Pamela Z
Transforming elegant physical gestures into complex aural and visual landscapes
Recognizing innovative talent with a $100,000 prize and a campus residency
Thomas Heatherwick
2020 Recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT
Audra McDonald
2018 Recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT
Margaret McDermott
Margaret McDermott (1912-2018) and her husband, Eugene McDermott (1899–1973), were MIT’s greatest arts patrons and generous benefactors of the Institute.
Olafur Eliasson receives 2014 McDermott Award
Philosophical investigations of light, color, atmosphere and water
Robert Lepage
2012 Recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT