Artfinity

Concerts

Image: David Bowie's Blackstar performed by Maya Beiser with the Ambient Orchestra in Kresge Auditorium, 2017.

Film screenings

Performances

Image: Davóne Tines (Horselover Fat/Philip K. Dick) and Kristin Young (Sophia) in VALIS. Credit: Maria Baranova.

Exhibitions & Installations

Image: Installation view of The Deep Time Project exhibition, MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery, 2023. Credit: Tim Lemp/MIT.

Augmented reality experiences

Image: The Borderline Mural Project at Arts on the Radar, 2017. Credit: HErickson/MIT.

A celebration of creativity and community at MIT

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is pleased to announce Artfinity, a multi-week arts festival hosted on its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The wide range of performances, exhibitions, augmented reality experiences, films, art-making, and other events from February to May 2025 are open to the public. The festivities launch with a celebration of the new Edward and Joyce Linde music building on February 15, and conclude with a presentation on May 1 by Es Devlin, the recipient of the 2025 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT.

All are invited to attend and explore artworks that represent the depth and breadth of creativity, cultural expression, and artistic activity at the Institute.

More details to come in January 2025.

Opportunities to Participate

Community Films Screening

The 2025 MIT Arts Festival is accepting submissions of four to thirty minutes long films in all genres (fiction, non-fiction, animation, experimental, etc.) from MIT students, faculty, and staff to be screened on March 7 & 8, 2025 in the MIT Bartos Theater.

Art on the Screen

The 2025 MIT Arts Festival invites submissions of digital/digitized artwork (silent films, videos, animations, scans of 2D or 3D art, illustrations, etc.) that are up to four minutes in length from members of the MIT Community for consideration to be shared on campus screens, including the MIT Open Space screen, as part of Artfinity, the 2025 MIT Arts Festival, February 28-March 16.

Ekphrastic Poetry Contest

MIT students are invited to put visual art to language and submit up to three poems inspired by a work of art in the MIT Public Art Collection for consideration for first place ($1,000), second place ($700), or third place ($300) prizes. The winning poem(s) may also be read aloud as part of the dedication of the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building and Madrigal by Sanford Biggers.

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Connect with the MIT Arts Community

MIT departments, labs, centers, student groups, and programs that make, present, or study/research art (or offer resources and opportunities to others to do so) are invited to connect with the MIT arts community.