethoven, and a cellist on a golf cart Past midnight on a Saturday in August, a chartered bus on the Mass Pike carried … Continued

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Remembering Brit d’Arbeloff

Tim Lemp — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:22:55 +0000

The MIT arts community mourns the passing of Brit d’Arbeloff, Corporation Life Member Emerita and one of the most dedicated champions for the arts at MIT, who died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 91. For nearly three … Continued

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Flying Fingers

Tim Lemp — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:58:44 +0000

A collaboration between two visiting artists, MIT faculty, and students breathes new life into a revered and endangered textile tradition The fabric is so fine that you can read through it. Muslin, a hand-woven cotton textile originating in Bengal more … Continued

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Home on the Stage: The 2026 Louis Sudler Prize Winner

Tim Lemp — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:53:06 +0000

Xinyu Xu takes home this year’s prize When Xinyu Xu ’26 was eight years old, her entire school was invited to participate in an all-day sports festival at Beijing’s National Stadium—the “Bird’s Nest” stadium that had just been completed for … Continued

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Finding Place and Purpose: 2026 Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts Winners

Tim Lemp — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:52:27 +0000

Four graduate artists win this year’s prize: Coco Allred, C Jacob Payne, Jessica Stringham and Harrison White Each year, accomplished professionals enroll in MIT graduate art, architecture, design programs. They come in search of new skills. But they also bring … Continued

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The 2026 MIT Arts Startup Incubator

Tim Lemp — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:55:11 +0000

We may never unravel the complex DNA that codes for human creativity. Some artistic talents seem to take shape from thin air, inexplicable and otherworldly. Others appear more human, the fruit of hard work and perseverance. But no talent, whatever … Continued

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Four Honorees Take Home 2026 Laya And Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Awards

Tim Lemp — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:47:50 +0000

Clay Lewis, Andrea Marcano-Delgado, Perry Naseck, and Gloria Zhu were chosen this year Since 1979, the Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT) has been honoring members of the MIT community for their arts-related contributions with the annual Laya and … Continued

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Down the Spider Rabbit Hole

Tim Lemp — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:56:45 +0000

MIT’s Dan Safer directs Tony Torn in a surreal anti-war play bound for New York “Hiii-iii! I’m Spider Rabbit.” The man wearing white coveralls, floppy paper ears, and chalky face paint beams out at the crowd. With the jollity of … Continued

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Student Voices: Arts Scholars Experience the Vienna Philharmonic’s Return to Boston

Tim Lemp — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:57:23 +0000

A night to remember The silence of Symphony Hall was broken by a faint beat on the timpani, and I felt myself drawn forwards, holding my breath. The row of Arts Scholars beside me were doing the same—all of us … Continued

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Gamelan at MIT

Tim Lemp — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:30:21 +0000

In advance of the ensemble’s new concert, MIT professor and Gamelan Galak Tika co-founder Evan Ziporyn reflects on the group’s more than thirty year history In 1979, Evan Ziporyn was filing vinyl at Festoon’s, a part-time job while studying … Continued

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Polyglot Geometry

Tim Lemp — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:05:12 +0000

The exhibition Encoding-Decoding Constellations at the MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery presents PhD student Rebecca Lin’s experiments in mathematical abstraction, computation, and contemporary craft. To innovate as a technologist, you need to be a polyglot—fluent in multiple languages of problem-solving, … Continued

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Inside the Dream Hotel

Tim Lemp — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:49:14 +0000

How MIT alumni created an experimental installation at the MIT Museum to turn our innermost worlds into collective experiences Hotel #2: Communal Dreams is composed of three handcrafted aluminum cylinders, each one equipped with a narrow black mattress, that converge … Continued

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Investigating With Illusion

Tim Lemp — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:12:56 +0000

Part magic, part social experiment, visiting artist Jeanette Andrews’ “The Attestation” examines preconceived notions and belief polarization At a time when people across the country and the globe have never seemed more polarized, it may sometimes take a different kind … Continued

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Connecting Gaia

Tim Lemp — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:07:54 +0000

A new exhibition at the MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery defies the distinctions between technology and biology, art and science, exploring and advancing our planet’s net of connections. Connection is the essence of the Gaia hypothesis. Proposed by chemist James … Continued

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Photo Essay: Arts Scholars at Hamilton

Tim Lemp — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:36:55 +0000

The Arts Scholars enjoy an unforgettable evening with the cast and crew of Hamilton‘s North American tour Less than one month into the 2025 fall semester, the Arts Scholars have already gathered for three events, most recently an evening at … Continued

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Learning from Shapes

Tim Lemp — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:56:43 +0000

Inspired by early educational theories, MIT student Coco Allred creates a unique learning space inside the art gallery A new exhibition, “Primacy of Shape,” by Coco Allred (SmACT ‘26) explores the use of shape through the creation of prints, artist’s … Continued

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The 2025 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts

H. Erickson — Sun, 11 May 2025 01:58:13 +0000

The Council for the Arts at MIT congratulates the recipients of the 2025 Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts, awarded for excellence in a body of work. Cheng Qin, Chenyue “xdd44” Dai, and Vinzenz Aubry are all artists who capture … Continued

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Louis Sudler Prize: Holden Mui

Tim Lemp — Thu, 08 May 2025 18:57:11 +0000

According to family legend, Holden Mui ’25 learned to read sheet music before he learned to read words. “I don’t know whether that’s true or not,” says Mui, a double major in Music and Mathematics who in April learned he’d … Continued

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Four Honorees Earn Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Awards for 2025

Tim Lemp — Thu, 08 May 2025 18:56:59 +0000

Vivian Clarissah Chinoda ’25, Ezekiel Daye ’25, Emi Grady Willis ’25 and Ana Schon SM ’25 earn the prestigious award This week the Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT) publicly honored four students for their arts-related contributions to campus … Continued

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Council for the Arts at MIT Spring 2025 Grant Recipients

Lydia Brosnahan — Mon, 05 May 2025 16:58:05 +0000

The Council for the Arts at MIT provides funding for arts projects that engage the MIT community. The Council’s Grants Committee considers proposals for projects in the fall and spring semesters. Spring 2025 Grants Committee Funding Recipients Twenty-one projects by MIT students, staff, and … Continued

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Creative and not Common: The 2025 MIT Arts Startup Incubator

Tim Lemp — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:02:54 +0000

The team at Front Row Fantasy got their arts venture idea from a text chain. The team at CRATE started out with a different idea for its creative enterprise—and a different name. Both teams, along with eight other teams, saw … Continued

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The Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building Opens with Sonic Jubilance

Tim Lemp — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:08:13 +0000

An exuberant performance included five premieres by MIT composers, a fitting tribute to open the new home of the MIT Music program and launch the MIT festival of the arts, Artfinity Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), the German polymath … Continued

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Kinetic Ensemble Comes to MIT

Tim Lemp — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:19:33 +0000

Kinetic Ensemble, a 16-piece string orchestra that came to Boston for a weeklong residency at MIT, may play without a conductor. But that hardly means the ensemble lacks direction. Or a signature sound. “Our audiences tell us there is a … Continued

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Artfinity: Celebrating the Ecosystem of the Arts at MIT

Tim Lemp — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:35:51 +0000

Creativity animates every corner of the MIT community, driving students, researchers, and faculty to connect across disciplines in search of new insights. Nowhere are these connections more electric than in the arts. This semester, the MIT community will revel in … Continued

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Student Voices: MIT Arts Scholars Experience an Exclusive Evening with the Berliner Philharmoniker

Tim Lemp — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:58:41 +0000

A private concert and conversation showcase the breadth of artistic exchange at MIT On Thursday November 21, a group of MIT Arts Scholars gathered at the Goethe-Institut Boston for a private chamber music concert with members of the Berlin … Continued

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