Calendar
All programming information is subject to change. Fees may apply.

May 2021
Rutgers Theater Company presents The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Struggles with addiction, friendship, love, and the challenges of adulthood are at the center of the story. Jackie, a petty drug dealer, is just out of prison and trying to stay clean. He’s also still in love with his coke-addicted childhood sweetheart, Veronica.
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Rutgers University Mingus Ensemble
The Rutgers University Mingus Ensemble, directed by Abraham Burton, presents Charles Mingus’ works “Profile of Jackie” and “Boogie Stop Shuffle,” featuring guest artists David Lee Jones (saxophone) and Walter White (trumpet). This event will premiere on the Mason…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Filmmaking Virtual Facilities Tour
Go on a virtual tour of the film facilities with a current BFA Film student. Learn about the facilities and equipment used in the program and get the inside scoop on what it’s like to…
Rutgers Jazz Ensemble: Honoring the Music of Stanley Cowell
Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Conrad Herwig, presents a concert honoring the music of Professor Stanley Cowell, with guest artist Bill O’Connell. Featuring Cowell’s compositions “Blues for the Viet Cong” and “Equipoise.” This event…
The Solo Project
Please join us for the inaugural The Solo Project concert, a culmination of a yearlong collaboration between 30 Rutgers student composers and performers to create new solo musical works. These partnerships are intended to facilitate…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Theater Virtual Facilities Tour
Join us on a virtual tour with a current student. Learn about the facilities and get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be a student. If a session is filled, additional sessions may…
Dance Virtual Facilities Tour
Go on a virtual tour with a current student. Learn about the facilities and get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be a student. If a session is filled, additional sessions may be…
Undergraduate Admissions Information Sessions
Join us weekly on Tuesdays from 5-6pm and Thursdays from 3-4pm to learn more about Mason Gross School of the Arts, how to apply, and get your questions answered live by current students and a…
New Lens Film Festival 2021
The faculty-select New Lens Film Festival is a celebration of works by all Rutgers student filmmakers, including fiction, animated, documentary, and experimental films. This year, the festival will stream via Vimeo on Tuesday, May 4.
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Art & Design Virtual Facilities Tours
Go on a virtual tour with a current student. Learn about the facilities and get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be a student. If a session is filled, additional sessions may be…
BFA Senior Thesis Concert 2021
Virtual presentation of dance films featuring original choreography by BFA senior dance majors and their collaborators. Faculty mentors: John Evans and Ani Javian
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Undergraduate Admissions Information Sessions
Join us weekly on Tuesdays from 5-6pm and Thursdays from 3-4pm to learn more about Mason Gross School of the Arts, how to apply, and get your questions answered live by current students and a…
BFA Senior Thesis Concert 2021
Virtual presentation of dance films featuring original choreography by BFA senior dance majors and their collaborators. Faculty mentors: John Evans and Ani Javian
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Music Virtual Facilities Tour
Go on a virtual tour with a current student. Learn about the facilities and get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be a student. If a session is filled, additional sessions may be…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
6th Annual Rutgers Dance and Parkinson’s Program Symposium
Symposium includes a workshop with Pam Quinn, PD Movement Lab, and Introduction to Rutgers’ Integrated Dance Collaboratory! The Integrated Dance Collaboratory is an initiative with the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) that…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Undergraduate Admissions Information Sessions
Join us weekly on Tuesdays from 5-6pm and Thursdays from 3-4pm to learn more about Mason Gross School of the Arts, how to apply, and get your questions answered live by current students and a…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Mason Gross Commencement Convocation 2021
Join us for a live remote ceremony celebrating our Class of 2021 graduates!
Undergraduate Admissions Information Sessions
Join us weekly on Tuesdays from 5-6pm and Thursdays from 3-4pm to learn more about Mason Gross School of the Arts, how to apply, and get your questions answered live by current students and a…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Undergraduate Admissions Information Sessions
Join us weekly on Tuesdays from 5-6pm and Thursdays from 3-4pm to learn more about Mason Gross School of the Arts, how to apply, and get your questions answered live by current students and a…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Undergraduate Admissions Information Sessions
Join us weekly on Tuesdays from 5-6pm and Thursdays from 3-4pm to learn more about Mason Gross School of the Arts, how to apply, and get your questions answered live by current students and a…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Undergraduate Admissions Information Sessions
Join us weekly on Tuesdays from 5-6pm and Thursdays from 3-4pm to learn more about Mason Gross School of the Arts, how to apply, and get your questions answered live by current students and a…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
Undergraduate Admissions Information Sessions
Join us weekly on Tuesdays from 5-6pm and Thursdays from 3-4pm to learn more about Mason Gross School of the Arts, how to apply, and get your questions answered live by current students and a…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
BFA Thesis Exhibitions 2021
The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts is proud to announce the launch of two undergraduate thesis shows, on view April 16–May 31, 2021. Reception Friday, April 16, 5–7…
June 2021
Art & Design Virtual Facilities Tour
Go on a virtual tour of the Art & Design facilities with a current BFA student. Learn about the facilities and equipment used in the program and get the inside scoop on what it’s like…
Summer 2021 Admissions Events
Join us every day this summer to learn about our facilities and get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be a student at Mason Gross School of the Arts. If a session is…
Dance Virtual Facilities Tour
Go on a virtual tour of the dance facilities with BFA Dance students. Learn about the facilities and get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be a student in the program.
Film Virtual Facilities Tour
Go on a virtual tour of the film facilities. Learn about the facilities and equipment used in the program and ask questions about what it’s like to be a student in the program.
MGSA Admissions Counseler Drop-In Hours
Chat one-on-one with an admissions representative from Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Mason Gross Virtual Info Session
Learn about Mason Gross School of the Arts, how to apply and get your questions answered live by current students and a Mason Gross admissions representative.
July 2021
Music Virtual Facilities Tour
Go on a virtual tour of the music facilities with a current BM student. Learn about the facilities and get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be a student in the program.
Theater Virtual Facilities Tour
Go on a virtual tour of the theater facilities with a current BFA Acting student and a current BFA Stage Management student. Learn about the facilities and get the inside scoop on what it’s like…
MFA Dance Thesis Concert: Jessica Lynch presents “ReVeil”
“ReVeil” is a virtual immersive club experience that utilizes props, lighting, projection, sound artistry, and the Africanist movement aesthetic to explore and reveal how the body serves as a vessel that experiences two worlds that…
September 2021
Fall 2021 Admissions Events
Join us this fall to learn about our facilities and get the inside scoop on what it’s like to be a student at Mason Gross School of the Arts. If a session is filled, additional…
Design Lecture Series: Sadie Red Wing
This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Design Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Sadie Red Wing (sadieredwing.com) is a Lakota graphic designer and advocate from the Spirit…
Design Lecture Series: Elizabeth Guffey
This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Design Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Elizabeth Guffey works at the intersection of art, design and disability studies. Her book Designing Disability:…
Design Lecture Series: Fiona Raby
Archive of Impossible Object: The Globes (2019) This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Design Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Fiona is University Professor of Design and…
October 2021
Design Lecture Series: Louise Sandhaus
Louise Sandhaus a graphic designer and design educator. She is currently faculty at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Graphic Design Program and former Program Director. Louise is the founder and co-director of The People’s Graphic Design Archive, a crowd-sourced virtual archive that aims to preserve, expand, and diversify graphic design history. Her book on the history of California graphic design, Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires and Riots: California and Graphic Design 1936-1986, was published in 2014 by Metropolis Books and Thames & Hudson. It received laudatory attention from The New York Times, The Guardian (London), and The Los Angeles Review of Books, among many others.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Dora Budor
Dora Budor is a New York based artist and writer. Her main medium is the exhibition, wherein the characteristics of the given context are amplified, dislodged, or re-circuited. Through this set of actions, an interdependency of meaning between the work and its host is constructed. Image as a conduit of memory and meaning is produced through the cinematic as it has come to be known not technically, but phenomenologically.
Design Lecture Series: Dr. Samaneh Moafi
Dr. Samaneh Moafi is the Senior Researcher at Forensic Architecture, Goldsmiths University of London. She provides conceptual oversight across projects and in particular oversees the Centre for Contemporary Nature (CCN), where new investigative techniques are developed for interrogating environmental violence.
Dr. Gili Hammer Artist/Scholar Residency
Image courtesy of the speaker Digital Presentation: “Performing Disability in Israel On and Off-stage: Blind Women’s Gender Performance and Integrated Dance.” Disability culture broadens our understanding of what it means to be human, teaching us that…
Visiting Artist Lecture: Gabrielle Civil
This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. GABRIELLE CIVIL is a black feminist performance artist, poet, and writer, originally from…
Design Lecture Series: Schessa Garbutt
This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Design Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Schessa Garbutt (they/she) is the founder and creative director at Firebrand. While their practices focuses…
Visiting Artist Lecture: Charles Mason III
Image courtesy of the artist This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Charles Mason III (based in Baltimore, MD) received…
Visiting Artist Lecture: Sydney Shen
This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Sydney Shen (b. 1989, New Jersey) lives and works in New York. She…
Design Lecture Series: Shiraz Abdullahi Gallab
Image courtesy of the artist “Scraps, Verbalized” This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Design Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Shiraz Abdullahi Gallab is a designer, educator…
November 2021
Design Lecture Series: Cybele Grandjean
Cybele Grandjean is a designer specializing in branding, visual design, user experience, typography, and art direction. She has created websites, apps, and design systems for small startups and large corporations. She is a partner and co-founder of Area of Practice—a design and branding consultancy based in New York City.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Muriel Hasbun
Muriel Hasbun’s expertise as an artist and as an educator focuses on cultural identity, migration and memory. Her awards and distinctions include: Trawick and Sondheim Finalist; CENTER Santa Fe’s Producer’s and Curator’s Choice, Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Howard Chapnick Grant; and Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards in Photography and Media.
Design Lecture Series: Nika Simovich Fisher
This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Design Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Nika Simovich Fisher is a designer, writer, and educator based in New York. She…
CWAH Annual Dance and Philosophy Lecture
Featuring Dr. Natalia Esling, author of Experiments in Immersive, One-to-One Performance: Understanding Audience Experience through Sensory Engagement (forthcoming, Routledge). Registration link forthcoming. Natalia Esling, PhD is an editor, copy-editor, teacher, research dramaturg, and mum based…
Design Lecture Series: Channel
Channel is a design and technology studio based in New York City. They make identities, installations and experiences with an emphasis on creative tech and interactive applications. As a studio they are focused on the potential for new modes of interaction and engagement on the web and IRL to deepen connections between brands and audiences. Channel was founded by Seth Kranzler and Will Denton. They are part of NEW INC, the New Museum’s art and tech incubator.
Visiting Artist Lecture: New Red Order
Image courtesy of the artist This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. New Red Order is a public secret society…
Visiting Artist Lecture: Regina Jose Galindo
Image courtesy of the artist This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Regina José Galindo is a visual artist and…
Design Lecture Series: Nontsikelelo Mutiti
Nontsikelelo Mutiti is a Zimbabwean-born visual artist and educator. She is invested in elevating the work and practices of Black peoples past, present, and future through a conceptual approach to design, publishing, archiving practices, and institution building. Mutiti holds a diploma in multimedia from the Zimbabwe Institute of Digital Arts and an MFA from the Yale School of Art, with a concentration in graphic design.
Canceled – Visiting Artist Lecture: Cassi Namoda
Cassi Namoda uses painting as an exercise in crossing cultural and historical references between her country of origin and the rest of the world. Using colors of intensities that range from the subtle to the acidic, applied in raw and expressive brushstrokes, the artist explores and cross-pollinates religious symbols with literary characters and real people, forging complex narratives. Namoda studies the unlikely meeting points between antagonistic mythologies and gives new meaning to symbols through boldly constructed images.
Design Lecture Series: Tega Brain
Tega Brain is an Australian-born artist and environmental engineer whose work examines issues of ecology, data systems, and infrastructure. She has created wireless networks that respond to natural phenomena, systems for obfuscating fitness data, and an online smell-based dating service. Her work has been shown widely including in the Vienna Biennale for Change and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Her first book, Code as Creative Medium, is co-authored with Golan Levin and published with MIT Press.
December 2021
Visiting Artist Lecture: Mindy Seu
Image courtesy of the artist This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Mindy Seu is a designer and researcher. She…
Visiting Artist Lecture: Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Image courtesy of the artist This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required for Zoom Access. Kameelah Janan Rasheed (b. 1985,…
Visiting Artist Lecture: Alison O’Daniel
Image courtesy of the artist This lecture is presented as part of the fall 2021 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required for Zoom Access. Alison O’Daniel is a visual artist…
January 2022
The Raritan Players presents “The Arts as Black Resistance in Eighteenth-Century London: The Music of Ignatius Sancho”
A concert on period instruments, with commentary, on Ignatius Sancho (1729-1780), known as the first Black person to publish original music compositions, and who used his work as a tool to resist enslavement and racism. With soprano Sonya Headlam (DMA ’21) and pianist Rebecca Cypess. Offered in connection with The National Day of Racial Healing.
February 2022
Visiting Artist Lecture: Jonathan Berger
Jonathan Berger’s work centers around the practice of exhibition making, encompassing a spectrum of activity concerned with a rigorous investigation of the many ways in which the exhibition site can be repurposed, and the subsequent potential for that site to allow for an expansion and reconsideration of what art can be and how it can be made.
CANCELED – Visiting Artist Lecture: Kyla Schuller
Kyla Schuller is Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is the author of the academic monograph The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century (Duke University Press, 2018) and the general audience book The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism (Bold Type Books, 2021).
Visiting Artist Lecture: P. Staff
Image courtesy of the artist This virtual lecture is presented as part of the spring 2022 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Live captioning is available. P. Staff is…
Visiting Artist Lecture: Lex Brown
Lex Brown is an artist who uses poetry and science-fiction to create an index for our psychological and emotional experiences as organic beings in a rapidly technologized world.
March 2022
Visiting Artist Lecture: Neil Beloufa
Neïl Beloufa is one the most powerful voices of the generation of artists born in the 1980s. His artistic research focuses on contemporary society and on how it is represented and mediated by digital interaction, often with the aim of exposing the control mechanisms.
Artists Facing State Repression: A Virtual Panel Discussion
This panel is comprised of artists from around the globe who have faced state repression first-hand as a consequence of political beliefs informing their artistic practices, and those who seek to defend them. It is…
Visiting Artist Lecture: Diane Severin Nguyen
Image courtesy of artist This virtual lecture is presented as part of the spring 2022 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Live captioning is available. Diane Severin Nguyen (b.…
April 2022
Visiting Artist Lecture: Park McArthur
Under the guidance and instruction of disability McArthur experiments with personal and social meanings of debility, delay and dependency by making artwork across different media and formats.
“Dancing Transnational Feminisms” Book Celebration
A celebration of Dancing Transnational Feminisms, with keynote addresses provided by Brenda Dixon-Gottschild and Thomas F. DeFrantz, and panel discussion lead by Alessandra Williams, Ananya Chatterjea, and Hui Niu Wilcox.
CANCELED – Visiting Artist Lecture: Rindon Johnson
Image courtesy of the artist This event has been canceled. This virtual lecture is presented as part of the spring 2022 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Live captioning…
Visiting Artist Lecture: Barbara Browning
Image courtesy of the artist This virtual lecture is presented as part of the spring 2022 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. Registration is required. Live captioning is available. Barbara Browning teaches…
May 2022
Visiting Artist Lecture: Julie Tolentino
Julie Tolentino (she/they interchangeably) is a Filipina Salvadorean artist whose practice explores durational performance, movement, and sensual practices within installation environments as a way to explore the interstitial spaces of relationality, memory, race, gender, and the archive.