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MIT Arts Scholar Felix Li's Wok Palace 88, "A Soft Grand Opening," MIT W97 Theater Building. Credit: HErickson/MIT.

Arachnodrone, an immersive multimedia installation on display at the MIT Museum

Installation view of Arachnodrone at the MIT Museum. Credit: Sham Sthinkya/MIT.

Nikolaos Vlavianos Measures Immersion in Virtual Space

Point-cloud generated from aerial data for PhD Dissertation in Design & Computation. Credit: Nikolaos Vlavianos.

“Ways of Seeing” project documents endangered Afghan heritage sites

Ways of Seeing: The urban environment around Gawhar Saad, Herat, Afghanistan. Photogrammetry in XR Nikolaos Vlavianos (MIT), On-site data collection Moby Group.

Learning to Compute Through Art

Student in Introduction to Physical Computing for Artists IAP SAA Class taught by Timothy Lee. Photo credit: Sarah Bastille.

Arts, humanities, and STEM fields forge an essential partnership at MIT

MIT Dome, Aerocene Test Flights, April 2018. Credit: Sham Sthankiya.

COMPUTING AND THE ARTS: Explore MIT works of artistry and innovation

The arts at MIT are rooted in experimentation, risk-taking, and imaginative problem-solving.

 ~65% of first-year students in the last decade have been active in the arts

An outstanding and growing public art collection of more than 50 works

MIT has the oldest architecture program in the United States, established in 1865

Student Opportunities in the Arts at MIT

Study

Pursue a major, minor, concentration, or graduate degree in the arts

Connect

Join a community of like-minded art enthusiasts and creative practitioners

Experience Art

Explore the galleries, exhibition spaces, museum, and public art on the MIT campus

Make Art

Acquire funding, tools, training, and space to create

Visit Campus

Art events, exhibitions, and performances available to the public at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Attend an Event

Find arts events happening in the area

Academics & Research

Classes for Credit

Learn about majors, minors, concentrations, Masters, and PhDs in the arts

MIT Faculty Projects

We offer funding for MIT faculty and principal or senior research staff from all departments, labs, and centers for the development of creative projects

Extra-Academic Classes

Through MIT Arts Studios, we provide extra-academic, hands-on instruction and studio experience in the arts for all levels in a range of media

Cross-Registration

Full-time MIT students may cross-register for classes at Harvard University, Wellesley College, and Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Visiting Artists Collaborations

We host artists from a range of visual and performing arts disciplines each year, immersing students in the creative process and fostering cross-disciplinary problem-solving

Cross-Disciplinary Classes

We support cross-disciplinary initiatives that integrate the arts into the core curriculum and create new artistic work, materials, media, and technologies for artistic expression

Resources & Opportunities

For Students

Find extra-curricular arts classes, exhibition space, mentorship, makerspace, performance groups, funding for your projects, and much more

For Faculty

Get support for your creative projects, hosting artist residencies, teaching cross-disciplinary classes, and conducting research

For Staff

Get free and discounted tickets to MIT arts events on and off campus, take an arts class, and engage with other art enthusiasts

For Alumni

Stay connected to the arts at MIT after you graduate

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Visit Campus

Information about the 50+ works in MIT’s public art collection, exhibitions open to the public, and a large variety of events and performances throughout the year

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