Performance of MIT professor Tod Machover's VALIS, a path-breaking opera directed by professor Jay Scheib and featuring Davóne Tines and Kristin Young. Credit: Maria Baranova.
The Future of the Arts at MIT
The Future of the Arts Committee will advise the Institute on new ways to envision the place of the arts at MIT.
During the last forty years, MIT arts programs have expanded, driven by faculty and student interest, pioneering technologies, and fresh ideas in the art world. New campus facilities for the visual and performing arts, design, and the public display of MIT’s extraordinary arts and creativity have opened or will be completed in the near future. And, at the same time, a broader understanding of what constitutes the arts and who acts as an artist has evolved in recent years.
The committee will make a set of recommendations in response to a charge from Provost Cynthia Barnhart, which has been developed in consultation with Vice Provost for the Arts Philip S. Khoury; Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Agustín Rayo; and Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning Hashim Sarkis.
Contact us at futurearts@mit.edu
Committee Members
Peter Fisher (chair), Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Research, Thomas A. Frank (1977) Professor of Physics
Azra Akšamija, Associate Professor and Director, Art, Culture and Technology program
Sandy Alexandre, Associate Professor of Literature
Paola Antonelli, Curator of Design, Museum of Modern Art
Marcel Botha ‘06 SM, Chair, Council for the Arts at MIT and Chief Executive Officer, 10xBeta
Martha Eddison, Special Assistant & Senior Communications Strategist, Office of the President
Paul Ha, Director, List Visual Arts Center
Caroline Jones, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, School of Architecture and Planning, Professor of the History of Art
Paul Joskow, Elizabeth and James Killian Professor Emeritus, Economics
Michael Kaiser ‘77 SM, Chair, DeVos Institute of Arts Management
Leila W. Kinney, Executive Director of Arts Initiatives and the Center for Art, Science & Technology
Keeril Makan, Associate Dean, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Head, Music and Theater Arts, Michael Koerner (1949) Professor in Music Composition
Nicholas de Monchaux, Head and Professor, Department of Architecture
Nick Montfort, Professor of Digital Media, Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Perry Naseck, Graduate Student, MIT Media Lab Responsive Environments group
Suzy Nelson, Vice Chancellor, Dean for Student Life / Erin Farrell, Senior Associate Dean, Student Engagement & Campus Activities
John Ochsendorf, Class of 1942 Professor, Founding Director, Morningside Academy for Design
Daniela Rus, Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Katharina Ribbeck, Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Biological Engineering
Jay Scheib, Class of 1949 Professor of Theater Arts
Susan Whitehead, Life Member, MIT Corporation, Founding Lifetime Trustee, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Isaac Tardy (staff to committee), Assistant to the Executive Director of Arts Initiatives