John Harbison accompanies the MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble in 2011
John Harbison
Institute Professor, Music and Theater Arts
2015
The György Kepes Fellowship Prize is presented to a member of the MIT community who has demonstrated excellence in the creative arts, including architecture, visual and performing arts, and writing.
The Kepes Prize was established in 1982 by the Council for the Arts at MIT to encourage and celebrate individuals at the Institute whose creative work reflects the vision and values of György Kepes (1906-2002). Founder of MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies, György Kepes revealed the fundamental relationship between art and science, and art and the physical environment.
For more information, please contact council-arts@mit.edu.
Jane Farver poses before Anish Kapoor's sculpture "Non-Object Plane," located in the Stata Center. Photograph provided by the MIT News Office
Jane Farver
Director, List Visual Arts Center
2011
Joan Jonas, The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things performance at Dia Beacon, 2005. Credit: Paula Court.
Joan Jonas
Professor, Visual Arts
2010
Evan Ziporyn. Credit: Christine Southworth
Evan Ziporyn
Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music
2006
Portrait of Ellen T. Harris, commissioned by Cherry Emerson, sited in the Lewis Music Library. Photograph by Christie Moore
Ellen T. Harris
Class of 1949 Professor of Music
2005
MIT Associate Provost for the Arts and Professor of Theater Arts Alan Brody. MIT Photograph by Donna Coveney
Alan Brody
Associate Provost for the Arts
2002
Edward McCluney, former head of the MIT Student Art Association. Photograph courtesy of Ed McCluney
Edward McCluney
Director, Student Art Association
2001
Marcus Thompson, photograph by Christian Steiner
Marcus Thompson
Robert R. Taylor Professor of Music
2000
President Emeritus Howard Johnson, photograph by the Bachrach Studios, courtesy of the MIT News Office.
Howard W. Johnson
MIT President, Emeritus
1999
Alan Lightman, photograph courtesy of the MIT News Office
Alan Lightman
John E. Burchard Professor Of Science and Writing
1998
Inventor of the white-light hologram Stephen Benton in his laboratory, photographed by Webb Chappell
Stephen A. Benton
Allen Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Director, Center for Advanced Visual Studies
1997
Michael Ouellette. Photograph by Jon Sachs, MIT SHASS Communications
Michael Ouellette
Senior Lecturer, Music and Theater Arts
1996
Bowdoin College: Katy Kline at the Walker Art Museum - Re-installation photograph; August 10th, 2007.
© James Marshall 2007
Katy Kline
Director, List Visual Arts Center
1995
Peter Child, professor of music and theater arts, photograph by Donna Coveney, courtesy of the MIT News Office.
Peter Child
Associate Professor, Music and Theater Arts
1994
Wellington "Duke" Reiter, photograph by Danny Hsu (SAIC image bank) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Wellington Reiter
Assistant Professor, Architecture
1993
Otto Piene poses with one of his inflatables. MIT photograph by Paula M. Lerner
Otto Piene
Director, Center for Advanced Visual Studies
1992
Beth Soll rehearses with students at MIT. Photography courtesy of the MIT Museum.
Beth Soll
Director, MIT Dance Workshop
1991
Glorianna Davenport, photograph by Webb Chappell
Glorianna Davenport
Principal Research Scientist, Media Laboratory
1990
Stephen Tapscott, professor of literature. MIT News photograph by Donna Coveney from 2007.
Stephen Tapscott
Professor, Literature Section
1990
Professor C. Fayette Taylor, photograph courtesy of the MIT Museum
C. Fayette Taylor
1929 Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
1988
Christopher Janney. Image courtesy of the artist.
Christopher D. Janney
Fellow, Center for Advanced Visual Studies
1986
Keiko Prince at the ACT inaugural event in April 2010. Photograph by Zeren Earls and used with her permission.
Keiko Prince
Fellow, Center for Advanced Visual Studies
1985
Kracke, Bernd. Self portrait, 1985. MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies Special Collection.
Bernd Kracke
Fellow, Center for Advanced Visual Studies
1984
Rosinsky, Robert. MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies Special Collection. Photo credit: Bruce Peterson. ca1992.
Robert Rosinsky
Graduate Student, Center for Advanced Visual Studies
1983