Visiting Artists & Lectures
Visiting artists enrich MassArt through lectures, residencies, and exhibitions, offering students diverse professional perspectives.
Through lectures, slide talks, gallery walkthroughs, symposia, and residencies, visiting artists share their perspectives on practicing their chosen craft. Visits often coincide with exhibitions of artists’ work, granting MassArt students the unique opportunity to participate in mounting professional installations.
While some visits are intimately tied to curricula, others are designed to fill a gap or broaden the student experience. Unless otherwise noted, events are free and open to the public.
Upcoming Events
Fall 2026 Fine Arts Lecture Series | Colleen Kiely
- Wednesday, November 18, 2026 / 12:00pm, DMC Lecture Hall
The MassArt Graduate Programs, MFA Studio Arts, and the 2D fine art department are pleased to welcome Colleen Kiely as the closing Visiting Artist of the Fall 2026 Fine Arts Lecture Series. Please join us in the Design and Media Center Lecture Hall at 12:00pm on Wednesday, November 18. Colleen Kiely (b. Providence, RI) is a painter and educator based in Boston,...
- Fine Arts Lecture Series
- Lecture
- Visiting Artist
- public
- Free
Fall 2026 Photo Lecture Series | Sheida Soleimani
- Tuesday, December 1, 2026 / 2:00pm, Tower Auditorium
The MassArt Graduate Programs and Photography department are pleased to welcome Sheida Soleimani as the final speaker of the Fall 2026 Photography Lecture Series. Please join us in the Tower Auditorium at 2:00pm on Tuesday, December 1. Sheida Soleimani (b. 1990) is an Iranian-American artist, educator, and activist. The daughter of political refugees who escaped Iran in the early 1980s, Soleimani...
- Lecture
- Photography Lecture Series
- Visiting Artist
- public
- Free