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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.

The Holding Pattern: Welcome Back Show 2025

Mason Gross Galleries 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

The 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 States

Andrés 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 States

Representing 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.

Visiting Artist Lecture: David L. Johnson

Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

David 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.

Undergraduate Annual 2025

Mason Gross Galleries 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

This annual tradition features work across class years and media. Reception: October 23, 6–9 p.m.

Visiting Artist Lecture: Kristin Walsh

Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Kristin Walsh earned a BFA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2013 and an MFA from Columbia University in 2017.

Visiting Artist Lecture: Dana DeGiulio

Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Dana DeGiulio’s work in painting, drawing, video, installation, writing, and teaching pits materiality against representation and tries to ask the means what the ends are.

Visiting Artist Lecture: Ajay Kurian

Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Ajay Kurian is an artist, educator, and writer. Kurian employs a fluid, multimedia vocabulary which aims to articulate the social and environmental conditions that govern both our worldly and transcendental faiths.

MFA Visual Arts First-Year Exhibition 2025

Mason Gross Galleries 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Two months into their graduate study, artists dive in with this annual exhibition featuring inter-disciplinary work as diverse as the class itself. Reception: November 20, 6–9 p.m.

Visiting Artist Lecture: Lise Soskolne

Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Lise Soskolne is a co-founder of Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) and has been its core organizer since 2012.