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.

  • Welcome Back Show 2026: Travel

    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 2, 5–8 p.m.

    Visiting Artist Lecture: Julia Yerger

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

    Abigail Lucien (b.1992) is a Haitian-American interdisciplinary artist. Working across sculpture, writing, and time-based media, their practice addresses themes of (be)longing, futurity, myth, and place by considering our relationship to inherited colonial structures and systems of belief/care.

    Co-Cureate 2026

    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: October 8, 6–8 p.m.

  • Visiting Artist Lecture: Dave McKenzie

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

    Abigail Lucien (b.1992) is a Haitian-American interdisciplinary artist. Working across sculpture, writing, and time-based media, their practice addresses themes of (be)longing, futurity, myth, and place by considering our relationship to inherited colonial structures and systems of belief/care.

    Steamroller Printing

    Livingston Arts Building 39 Road 3, Piscataway, NJ, United States

    Come witness our student artists make large-scale woodblock prints—with a compact cement roller.

    Undergraduate Annual Exhibition 2026

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

    This annual tradition features work across class years and media. Reception: October 22, 6–8 p.m.

    Visiting Artist Lecture: Vijay Masharani

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

    Abigail Lucien (b.1992) is a Haitian-American interdisciplinary artist. Working across sculpture, writing, and time-based media, their practice addresses themes of (be)longing, futurity, myth, and place by considering our relationship to inherited colonial structures and systems of belief/care.

  • Visiting Artist Lecture: Joiri Minaya

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

    Abigail Lucien (b.1992) is a Haitian-American interdisciplinary artist. Working across sculpture, writing, and time-based media, their practice addresses themes of (be)longing, futurity, myth, and place by considering our relationship to inherited colonial structures and systems of belief/care.

    MFA Visual Arts First-Year Exhibition 2026

    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 19, 6–8 p.m.

    Visiting Artist Lecture: Julia Petruska

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

    Abigail Lucien (b.1992) is a Haitian-American interdisciplinary artist. Working across sculpture, writing, and time-based media, their practice addresses themes of (be)longing, futurity, myth, and place by considering our relationship to inherited colonial structures and systems of belief/care.