Public Art Tour

August 10, 2022
Public Art Tour
Matt Johnson's Untitled (Swan) is pictured on MIT campus, featuring a bent train track in the shape of a swan.

Matt Johnson, Untitled (Swan), Bent train track, 120 x 138 ½ x 34 ¾ in. (305 x 352 x 88 cm). Photo by Chuck Mayer Photography.

Location
MIT List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames Street, Building E15, Cambridge, MA 02139
Day & Time
-
Admission
free but registration required
Register
For more information, contact:

eagarner [at] mit.edu (Emily Garner)

Join MIT List Visual Arts Center on a public art walking tour showcasing the MIT public art collection across the west side of campus. View select artworks and consider how art and the architectural environment have enhanced MIT's campus design on this tour featuring renowned contemporary artists such as Beverly Pepper, Juame Plensa and Matt Johnson.

MIT’s Percent-for-Art Program, administered by the List Visual Arts Center, now allocates up to $500,000 to commission art for each new major renovation or campus construction project. The policy was formally instituted in 1968, but earlier collaborations between artists and architects can be found on MIT’s campus. When architect Eero Saarinen designed the MIT Chapel in 1955, sculptor Theodore Roszak designed the bell tower and sculptor Harry Bertoia designed the altar screen. In 1985, architect I.M. Pei and artists Scott Burton, Kenneth Noland, and Richard Fleischner collaborated on Percent-for-Art projects for the Wiesner building and plaza, home to the MIT List Visual Arts Center and the Media Laboratory.

We will continue to follow MIT’s COVID protocols. 

This program is weather dependent. Registered attendees will receive an email the day before the tour date if needed to cancel due to weather conditions.