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Chess Night

January 7, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Chess Night

January 8, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

IAP Workshop: Activating Public Art through Design

January 13 - 15, 2026

Courtyard with greenspace and brick buildings in the backyard.

Preview | List Projects 34: Brittany Nelson

January 14, 2026, 6 - 7PM

A black-and-white photo of a figure holding a candle in complete darkness. The image is predominantly black, with a lit candle at the bottom center of the frame. A faint silhouette of the figure is partially illuminated by the candlelight.

Chess Night

January 15, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Chess Night

January 21, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Chess Night

January 22, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Programming Agency: A Three-Day Workshop with Sarah Oppenheimer

January 29 - 31, 2026

Special Program

Long rectangular space with light wood floors and a series of windows on the brick wall at the left side of the frame. There are large dark metal beams suspended in the middle of the space with people walking around the sculpture.

IAP Public Art Tour

January 29, 2026, 12:15 - 1:15PM

Public Art Tour

Bright red background with white text that reads "Public Art Tour." In the center, there is an oval image of sculpture made of thirty-three stainless steel polyhedrons reaching from the floor of the Simons Building to the skylight four stories above.

Graduate Student Talk: Swati Ravi

February 12, 2026, 5:30 - 6PM

Black and white photograph of a shattered glass plate with a large black hole in the bottom right corner.

Reading Discussion with MIT Science Fiction Society

February 18, 2026, 5:30 - 6:30PM

In a white gallery space, a blurred figure walks by a blue frame hung on the wall with 5 pink papers mounted inside. To the right is a Pasadena bus stop sign sitting amidst a metal agave plant.

Connect at the List: Graduate Art Students

February 26, 2026, 6 - 8PM

Bright chartreuse background with white text that reads "CONNECT AT THE LIST." In the center, there is a round image of people in conversation standing in a small group in front of a gray background.

Past Events

Chess Night

December 18, 2025, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Art Break

December 12, 2025, 12 - 6PM

Overhead view of two hands folding colorful geometric paper. There is a white mug of tea to the left side and a stack of unfolded paper to the right.

Chess Night

December 11, 2025, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

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