Events and Exhibitions listings

Please visit the MassArt Events Calendar for the most current and complete information >>> https://calendar.massart.edu/

[all events on MassArt Campus unless otherwise indicated]

2023/24

  • Sep 1 – 14  –Godine Family Gallery (GFG) What’s Left of Us?
    Opening reception September 7th @ 7PM
  • Sept 22 – 30  –Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Material Nature, Reception Sept 22
  • Oct 9 – 22  –Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Red Light District, Reception Oct 12
  • Oct 5 – Maya Hayuk visiting artist talk – Pozen
  • Oct 12 – Dan Callahan visiting artist talk – Pozen
  • Oct 20 – MassArt AI Teach-in – Pozen – 10:00 am – 4:00 pm > MassArt Calendar link
  • Oct 26 – SIM at the Station in the Fenway – 7:00 – 9:00 pm > MassArt Calendar link
  • Oct 27 – Eventworks Putrefaction Goth Night – Pozen – 7:00 – 10:00 pm > MassArt Calendar link
  • Oct 26/27 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Putrefaction Exhibit
  • Oct 28 – Nov 10 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Me In My Nest, Built First By My Mother
  • Oct 28 – Dance at the Station in the Fenway – 7:00 – 9:00 pm > MassArt Calendar link
  • Oct 31 – Sound at the Station in the Fenway – 7:00 – 9:00 pm > MassArt Calendar link
  • Oct 31 – Carcass @ Evan’s Way
  • Nov 10 – SIMBIG50 Catalog Presentation and Panel – DMC Lecture Hall> MassArt Calendar link
  • Nov 10 – 12 – SIM at the Boston Arts Book Fair > MassArt Calendar link
  • Nov 16 – ReBirthday Party – SIM Department Exhibition Reception and Live Event – Pozen, N181, North Crack, Godine Family Gallery (GFG) > MassArt Calendar link
  • Nov 20 – Dec 8  –Godine Family Gallery (GFG) CROCODILIAN
  • Dec 1 – Eventworks Burlesque Gremlins Movie Screening – Pozen – 7 pm
  • Dec 4 – Experimental Ensembles Class Performance – Pozen – 7 pm
  • Dec 5 – Interrelated Media Practice Class Pop-up Exhibit – N181 – 7 pm
  • Dec 7 – Lani Asuncion visiting artist talk – Pozen
  • Dec 9 – 16 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) 3D Show
  • Dec 14 – Zac Rea’s Side Door Jazz Club – Pozen
  • Dec 15 – Eventworks Side Door: Open Wide Drag Show – Pozen
  • Dec 17 – Dec 22 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Student Review Boards
  • Jan 7 – Feb 3  –Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Stop and Stare
    An interactive gallery show by @emojisonmygrave and @emmy.kelley
  • Jan 26 – Eventworks Mad Tea Party – Pozen
  • Jan 31 – Eventworks + Carcass Pop-up – Evans Way (6 pm vendors, 8 pm performances)
  • Feb 4 – Feb 16 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Thinking, Feeling and Waiting to Become a Single Confused Thing… 
  • Feb 15 – Wasted Event – Pozen
  • Feb 20 – Mar 1 – Eventworks Liminalis Escape Room – DMC Black Box
  • Feb 22 – Elaine Buckholtz visiting artist talk – Pozen
  • Feb 26 – Mar 16 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) It Looks Like Up to Me Owen Greenfield and Nick Ortoleva
  • Mar 17 -Mar 23 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) + all SIM Spaces All School Show exhibitions and events
  • Mar 24 – Mar 30 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Don’t Play with Your Food
  • Mar 31 – Apr 13 –Eventworks + Godine Family Gallery (GFG)  SkillShare
  • Apr 10 – Liv Curry’s Plantrave – N181
  • Apr 14 – Apr 27 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Chiseling of the Eye
  • Apr 18 – Luke Wyland and John Niekrazs visiting artists talk – Pozen
  • Apr 19 – Eventworks SIMCon – Pozen, N181, North Sound Studio
  • Apr 20 – Massimo Chinosi Sogni D’Oro film screening and reception – DMC Lecture Hall
  • Apr 21 – Coming Down Soon exhibit – New Alliance Studios Somerville
  • Apr 22 – Liv Curry’s 422 Rave – N181
  • Apr 22 – May 3 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Stations of the Artist’s Cross, Reception May 2
  • Apr 26 – Eventworks The Motherland International Dance Event – Pozen
  • Apr 30 – Carcass Carnival – Arts at the Armory Highland Ave Somerville
  • May 3 – Pull Up Cypher – Dance Battle – Lynch Skate Park
  • May 4 & 5 – A Waltz Between the Planes: A Passion Play!  Intimate Performances (15 people max) May 4th & 5th; 6 PM, 8 PM, 10 PM; Godine Reception Show, May 2nd, 8 PM
  • May 6 – May 13  Godine Family Gallery (GFG) – Review Boards

2022/23

  • Sep 1 – Sep 26 –Godine Family Gallery (GFG) This Could Be You
  • Sep 29 – Oct 13 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Combine
  • Oct 24 – Oct 31 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Haunted Diner
  • Oct 27 – Eventworks Little Shop of Horrors Interactive Movie Night
  • Nov 4 – 6 – Transcultural Exchange Conference in collaboration with COF
  • Nov 12 – SIM Alumni and Founders Day Event – Pozen
  • Nov 17 – Nov 23 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) SIM Department Exhibition “The End of BIG Show”
  • Nov 17 – SIM Department Exhibition Reception and Live Event – “The End of BIG Show”
  • Dec 9 – Eventworks Soul Interactive Movie Night
  • Dec 1 – Dec 16 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Clara Long Solo
  • Dec 15 – Dec 23 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Student Review Boards
  • Jan 19 – Feb 2 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) VideoStore
  • Feb 9 – 24 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Dream Library + Sketching Events and Artist Talk series
    • Feb 21 – Max Ryan + Owen Greenfield
    • Feb 23 – Ryan Fliegelman
    • Feb 28 – Re Delaney
  • Feb 22 – Meet Your Major – SIM Open House in Pozen
  • Mar 3 – Eventworks The Fork Collapse – Owen Greenfield & Max Ryan – Pozen
  • Mar – SIMtv:11 (Submission Deadline January 28)
  • Mar 13 – Mar 27 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Fly (Sam Viscosi) – opening reception and live event Mon March 1,  5:30 – 6:30
  • Mar 31 – Eventworks Blart Side of the Moon Interactive Movie Night
  • Apr 2 – 23 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) All School Show
  • Apr 8 – Eventworks Brian McCook (Katya) Artist Talk – Tower Auditorium Eventbrite ticketing link
  • Apr 13 –  All School Show SIM Dept Event and Exhibitions
  • Apr 16-23 – Eventworks L.O.A.F.S. (Live Event Apr 17)
  • Apr 20 – SIM Alum Cori Spencer Visiting Artists Talk during SIM Major Studio
  • Apr 22 – Eventworks Vendorama ATAC Framingham
  • Apr 28 – Vision Magazine Event – Pozen
  • Apr 29 – Art for the Year 2173 Celebration
    • Harris and Ros Barron Immersive Experience Studio Naming Dedication and SIMBIG50 catalog launch
    • Pop up Fashion Show, Exhibit, art-making event and reception
    • West End Lobby Entrance Window Video Projection Installation
  • May 1 – 9 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Hannah Zahr
  • May 4 – Eventworks The Lost Woods
  • May 9 – 17 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) Student Review Boards

2021/22

  • Sept 1 – Oct 15 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG)  – PlayHouse I: Make Your Mark
  • Oct 28 – EVENTWORKS – Haunted House and Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Nov 1 – 18 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG)  – Zhiqian Wang: Red or White Roses
  • Nov 28 – Dec 10 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG)  – Isolation, curated by Hope Antonellis
  • Dec 2 – SIM BIG Show
  • Dec 2 – SIMtv Episode #9 airs
  • Jan 24 – Feb 8 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) – An Ode To Music by Max Ryan
  • Feb 3 – EVENTWORKS – SIMtvSOUND Episode #10 airs + Live Music Show in Pozen
  • Mar 1 – 24th – Godine Family Gallery (GFG)- Playhouse II – Greenhouse
  • Mar 31 – All School Show: SIM Exhibitions and Events
  • Apr 1 – May 22 – SIM @ Installation Space opens in North Adams
  • Apr 3 – EVENTWORKS – Vendorama, Arts at theArmory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville , MA 02143
  • Apr 4 – 18 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) – Freddy Thomas (Solo Artist Exhibition)
  • Apr 13 – EVENTWORKS – Masary Studios Artist Talk and Sound Installation
  • Apr 20 – May 9 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) -Playhouse III – Planet Godine
  • Apr 23 – EVENTWORKS – Battle of the Bands
  • Apr – N181 Jam Sessions “Bad News at the Doorstep”
  • May 6 – Creator Potluck Virtual Skillshare
  • May 7 – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) –Cloud XI Hip Hop Concert

2020/21

  • Oct 31 – SIMply Spooky SIMtv Episode airs
  • Nov 5 – EVENTWORKS Art at the End of the World podcast
  • Nov  – EVENTWORKS Virtual Basement Band Performances
  • Nov 12 – Visiting Artist Talk SIM Alum, Monica Chiang
  • Nov 24 – SIMtv Episode #3 airs
  • Apr 17 – SIMBIG50 Virtual Celebration
  • Nov -May –  Godine Family Gallery (GFG) -Exhibit and Artist Talk series

2019/20

  • EVENTWORKS – Octopus Sounds podcast project
  • Sept – Godine Family Gallery (GFG) – What’s Past is Prologue 
  • Oct – GFG – Mirrors, Serena Gabriels
  • Oct – GFG – Regardless of Outcome
  • Oct 12 – 27 – SIM in the Crackatorium
  • Oct 24 – Visiting Artist Talk SIM Alum, Dave Schlafman
  • Nov – GFG – Workshop 
  • Nov – GFG – AM, IS.
  • Nov 8 – EVENTWORKS – TEDxYouth@Beaconstreet 
  • Nov 14 – SIM Department Exhibition
  • Nov 22 – EVENTWORKS (not a) RAVE
  • Dec – GFG – The Guilt you Don’t Feel, Emma Lucidi
  • Dec 1-15, 2019 – GFG – Methods and Design in Exhibition class exhibit, Rob Gainfort
  • Dec 15 – MassArt Video Freakout
  • Feb 2 – 16 –  GFG – Punishable by Law
  • Feb 8 – Moral Crema Cabaret, 8 – 11 pm Pozen
  • Feb 16 – 22 –  GFG – On View
  • Feb 24 – 29 –  GFG – Ian Malabre & Zhiqian Wang: Capital Investigation
  • Mar 2 – 6 –  GFG – Naomi Gabizon & Olivia Herman: A Woman with a Body & a Head
  • Apr 16 – SIM Alumni Panel, 5 – 6:30 (this happened virtually!!)

COVID Cancellations  : (

  • Mar 16 -22 –  GFG – All School Show: Sculpture & Art History
  • Mar 23 -27 –  GFGAll School Show: SIM & Printmaking
  • Mar 26 – All School Show SIM exhibition in collaboration with Printmaking Department, all SIM spaces.
  • Mar 30 – Apr 3 –  GFG – Jillian Mortimer Solo
  • Apr 6 – 17 – GFG – Allison Beaudette: Interrelated Archiving
  • Apr 9 – EVENTWORKSStudio for Interrelated Wrestling 2.0
  • Apr 18 – SIM Alumni Gathering – SIMBIG50(ish), 4-6 pm Godine Gallery, 6-9 pm,  Pozen
  • Apr 20 – May 1 – GFG – Dinner Table Project Residency
  • Apr 23 – Brad Troemel Artists Talk, 7 – 9, Pozen
  • Apr 30 – EVENTWORKS – SIM Circus
  • May 4 – 11 – GFG – Nadia Orcel: ùwà
  • May 12 – 20 GFG – Review Boards / Solo Shows

2018/19

SIM Studio
  • Sept 27, 2018 – Class Field trip to ICA Watershed
  • Oct 11, 2018, 2 – 3:30 – Ros Barron, SIM Visiting Artists Series 
  • Nov 1,  2018 – SIM Alumni and Founders Day, 1:30 – 6:00 Current Students, 7 – 9 Alumni & Student Mixer 
  • November 15, 2018 , 7- 9 – SIM Department Show* 
  • Dec 6, 2018 , 2 – 3:30 – DIS collective, SIM Visiting Artists Series  
  • Feb 21 – 25, 2019 – Regie Gibson, Residency and Hellerstein Lecturer
  • Feb 28, 2019  – Toshi Hoo, SIM Visiting Artist Series
  • Mar, 2019 – All School Show | SIM Department Exhibit in partnership with Fashion Department
  • Mar 20, 2019  – Turning Jewels into Water, Musical Guests
  • Apr 4, 2019  – Peter Berdovsky (Zebbler), SIM Visiting Artist Series
  • Apr 11, 2019  – Csilla Klenyanszi, SIM Visiting Artist Series
  • Apr 30, 2019 ,  1:30-6:30pm –  “Intensive Performance Art Open Studio”
  • May 11, 2019 , 2pm – 5 pm – Bruce Robert Bowen Celebration
  • June 23, 2019,  2:00 pm – 4:00 p.m – SIM Alumni Meetup @ Somerville Brewing Company
Godine Family Gallery
  • September 1 – 22nd: COPIOUS
  • September 23 – October 13th: Biology, Memories, Experiences & Dreams
  • October 14 – 20th: Green Arts
  • October 25 – Performance Night
  • October 28 – November 5th: Alumni Awards
  • November 6 – November 9th: Big Show Promotional Week
  • November 10 – November 24th: BIG SHOW
  • November 26 – Dec 7 – Rob Gainfort’s Methods for Exhibition Design Class Exhibit
  • Jan 20-Feb 2 -“I Spy”
  • Feb 3-16 – Plays show
  • Feb 17-March 2 – BSV style Gallery
  • March 10-23 -All School Show
  • March 24-April 6 –  Milkmade
  • April 7-20 -Performance Show
  • April 21 -May 4 – Keagan Solo
Eventworks
  • October 20 – GreenArts Festival*
  • November 29 – Films of the Resistance II: M.I.A. / Matangi / Maya
  • December 13 -Thursday Night Fever: A night to skate and boogie
  • March – Films of Resistance: TBD
  • Mar 29 – Born and Bred Boston, Multi-media Arts Festival
  • April – Craftfest: Market
  • April – Culture Shock

2017/18

SIM Studio
  • September 28 – Andrew Yang, SIM Visiting Artists Series 
  • October 5 – Franco Mattes, SIM Visiting Artists Series 
  • October 12- Field trip to MassMoca* 
  • October 19 – Jack Pierson, SIM Visiting Artists Series
  • November 2 – SIM Alumni and Founders Day
  • November 10 –  Micah Krueger Danemayer Scholarship Celebration 
  • November 16 – SIM Department Show
  • December 14 – SIW: Studio for Interrelated Wrestling 
Godine Family Gallery
  • Sept 17 – 30 – between you and me*
  • October 1- 14 – Lamborghini Mercy
  • October 15- 28 – Jack Pierson
  • October 29- November 4 – Alumni Pop-up 
  • November 6- 14 – Rob Gainfort Exhibitions 
  • November 14 – 24 – SIM BIG 
  • November 26-December 9 – Regali Artists Residency in Sicily
Eventworks
  • October 5 – Cage Match
  • October 13 – evening SIM show fundraiser (off campus)
  • October 28 – GreenArts Festival
  • November 9 – screening night
  • December 7 – Cage Match
  • February 1 – Screening Night
  • March 1  – Cage Match
  • March 16, 32 & 30 – feminist film screening nights
  • March 31 – Feminist Art Festival
  • April TBD –  Dome Fest
  • May 3 – Cage Match