Encouraging arts-focused
startups at the Institute
MIT is known as a place where innovative thinkers collaborate to turn big ideas born in the classroom, lab, or studio into successful businesses in the outside world, and that reputation applies just as much to the arts as to any other field.
There are a number of resources and programs on campus to help students turn their arts-focused idea into an enterprise. Interested students can access mentorship, work space, funding, workshops, and a chance to find collaborators.
For more information contact: arts@mit.edu
MIT Arts Startup Incubator
Workshops, mentorship, and a competition for $15,000
Apply in the fall semester, build a team and develop a business plan over the course of the year, and present a venture to a live judging panel in spring.
Voxel Lab
MIT’s music and art makerspace
A space dedicated to nurturing innovation and entrepreneurship in music and the arts at MIT