Calendar
Art & Design events are free and open to the public. Mason Gross Galleries are open Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hours may vary on school holidays and during winter and summer break.
Present/Past: A One-Day Public Art Exhibition
Join Rutgers graduate art students for a public art exhibition celebrating the history of the North Stelton community.
RUTGERS IN NEW YORK: "Following the Trace"
This capstone exhibition in New York City is the culmination of two years of study for our 17 MFA artists. Opening reception: June 7, 6–8 p.m.
The Holding Pattern: Welcome Back Show 2025
Mason Gross Galleries 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe fall season kicks off with this annual group exhibition featuring faculty, staff, and returning MFA students. Reception: September 3, 5–8 p.m.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Andrés Mario Zervigón
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesAndrés Mario Zervigón is Professor of the History of Photography at Rutgers University and Co-Editor in Chief of the journal History of Photography.
Co-Cureate 2025
Mason Gross Galleries 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesRepresenting a hybrid of collaboration, curating, and creation, these mini-exhibitions developed by student teams and guest artists showcase art across disciplines including design, drawing, media, painting, performance, photography, print, and sculpture. Reception: September 25, 6–9 p.m.
MELANIE A. YAZZIE: Memories
Mason Gross Galleries 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesIn Memories, Melanie Yazzie uses layers of screen-printed maps, relief blocks, monotype, painting and drawing inspired by nature and themes of the sacred in her home community. Reception: Thursday, September 25, 6–9 p.m.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Steffani Jemison
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesSteffani Jemison is an interdisciplinary artist and writer in Brooklyn, New York. In dialogue with interlocutors (living and ancestral), her work connects mark-making, gesture, proposal, projection, movement, and document.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Nikesha Breeze
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesNikesha Breeze is an international artist working across a diverse range of media—including oil painting, clay and bronze sculpture, installation, performance art, and film.
Visiting Artist Lecture: David L. Johnson
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesDavid L. Johnson is an artist based in New York City who makes work attuned to the streets of the city, pinpointing moments of slippage between public and private property.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Kristin Walsh
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesKristin Walsh earned a BFA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2013 and an MFA from Columbia University in 2017.