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Xinyu Xu takes home this year’s prize When Xinyu Xu ’26 was eight years old, her entire school was invited to participate in an all-day sports festival at Beijing’s National Stadium—the “Bird’s Nest” stadium that had just been completed for … Continued
Four graduate artists win this year’s prize: Coco Allred, C Jacob Payne, Jessica Stringham and Harrison White Each year, accomplished professionals enroll in MIT graduate art, architecture, design programs. They come in search of new skills. But they also bring … Continued
We may never unravel the complex DNA that codes for human creativity. Some artistic talents seem to take shape from thin air, inexplicable and otherworldly. Others appear more human, the fruit of hard work and perseverance. But no talent, whatever … Continued
Clay Lewis, Andrea Marcano-Delgado, Perry Naseck, and Gloria Zhu were chosen this year Since 1979, the Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT) has been honoring members of the MIT community for their arts-related contributions with the annual Laya and … Continued
A night to remember The silence of Symphony Hall was broken by a faint beat on the timpani, and I felt myself drawn forwards, holding my breath. The row of Arts Scholars beside me were doing the same—all of us … Continued
In advance of the ensemble’s new concert, MIT professor and Gamelan Galak Tika co-founder Evan Ziporyn reflects on the group’s more than thirty year history In 1979, Evan Ziporyn was filing vinyl at Festoon’s, a part-time job while studying … Continued
The exhibition Encoding-Decoding Constellations at the MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery presents PhD student Rebecca Lin’s experiments in mathematical abstraction, computation, and contemporary craft. To innovate as a technologist, you need to be a polyglot—fluent in multiple languages of problem-solving, … Continued
A new exhibition at the MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery defies the distinctions between technology and biology, art and science, exploring and advancing our planet’s net of connections. Connection is the essence of the Gaia hypothesis. Proposed by chemist James … Continued
The Arts Scholars enjoy an unforgettable evening with the cast and crew of Hamilton‘s North American tour Less than one month into the 2025 fall semester, the Arts Scholars have already gathered for three events, most recently an evening at … Continued
Inspired by early educational theories, MIT student Coco Allred creates a unique learning space inside the art gallery A new exhibition, “Primacy of Shape,” by Coco Allred (SmACT ‘26) explores the use of shape through the creation of prints, artist’s … Continued
The Council for the Arts at MIT congratulates the recipients of the 2025 Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts, awarded for excellence in a body of work. Ars longa, vita brevis. Life is fleeting while art endures. It’s not that … Continued
According to family legend, Holden Mui ’25 learned to read sheet music before he learned to read words. “I don’t know whether that’s true or not,” says Mui, a double major in Music and Mathematics who in April learned he’d … Continued
Vivian Clarissah Chinoda ’25, Ezekiel Daye ’25, Emi Grady Willis ’25 and Ana Schon SM ’25 earn the prestigious award This week the Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT) publicly honored four students for their arts-related contributions to campus … Continued
The Council for the Arts at MIT provides funding for arts projects that engage the MIT community. The Council’s Grants Committee considers proposals for projects in the fall and spring semesters. Spring 2025 Grants Committee Funding Recipients Twenty-one projects by MIT students, staff, and … Continued
The team at Front Row Fantasy got their arts venture idea from a text chain. The team at CRATE started out with a different idea for its creative enterprise—and a different name. Both teams, along with eight other teams, saw … Continued
A private concert and conversation showcase the breadth of artistic exchange at MIT On Thursday November 21, a group of MIT Arts Scholars gathered at the Goethe-Institut Boston for a private chamber music concert with members of the Berlin … Continued
MIT students reimagine the architectural survey at an important site of African-American history When Booker T. Washington arrived in Tuskegee, Alabama in 1881 to start a new land-grant university for Black students, he discovered that there was no federal money … Continued
This article was originally published by The Tech. The epitome of fashion and art Students on the second floor of the Student Center peered inside Lobdell, amazed by the sights. Outside, a sparkly photo booth for all guests, dutifully manned … Continued
Sophia Chen, Michael Peters, Wuming Theater Club, and Alan Zhu Take Home Prestigious 2024 Wiesner Awards This week the Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT) publicly honored four students/groups for their arts-related contributions to campus with the 2024 … Continued
All across the MIT campus, researchers in 30 departments and five schools regularly test the boundaries of knowledge. Research at MIT is often empirical—based on quantifiable data gleaned from controlled experiments and observations. But there is another genre of research … Continued
For Phoebe Lin ‘24, a deep appreciation for music began as a family affair: after starting to learn piano at age 4 and picking up the flute as a teenager, she and her brother, Andrew Lin ‘22, would accompany each … Continued
The MIT Arts Startup Incubator According to a Unesco survey, there are 671 cultural artforms in danger of disappearing during our lifetimes. Nadine Zaza MS and ME ‘24 wants to change that. “The loss of these artforms means the loss … Continued
For the MIT visiting artist Chloé Bensahel, fabric itself tells the story In 2021, a curator at the Smithsonian contacted Chloé Bensahel, currently the MIT 2023-24 Ida Ely Rubin Artist in Residence, and told her about some objects that … Continued
An Unlikely Artist When Iris Yuting Zeng, M.Arch ’24 was in primary school, her teacher told her she didn’t have a gift for drawing. “She told me my drawings were too abstract,” says Zeng, whose charcoal-on-paper drawings are on view … Continued
An exhibit marking the culmination of Gonzalez’s work at MIT demonstrated the potential for microbes and minerals to generate sustainable building materials Laura Maria Gonzalez (SMArchS ’22) came to the Department of Architecture at MIT with a big question about … Continued
