Image: Courtesy of Nancy Valladares, SMACT ’20.
Council for the Arts at MIT Supports Graduate Student Artistic Research
Graduate students and alumni discuss their work at the Council’s Annual Meeting
Council For The Arts At MIT (CAMIT) Articles
Rendering of "Lodgers: Serendipity in the Wilderness" by Zhicheng Xu and Mengqi Moon He.
Council for the Arts at MIT Announces Spring 2021 Grant Recipients
The Council for the Arts at MIT provides funding for arts projects with a special interest in supporting projects that engage the MIT community. The Council’s Grants Committee considers proposals for projects in the fall and spring semesters. Applications for Undergraduate Mini-Grants are accepted on a … Continued
Po-Hao Chi, Virtual Confinement. Courtesy of the artist.
The 2021 Schnitzer Prize: Art For and From Our World
Visit the online exhibition of work by the 2021 recipients of the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts. Po-Hao Chi, Chucho Ocampo, Carolyn Tam, and Nina Lutz Artists have always found their subjects and techniques in the world where … Continued
Image: 2021 Sudler Prize recipient Sebastian Franjou. Credit: Amelia Paine.
Sebastian Franjou ’21: Louis Sudler Prize Winner
Music, electrical engineering, and computer science Sebastian Franjou ’21 began studying classical guitar and music theory in his native France, but he chose the United States for his university education so that he could double major—ultimately choosing to pair music … Continued
Image: Kevin Costello. Courtesy of the artist.
Thriving in the Arts at MIT: The 2021 Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Awards
Kevin Costello, Rian Flynn, Gabriel “Tony” Terrasa, and Luisa Apolaya Torres Each year, the Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Awards, which were created in 1979, acknowledge four undergraduate or graduate students, living groups, organizations or activities for their … Continued
2020 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts First Place Winner Nicole L'Huillier's Delira, 2020. Courtesy of the artist.
Council for the Arts at MIT Announces IAP 2021 Arts Funding Opportunities for Undergrads and Student Groups
The Council for the Arts at MIT will offer two art funding opportunities for IAP 2021 focused on undergraduates and student groups. Special IAP Arts Funding for Undergraduates and Student Groups This one-time special funding opportunity will provide up to … Continued
2020 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts First Place Winner Nicole L'Huillier's Delira, 2020. Courtesy of the artist.
The 2020 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts
Visit the online exhibition of work by the 2020 recipients of the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts. Students Plumb Barriers of Sound, Space, and Sight at MIT Each year, the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize highlights student … Continued
Image: Margaret Kosten. Courtesy of the artist.
Making Arts Matter: The 2020 Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Award
MIT is host to a vibrant and delightfully diverse art scene. Much of the credit goes to the students who participate in the arts on campus. Scores of students work each year in seen and unseen roles, promoting and sustaining … Continued
Image: Sudler Award recipient Venkatesh Sivaraman. Courtesy of the artist.
At Home in Music: 2020 Louis Sudler Prize Winner Venkatesh Sivaraman
Venkatesh Sivaraman ’20 On March 30, 2020 at 5p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Venkatesh Sivaraman ’20 (Computational Biology) sat down at the five-foot Yamaha grand piano in his family’s Columbus, Ohio home and launched into the first notes of Alexander Scriabin’s … Continued
Image: Dance Revelasian at the Taoli World Boston Regional Competition. November 2019. Credit: Benjamin Cheung Photography.
The Joy of Dance at MIT
Nothing can stop MIT students from dancing, not even stay at home orders. Two years ago, when second-year EECS & Economics student Joy (Xingchen) Feng was deciding where to attend college, she was concerned about having artistic outlets beyond class. … Continued
Image: Mia Heavener. Courtesy of the artist.
A Writer’s Voyage: Mia Heavener, MIT Course 1, ’00
“Be stubborn and ultimately believe in your writing,” advises first-time novelist Mia Heavener ’00, “especially if you are having crappy writing days.” On April 13, Heavener visited Wyn Kelley’s literature course “Reading Fiction: Voyages” to share her story of writing … Continued
Devi Lockwood SM '19. Courtesy of Devi Lockwood.
Beside Still Waters: Devi Lockwood SM ‘19
Devi Lockwood was wandering down the Infinite Corridor in the Fall of 2018 when she noticed a sheaf of brochures perched on the door of a small office to her left. The brochures had information about grants awarded by the … Continued
Council for the Arts at MIT Director Andrea Volpe
Council for the Arts at MIT welcomes Andrea Volpe as its new director
The Arts at MIT is pleased to announce Andrea Volpe as the director of the Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT).
Image: Grace Yin. Credit: Rachel Wu.
The 2019 Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts
Grace Yin ‘19 Grace Yin doesn’t remember a time when she didn’t play violin. “Apparently my musical career started in day care,” says Yin ‘19, an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science major from Cambridge, Massachusetts. An early childhood experience steered … Continued
A mural from The House of Correction AR Mural Project. The project is an ongoing collaboration between The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department and several groups at MIT including Music and Theater Arts, The Borderline Mural Project, The Educational Justice Institute (TEJI), and Arts at MIT. Credit Leon Yim.
MIT Students Find Rich Rewards in Working on the HOC AR Mural Project
The community project provided a close up of prison life and revealed the power of art to inspire and transform. When MIT freshman Sherry Xiao and MIT junior Helen Read signed up to participate in the House Of Correction Augmented … Continued
ACT Graduate and 2018 Schnitzer Prize Second Place Recipient Nicolás Kisic Aguirre with his Modular Rhythm Machine. Credit: Design Indaba.
Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts
The Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts was established in 1996 through an endowment from Harold and Arlene Schnitzer of Portland, Oregon. Schnitzer, a real estate investor, graduated from MIT in 1944 with a degree in metallurgy. … Continued
The Amphibian SCUBA Diving simulator, a research project from the MIT Media Lab, lets users experience the underwater world through a high presence virtual reality system. The system includes a motion platform, Oculus Rift head-mounted display, snorkel with sensors, leg motion sensors, and gloves that enable motion detection, temperature simulation, and physical feedback of objects. Captured sensor data is fed into a processing unit that converts the users physical motion into virtual movement in the Oculus app. Photo: James Day.
Dull your senses and expand your mind
Amphibian advances the field of VR while exploring the relationship between diving and disability “My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly,” Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote in his agonizingly beautiful account of living with severe … Continued
Tekuma installation in MIT, Building 7, 2014. Photo: Courtesy of Tekuma.
CAMIT Grants Showcase Presents a Range of Art Projects Made at MIT
Michelangelo had the Medicis, Picasso had Gertrude Stein, and Pollock had Peggy Guggenheim. It is difficult to imagine art history without the support of its most celebrated patrons. For the artistic community at MIT, the vision and financial support of … Continued
Looking for a lofty Shakespearience?CAMIT Tickets Program provides MIT students with worthy entertainments
Looking for a lofty Shakespearience?
Council for the Arts Tickets Program provides MIT students with access to the Bard and other worthy entertainments Attending a production of one of Shakespeare’s plays is a superb reminder that the origin of the word audience is “to hear.” … Continued