Massachusetts Institute of Technology announces It Must Be Now!, a unique immersive music and multimedia event featuring the world premieres of newly commissioned work of three leading jazz artists of our time.
May 7, 2022
The MIT Museum will present the North American premiere of The Enemy, a groundbreaking interactive Virtual Reality (VR) exhibition and immersive experience, from October 5 – December 31, 2017.
October 5, 2017 – December 31, 2017
Beiser to collaborate with faculty on three new performances in MIT’s Sounding Series, and present master classes with MIT students
Concerts March 3, April 22 and Fall 2017
BEING MATERIAL will draw leading artists, scientists, engineers, and scholars from around the world to explore the future of programmable materials, 3D/4D printing, synthetic biology, and wearable technologies.
April 21 – 22, 2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces today the world premieres of newly arranged works by multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Jacob Collier.
December 10, 2016
The artist launches a new residency at MIT, designed for research and development of new work.
September 14, 2016
The Department of Architecture will launch a new Minor in Design (D-Minor) in Fall 2016.
The 2016 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts recipient will address 21st century challenges in public architecture and planning during his residency on campus.
January 29, 2016
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is pleased to announce a gift of $1M to establish the Dasha Zhukova Distinguished Visiting Artist Program.
October 30, 2015
Headliners: Maya Beiser, Keeril Makan & Jay Scheib’s Persona, Johnny Gandelsman, FLUX Quartet, Pamela Z
September 18, 2015
Award includes $100K prize, artist residency, gala and four public programs at MIT
September 11, 2015
In combining seemingly permanent and perishable materials, Anicka Yi’s work reorders the cultural forces that privilege containment over leakage, clarity over ambiguity, and vision above all other senses.
May 22, 2015
On their new and musically diverse release Infinite Winds, the MIT Wind Ensemble and the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble present three long form compositions by three innovative and highly regarded composers: Guillermo Klein, Chick Corea and Don Byron.
April 14, 2015.
Hip Hop Speaker Series Part 1.
Young Guru: Design and Destruction lecture on March 6
Legendary audio engineer, educator and DJ, Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton is one of the men behind the iconic sound of world-renowned artist Jay-Z.
March 2015
Featuring World Premieres, Reconstructed Classics, and Grammy Award winning musicians in new concert series
July 2014 – April 2015
Award includes artist residency, pop-up exhibitions, public lecture, $100,000 prize and gala. MIT Students to work on Olafur Eliasson’s Little Sun project.
October 23, 2013
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology welcomes a new roster of visiting artists in the 2013-14 academic year working in a range of artistic disciplines — from kinetic art to film and sound art to music.
October 16, 2013
A special concert at MIT celebrates the renewal of the research collaboration with Eni.
October 8, 2013
Evan Ziporyn’s new Boston-based ensemble, Critical Band, will play works for winds and amplified instruments by Steve Martland, Joel Roston and Ziporyn on its debut concert at MIT Kresge Auditorium.
September 18, 2013
New members Karen Arenson, Brit d’Arbeloff, Carolyn Fine Friedman and Ellan Spero.
June, 2013
Spring 2013 marks MIT’s first Spring Sound Series, presenting 20 artists on the forefront of sound art in four genre bending concerts, 12 lecture-demos and the film Trimpin: The Sound of Invention.
January, 23, 2013
In Celebration of the 50th anniversary of Jazz at MIT, Chick Corea, NEA Jazz Master and recipient of 18 Grammy awards, is composing a work for the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble.
January 15, 2013
Antoni Muntadas, the Spanish-born, New York-based artist, is the second Audain Visual Artist in Residence for the 2012/13 year.
January 4, 2013
His art is “hanging” from 25 October 2012 to 3 February 2012 in HangarBicocca, Milan.
October 5, 2012
Tomás Saraceno, Vik Muniz & Don Byron Among MIT’s Eight Visiting Artists. Creative artists enhance MIT’s culture of innovation while connecting faculty and students from across the Institute.
September 5, 2012
$1.5M grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will launch CAST
April 12, 2012
Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT among the most generous cultural prizes in the US; Lepage campus residency includes public programs, collaboration with MIT students, and a gala
March 12, 2012
Sharifi’s Awakening commissioned by and for MIT Wind Ensemble premieres March 17. Panel discussion on the Arab Spring with MIT community on March 13.
February 27, 2012
BEING MATERIAL will draw leading artists, scientists, engineers, and scholars from around the world to explore the future of programmable materials, 3D/4D printing, synthetic biology, and wearable technologies.
April 21 – 22, 2017