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The Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT) program at MIT provides a Master of Science degree (SMACT), an intensive two-year graduate program with competitive admission. Instruction is led by distinguished artists who actively exhibit and create on a global scale.
ACT enables artist-scholars to investigate art's expansive, multifaceted heritage and its intersections with culture, science, technology, and design through dedicated creative practice and theory-informed work. The program champions innovative approaches and cross-disciplinary methods in both conventional and emerging art forms. Participants are urged to view their artwork's material and sociocultural dimensions as integral to its meaning. Alongside studio work and project development, the curriculum includes contemporary art lectures, theoretical debates, and training in research-oriented artistic methodologies.