Join the Art, Culture, and Technology program, Arts at MIT, Department of Architecture, List Visual Arts Center, Media Lab, and Morningside Academy for Design for an evening of art, food, and fun.
Drop by the Media Lab E14 and E15 for open studios, check out the List Center galleries and enter a lottery to borrow a work of art, and learn more about MIT’s exciting arts community throughout. The evening culminates with a dance party in the E15 ACT Cube led by Mocha Moves.
On-site registration at Wiesner Building (E15, first floor/Atrium Level), valid MIT ID required.
Capacity is limited; re-entry will be permitted as space allows.
Arts on the Radar Schedule: Friday, September 9, 2022
5:00–7:00pm
Registration & Information Booth
Building E15, Atrium Level Lobby
On-site registration with valid MIT ID. Re-entry will be permitted until the event reaches capacity.
Student Lending Art Program (SLAP) Exhibition
Building E15, Atrium Level
Since 1977, the SLAP Exhibition and Lottery has provided MIT students the enviable opportunity to borrow, appreciate, and live with a museum quality work of original art for the academic year.
This program is free for all current MIT undergraduate and graduate students.
Student guided mini-tours of the MIT Public Art Collection
Meet in Building E15 Atrium Level Lobby
Join an MIT student on a short walk to explore a selection of the hundreds of works of art and architecture in MIT’s collection.
MIT Media Lab Open House
Building E14
Get a rare look inside the MIT Media Lab, where designers, engineers, artists, and scientists create technologies and experiences that enable people to understand and transform their lives, communities, and environments.
ACT Studio Visits
ACT Cube, Building E15, Lower Level
Take a self-guided walk through the work spaces of the students in the Art, Culture, and Technology Program at MIT.
DesignPlus Demos
Building E15
DesignPlus is a First-Year Learning Community currently recruiting members of the Class of ’26 to be part of its exciting second year.
until 9:00pm
Reconfiguración
Wiesner Student Art Gallery, W20, second floor
In Reconfiguración, Alejandro Medina presents five new works produced during his first year as a graduate student at MIT’s program in Art, Culture & Technology. The works were created out of the specific context of being at MIT and are conceived using materials derived from the university’s setting.
7:00–11:00pm
Food + Bar + Dance Party
ACT Cube, MIT Building E15, Lower Level
The evening culminates with a dance party in the E15 ACT Cube led by Mocha Moves.
Attendees must show either a passport or state ID, as well as their MIT identification to be served alcohol.
Current Art Exhibitions on Campus
ACT Student Exhibit
ACT Gallery, E15, Lower Level
Work by undergraduate students in the Art, Culture, and Technology program at MIT.
Reconfiguración
Wiesner Student Art Gallery, W20, 2nd floor
On view September – October 2022
Work by ACT Graduate Student Alejandro Medina.
Un-War
ACT Corridor, MIT Building E15, second floor
On view June 13, 2022 – September 6, 2022
Works by twelve MIT artists created in reflection on Professor Emeritus Krzysztof Wodiczko’s essay “Un-War” and a call to put an end to perpetuating the culture of war we live in.
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East Lobby at MIT.nano Building 12
On view May 27 – October 2022
Eight artworks by MIT students created during the class 4.322/3 Introduction to Three-dimensional Artwork (offered Fall 2021) envision and scrutinize ways to intertwine nanoscience and nanotechnology toolsets and visualization methods to extend the bounds of art and culture.
Student Lending Art Program Exhibition & Lottery
Building E15, Atrium Level
On view August 30 – September 18, 2022
Since 1977, the SLAP Exhibition and Lottery has provided MIT students the enviable opportunity to borrow, appreciate, and live with a museum quality work of original art for the academic year.
Explore More Opportunities in the Arts at MIT
Whether you want to make, experience, or study art, or are simply seeking to connect with others who share a passion for the arts, there are many opportunities to explore the arts for MIT students.
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More about the Hosts
Art, Culture, and Technology Program
Academic program in the School of Architecture + Planning
A hub of critical art practice and discourse, ACT offers a community of artist-thinkers exploring art’s complex relationship to culture and technology.
List Visual Arts Center
The contemporary art museum at MIT
A creative laboratory that provides artists with a space to freely experiment and push existing boundaries.
Architecture Department
Academic program in the School of Architecture + Planning
With a group of active practitioners composing the core of the design faculty, the MIT Architecture Department is centered on contemporary practice and actively pursues interdisciplinary collaboration while addressing contemporary conditions such as climate change, globalization, technology, and urbanization.
Office of the Arts
Extra-academic programs, events, and resources for students, staff, faculty, and the general public
Includes the Center for Art, Science & Technology and Council for the Arts at MIT, overseeing extra-academic programs such as student funding for art projects, Student Art Association, Visiting Artist Program, Voxel Lab, Wiesner Student Art Gallery, and more.
Media Lab
Research Laboratory with associated academic program (Media Arts and Sciences) in the School of Architecture + Planning
Founded in 1985, the MIT Media Lab is one of the world’s leading research and academic organizations. Unconstrained by traditional disciplines, Media Lab designers, engineers, artists, and scientists strive to create technologies and experiences that enable people to understand and transform their lives, communities, and environments.
Morningside Academy for Design
Cross-Institute Academy (housed in the School of Architecture + Planning)
Launching in fall 2022, the new academy provides a hub to encourage design work at MIT to grow and cross disciplines among engineering, science, management, computing, architecture, urban planning, and the arts.