Calendar
Art & Design events are free and open to the public. Explore additional art events sponsored by the university’s Zimmerli Art Museum and the Department of Art History.
Events
Guest Artist Lecture: Alex Kitnick
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesAlex Kitnick teaches art history and criticism at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and is a frequent contributor to publications including 4Columns, October, and May.
Sojourn: BFA Design Thesis Exhibition
Mason Gross Galleries 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesWork by our undergraduate designers. Reception: May 1, 6–9 p.m.
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.