ARTFINITY is a new, Institute-wide arts festival that launched at MIT on February 15, 2025, with an unforgettable evening of performances, projections, and community celebration at the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building. Over the course of three months, the festival featured more than 80 events across campus, including concerts, exhibitions, film screenings, augmented reality experiences, impromptu performances, and public art interventions. ARTFINITY brings together artists, students, faculty, and the broader MIT community to reimagine the role of the arts in science and technology while celebrating their ability to inspire, provoke, and unite.

The festival is co-directed by Professor Azra Akšamija, Director of the Arts, Culture, and Technology Program, and Institute Professor Marcus A. Thompson. As co-chairs of the ARTFINITY committee, they led a two-year collaborative planning effort to create a festival that centers the arts as a vital force for critical inquiry and cultural transformation at MIT. In her opening remarks, Akšamija described ARTFINITY as a platform for "radical hope, joy, and connection"—an invitation to dream and act together through the arts.

Click here for more information and the full program of the festival.