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Left: 2025 Summer MFA Thesis Exhibition: Porous Interiorities, MassArt x SoWa First Friday reception, Aug 1, 2025. Photo: Amy Fink. Right: Exhibition image from Fish Don't Sleep - 5th Annual Juried Alumni Exhibition, MassArt x SoWa, Aug 30 – Oct 19, 2025.
Explore work by students, alumni, faculty, and visiting artists in our galleries year-round.
MassArt exhibitions showcase bold ideas and creative innovation across art and design. From gallery shows and artist talks to performances and community celebrations, our exhibitions engage the public year-round—and all events are free and open to everyone.
Throughout the academic year, the MassArt campus becomes a dynamic showcase of creative expression. Visit our galleries, attend a talk, or join an opening reception to experience the energy of Boston’s only public college of art and design.
Current Exhibitions
- Community Engagement
- Exhibition
- MassArt Off-Campus Event
- public
- Thursday, October 1, 2026
- Du Bois Freedom Center
- Exhibition
- public
- Free
- Thursday, October 1, 2026
- MassArt x SoWa
- Exhibition
- Reception
- public
- Free
- Thursday, October 1, 2026
- Design and Media Center
- Exhibition
- public
- Friday, October 2, 2026 / 9:00am to 5:00pm
- Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery
- Exhibition
- public
- Friday, October 2, 2026 / 8:00am to 9:00pm
- Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery
- Exhibition
- MassArt Off-Campus Event
- Reception
- Social Activity
- public
- Free
- Sunday, October 4, 2026 / 5:00pm to 8:00pm
- MassArt x SoWa Gallery
- Call for Art
- Exhibition
- public
- Monday, October 5, 2026 / 7:00am to 10:00pm
- Tower 1 Gallery
- Exhibition
- public
- Monday, October 5, 2026
- Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery
Visit MassArt x SoWa
The MassArt x SoWa satellite gallery in Boston’s South End allows graduate students to display their work publicly while honing their curatorial skills.
MassArt x SoWa (opens in new tab)Screenings & Performances
URGH! A MUSIC WAR — Live screening and post-film presentation
- Friday, October 9, 2026 / 7:00pm, MassArt Tower Auditorium
A live screening and discussion with The Professors of Urgh: Chaki and Chris Slusarenko, Hosts of “A Very Opinionated Look at Urgh!” Podcast with Special Guest, Gang of Four’s Hugo Burnham About the film: Widely regarded as one of the essential documents of the late-1970s and early-1980s New Music scene, URGH! A MUSIC WAR has rarely been shown theatrically...
- External Event
- Screening
- public
ASTEROID CITY screening with a talk by set decorator and MassArt alumna Kris Moran, BFA ‘89 Painting
- Wednesday, October 14, 2026 / 6:00pm, MassArt Tower Auditorium
Please join us on Wednesday, October 14, at 6 pm, for a talk with accomplished artist, designer, and set decorator Kris Moran BFA ’89 Painting. Following her talk will be a screening of Wes Anderson’s acclaimed film, “Asteroid City," featuring her work as the film's Set Decorator. Kris will offer an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the inspiration and craftsmanship behind...
Boston Palestine Film Festival at MassArt: 7ajr + An Incomplete Calendar
- Sunday, October 18, 2026 / 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Tower Auditorium
Boston Palestine Film Festival at MassArt: 7ajr + An Incomplete Calendar Sunday, October 18, 2026 5:30–8:30 PM Tower Auditorium, MassArt Free and open to the public; RSVP RSVP: https://events.com/r/en_US/tickets/7ajar-boston-october-1096760 MassArt welcomes the 20th Annual Boston Palestine Film Festival for an evening of two screenings exploring memory, archives, land, and collective histories. 5:30 PM — 7ajr 7ajr presents work emerging from...
WOMEN LAUGHING documentary screening and panel discussion
- Monday, October 26, 2026 / 7:00pm, Tower Auditorium
Film Screening and Conversation with Liza Donnelly and Amy Hwang Join MassArt for a special screening of Women Laughing, a documentary celebrating the women cartoonists who have helped shape The New Yorker—their humor, creative process, history, and influence. Women Laughing is a documentary about the women cartoonists of The New Yorker, exploring how their humor, perspectives, and creative voices have helped shape the magazine...
MAC Underground Spring Concert 2027
- Thursday, March 11, 2027 / 8:00pm to 11:00pm, Tower Auditorium
The MAC Underground Spring Concert promotes emerging student bands within the COF Community & underground artists across New England.
- Performance
- public
- Free
