Join the Art, Culture, and Technology program, Arts Initiatives, Department of Architecture, Comparative Media Studies / Writing, List Visual Arts Center, Media Lab, Morningside Academy for Design, and Music and Theater Arts for an evening of art, food, and fun.
Check out the List Center galleries and enter the lottery to borrow a work of art, meet student artists, and learn more about MIT’s robust arts community. The evening culminates with a dance party in the E15 ACT Cube.
Register in advance or on site (E15, first floor/Atrium Level). This event is open to the MIT community. Capacity is limited; re-entry will be permitted as space allows.
Arts on the Radar Schedule: Friday, September 8, 2023
7 – 9pm
Food + Registration + Info Fair
Building E15, Atrium Level Lobby
Stop by info tables to learn more about arts opportunities at MIT and pick up swag!
Burritos available while supplies last.
Passport or government-issued ID required for 21+.
Re-entry will be permitted until the event reaches capacity.
7 – 8pm
Student Lending Art Program 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.
Join the Conversation: fields harrington and Nancy Valladares
Building E15, Atrium Level Lobby
Join the Conversation is an interactive activity linked to fields harrington and Nancy Valladares’ collaborative exhibition on view.
7 – 11pm
ACT Gallery Exhibition
Building E15, Lower Level
Explore work by students and faculty in the Art, Culture, and Technology program at MIT.
8 – 9pm
Chill Out DJ Set
ACT Cube, MIT Building E15, Lower Level
Start the evening off with some slow beats by MIT DJs before the dance party kicks into full gear at 9pm.
8pm
Art Project Demos
Building E15, Lower Level
Explore interactive artistic work by students and faculty, and learn more about the many resources available to help make your art project ideas a reality.
9pm
Dance Party
ACT Cube, Building E15, Lower Level
The evening culminates in a dance party hosted by ACT, featuring MIT DJs and interactive art.
Attendees must show either a passport or state ID, as well as their MIT identification to be served alcohol.
Explore More Opportunities in the Arts at MIT
Whether aiming to make, experience, or study art, or 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 (ACT)
Academic program in the School of Architecture + Planning
ACT fosters a rigorous, research-based, and transdisciplinary approach to art practice. The program is headed by distinguished artist-professors and supported by a dynamic cast of practitioner graduate students and staff, visiting artist-lecturers, affiliates, and guests.
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Arts Initiatives
Student art programs offered by the Provost’s Office, home to the Council for the Arts at MIT and the Center for Art, Science & Technology
Extra-academic opportunities and resources for students, staff, faculty, and the general public. Offers funding, equipment, work space, instruction, connections, discount tickets, awards, workshops, lectures, and more.
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Comparative Media Studies / Writing (CMS/W)
Academic program in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Developing thinkers who understand the dynamics of media change and use critical analysis, collaborative research, and design across a variety of media arts, forms, and practices, applying their insights to contemporary problems.
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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.
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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. The List presents exhibitions, gallery talks, and more, and manages the Student Lending Art Program and the public art spread throughout the MIT campus.
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Media Lab
Research and academic organization in the School of Architecture + Planning
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.
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Morningside Academy for Design (MAD)
An interdisciplinary hub for design-focused education, research, thinking, and entrepreneurship, home to Project Manus and MITdesignX
Weaving together science, engineering, architecture and planning, the humanities, and business to create an environment where design becomes a catalyst for positive change.
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Music and Theater Arts
Academic program in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Music and Theater Arts invites students to explore these disciplines as artistic practices and as cultural, intellectual, and personal avenues of inquiry and discovery. Students may pursue concentrations, minors, or majors in either music or theater, as well as joint majors with engineering or science.
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