Arts

MIT's campus all lit upThousands descend on campus for FAST Light, the finale of the Festival of Art + Science + Technology.

Institute Awards Convocation honors community28 awards to be distributed during ceremony on May 3.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts and social sciences digest for April 2011

Scheib wins 2011 Guggenheim FellowshipAssociate professor of theater arts awarded prestigious honor for mid-career professionals.

Pioneering filmmaker Richard Leacock, former MIT professor, dies at age 89Inventive MIT filmmaker helped create cinéma vérité style with path-breaking documentaries

A 3-D landscape of soundAward-winning composer Keeril Makan shares his distinctive creative process with MIT students

Rotch Library featuring paintings by Koch Institute architect Harry Ellenzweig

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for March 2011

Attention: Light Tunnel Ahead!FAST installations transform the campus; new site notes when construction will be taking place.

Senior Amanda Mok wins 2011 MITSO Concerto Competition

Announcing the Palitz FellowshipA new undergraduate travel fellowship for the study of Dutch art and culture in The Hague, Netherlands.

Springing up FASTArchitectural installations to animate MIT campus as part of MIT150 art, science and technology festival.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for February 2011

3 Questions: David Briggs on playing the organ in Kresge AuditoriumWorld-renowned organist restores an MIT tradition playing a free concert on one of the Institute's historic instruments.

Bartusiak awarded Davis Prize by the History of Science SocietyThe Day We Found the Universe cited as a 'crystal-clear narrative' of science and astrophysics between 1920-1940

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for January 2011

Harrell convenes thought-leaders to catalyze new research informed by science, humanities and arts disciplines

Plensa's Alchemist installed on campusAlumnus has loaned the work to MIT for one year in celebration of the Institute’s 150th anniversary.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for November 2010

MIT students expand their horizons as Burchard ScholarsProgram brings together MIT sophomores and juniors with humanities, arts and social sciences faculty for eight elegant dinner-seminars.

MIT senior wins Rhodes ScholarshipJennifer Lai, who is majoring in biological engineering and music and theater arts, is headed to Oxford.

LVAC Director Jane Farver to retire next yearDuring Farver’s tenure, the profile of MIT’s public art collection has risen considerably.

Sculpture by Spanish artist Plensa to be installed on campusAlumnus is lending the work to MIT for one year in celebration of the Institute’s 150th anniversary.

Evan Ziporyn embarks on a season of major musical eventsCarnegie Hall performance, new opera premiere are just a few of the award-winning composer's upcoming events.

Scott, Yoon tapped to direct academic programsWill evaluate and develop master's, bachelor's curricula in the Department of Architecture

Disembodied performanceTod Machover’s Death and the Powers, which features robots as performers, premieres this month. Is this the future of opera?

Anish Kapoor sculpture unveiled in Stata CenterBold addition to Institute’s public-art collection made possible by MIT’s Percent-For-Art Program and donations.

Walter Lewin on 20th century artMIT physicist gives art history lecture

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for August 2010