Arts

Using ancient knowledge to create contemporary architecture

Ghost stories and digital technologies meet in the work of Rome Prize winner Brandon Clifford.

December 12, 2017

Yifan Lu, a first-year MIT Sloan student, founded the indoor lawn installation at the MIT Student Center.

Where the grass is greener

Surprise indoor lawn appears in the Student Center to calm and entertain.

December 1, 2017

Graviky Labs has developed technology that attaches to exhaust systems of diesel generator chimneys to capture particulate matter (PM). Scientists at Graviky then treat the soot to turn it into ink, called Air-Ink, for artists around the world.

Recycling air pollution to make art

Startup’s system captures particle matter from diesel exhaust and turns it into inks and paints.

November 26, 2017

Assistant Professor Admir Masic uses an x-ray fluorescence spectrometer to analyze ancient materials in Italy. Masic is at the forefront of an “antiqua-inspired” approach to new materials, which considers how ancient successes can be leveraged for the creation of new, sustainable materials.

A new perspective on ancient materials inspires future innovation

Professor Admir Masic is at the forefront of the ‘antiqua-inspired’ method for more sustainable materials.

November 20, 2017

For the MIT production of the 2017 play “Everybody,” the medieval banquet scene from Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s 1911 play “Jedermann” was performed as a prelude — to show the historical roots of the themes in “Everybody.” Both plays are based on the 15th century English morality play “Everyman."

New chapter for theater at MIT opens with “Everybody,” a morality play for our time

Starting with inaugural performance in new facility, students immerse themselves in all aspects of making theater.

November 20, 2017

Visiting artist B. Stephen Carpenter II, the Ida Ely Rubin Artist in Residence at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Using art to disrupt systems of oppression

Visiting Artist B. Stephen Carpenter II examines issues of access, privilege and the global water crisis.

November 15, 2017

MIT Violence Prevention and Response presents the Silent Witness Project, a visual display of life-sized silhouettes that tell the stories of domestic violence homicide victims. The Silent Witness Project will be on display on the first floor of the Stratton Student Center until Nov. 3.

Raising awareness of domestic and partner violence

With, film, an art installation, and more during Domestic Violence Awareness month, MIT's Violence Prevention and Response focuses attention on abuse.

October 31, 2017

Yo-Yo Ma will deliver the spring 2018 Compton Lecture at MIT. He has been a leading international voice for music as a means to promote cross-cultural understanding and social good.

Yo-Yo Ma to deliver spring 2018 Compton Lecture

Renowned cellist will speak in March on the role of culture in a strong society.

October 30, 2017

"Strange Weather," appearing at the 2018 Seoul Biennale, focuses on artificial distinctions between interior and exterior.

Innovative MIT projects at the Seoul Biennale

Projects by School of Architecture and Planning faculty, researchers, and alumni explore the exhibition's theme of “Imminent Commons.”

October 26, 2017

Singer and actress Audra McDonald, the 2018 recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT, has won six Tony Awards.

Audra McDonald receives 2018 McDermott Award

The Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT includes a $100,000 prize, artist residency, gala, and public program at the Institute.

October 26, 2017

Ceremonial groundbreaking, left to right: City Councillor David Maher, MIT Director of Construction Richard Amster, MIT Graduate Student Council officer Krithika Ramchander, MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart, MIT Real Estate Managing Director Steve Marsh, City Councillor Tim Toomey, Mayor E. Denise Simmons, City Councillor Craig Kelley, CAC student Brandy Altidor, City Councilor Marc McGovern, CAC E...

Art and dirt: Bringing the Cambridge and MIT communities together

MIT’s graduate student housing groundbreaking and a Community Art Center mural installation are cause for celebration.

October 23, 2017

“We got a lot of traffic here, all Boston locals,” said PhD candidate You Wu about the MIT — For a Better World exhibit at The HUB, part of the 2017 HUBweek celebration. Wu is holding a Robot Daisy, a soft, rubbery robot designed to move through municipal water pipes and detect leaks.

At The HUB, a celebration of art, technology, and innovation

Student volunteers at HUBweek exhibits share MIT’s creative spirit with the public.

October 18, 2017

Gediminas Urbonas, director of the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology and associate professor in the Department of Architecture, is co-editor of a new book, "Public Space: Lost and Found?,” published by MIT Press.

“Art teaches us how to disrupt”

Why MIT’s Gediminas Urbonas helped produce a new book about art and public space.

October 5, 2017

“The new museum will be an experimental place," says John Durant, director of the MIT Museum and a faculty member of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. "We are committed to the idea that the MIT Museum can operate along the same principles as the Institute as a whole. We want to try new ideas, test them, and report our findings.”

John Durant plans a new era for the MIT Museum

A new purpose-built museum will be an experimental place for wider conversations.

September 27, 2017

Celebrating the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, a pioneer in melding art, science, and tech

Fifty years after its founding, the vision of CAVS and founder György Kepes lives on in the Program in Art, Culture and Technology.