Whether you flipped your brass rat recently or it’s been a few years, there are many ways for you to engage with the arts at MIT after graduation.
A multitude of arts events happen on campus throughout the year ranging from lectures by visiting artists to opening receptions at the List Visual Arts Center. Hundreds of performances are presented during the academic year by Music and Theater Arts, as well as the Center for Art, Science & Technology. Alumni can enroll in a class at the Student Art Association or volunteer to mentor current students working to establish their own arts-focused start up business.
The MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology invites MIT alumni to attend public programming affiliated with the Visiting Artist Program including artist lectures, film screenings, workshops, exhibitions, concerts, and theatrical performances.
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The Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT) was founded in 1972 by MIT President Jerome B. Wiesner to support the arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With its enthusiastic advocacy for all the arts at MIT, the Council’s mission is to act as a catalyst for the development of a broadly based, highly participatory program in the arts, firmly founded on teaching, practice, and research at the Institute, and to conduct arts-related fundraising activities on behalf of MIT.
The MIT Creative Arts Competition is an annual contest designed to encourage arts-focused startups at the Institute. The $15,000 prize is offered as a grant to help launch the winning enterprise and enable the recipient(s) to join the ranks of MIT’s successful startup founders.
Alumni are invited to mentor current students working to establish their own arts-focused start up business and also to attend the live pitch event in May, which is when the winners are selected from the finalists and awarded prizes. The distinguished panel of jurors and team of mentors includes alumni entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders in the arts.
To get involved as a mentor, contact Shannon Rose McAuliffe, Manager of Student Arts Programs
617.253.4004
Entry is free at the MIT Museum for MIT ID holders (students, faculty, staff, spouses, alumni) with one free guest.
Entry is free to everyone at the List Visual Arts Center, the Wiesner Student Art Gallery, and at the many other galleries throughout campus.
Thanks to the Alumni Association’s sprawling network of clubs, groups, and classes, you can still find community at MIT—no matter where you are in the world.
Enjoy an art-related event alongside other MIT alumni in your region.
An innovative annual performance series curated by Evan Ziporyn, faculty director of the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST), the MIT Sounding Series expands musical boundaries.
This season of MIT Sounding presents unique artists who push the envelope of their respective genres, creating new evolving music for the 21st century.
A prototyping and presenting series programmed by Jay Scheib, professor for Music and Theater Arts, MIT Performing is presented by the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology and supported in part by the Council for the Arts at MIT.
Based in Building W97, MIT‘s new Theater Arts facility opened in 2017, MIT Performing promotes research-based artistic practices across disciplines, fostering new platforms for contemporary performance.
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The Student Art Association (SAA) provides extra-academic, hands-on instruction and studio experience in the arts for all levels in a range of media.
MIT alumni are invited to enroll for a semester-long class to develop or refine artistic skills in an open and relaxed studio environment.
Registration available to MIT alumni for fall, IAP, spring, and summer classes