Map of Cambridge, Massachusetts showing the location of the MIT Media Lab and Compton Laboratories Lecture Hall.

Thursday, April 20, 2023

5:00pm Artist Lecture

MIT Compton Laboratories
Building 26, Room 100 


7:00pm McDermott Award Gala

MIT Media Lab
Building E14, 6th Floor
75 Amherst Street

For questions or further assistance, please contact council-arts@mit.edu.

VALET PARKING 

Valet parking will be available for guests attending the Artist Lecture and the McDermott Award Gala starting at 4pm at the MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street.  

For valet parking, please observe these traffic patterns:

  • If you are traveling to MIT from the northwest, please use Main Street to turn right on Wadsworth Street, turn right onto Amherst Street, and proceed to the corner of Amherst Street and Ames Street for parking assistance.
  • If you are traveling to MIT from the points West, including the Mass Pike, or from Boston via the Harvard Bridge (Massachusetts Avenue), please use Memorial Drive to turn left onto Wadsworth Street, turn left onto Amherst Street, and proceed to the corner of Amherst Street and Ames Street for parking assistance.
  • If you are traveling to MIT via the Longfellow Bridge, please use Memorial Drive to turn right onto Wadsworth Street, turn left onto Amherst Street, and proceed to the corner of Amherst Street and Ames Street for parking assistance.

Please follow these same driving instructions if you choose to join us for just the Gala at 7:00pm.

TICKETS TO ARTIST LECTURE 

We have set aside tickets to the Artist Lecture for you. Please plan to arrive in Room 26-100 by 4:50pm to check in at will call and settle into your seats if you are attending this program.

MOBILITY AND ASSISTIVE LISTENING

Golf cart transport will be available to and from the Artist Lecture for attendees who would like mobility assistance.

Assistive listening technology will be available for the Artist Lecture in 26-100 and in the Media Lab for the gala dinner.

Please contact council-arts@mit.edu to request additional accommodations.

STREET ADDRESSES FOR RIDE SHARE

Artist Lecture: 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge

Gala Celebration: 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge

About Pamela Z

As the 2022 Recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT, Pamela Z has made multiple visits to the Institute and worked with students, researchers, and other members of the campus community.

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This video series features excerpts from an interview conducted on her first visit to MIT, addressing topics such as how she got started making experimental music and the ways in which technology has changed.

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About the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT

Established in 1974 by Margaret McDermott (1912-2018) in honor of her husband, Eugene McDermott (1899-1973)

The award reflects MIT’s commitment to risk-taking, problem solving, and to the idea of connecting creative minds across disciplines. The award may be given to an artist working in any field or cross-disciplinary activity and is considered an investment in the recipient’s future creative work, rather than a prize for a particular project or lifetime of achievement.

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Arnold Dreyblatt, Harmonic Archive, 2015. Photo by L. Barry Hetherington.

About the Arts at MIT

Rooted in experimentation, risk-taking, and imaginative problem-solving

MIT has a creative culture where experimentation and innovation cross all disciplines and break all boundaries. With over 25 majors, minors and degree programs; hands-on classes; makerspaces; and 100+ concerts and exhibitions open to the public each year, there are more ways than ever for the campus community to express itself through the arts at MIT.

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