Events List

Upcoming Events

Artist Talks

Feb. 20, 2026
Radical Softness: The Responsive Art of Janet Echelman
Zaragoza Luce Festival
Zaragoza, Spain
Feb. 25, 2026
Reimagining Public Spaces with Artist Janet Echelman
London Transport Museum
Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom
Mar. 22, 2026
Cambridge Boat Club
Cambridge, MA
Apr. 23, 2026
Radical Softness: A Talk by Janet Echelman
Missouri State University
Springfield, MO
May 14, 2026
Radical Softness: A Talk by Janet Echelman
The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
May 30, 2026
Association of Arts Administration Educators conference keynote
Boston University
Boston, MA
2027
UW College of Built Environments keynote
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Dance Performances of Noli Timere

Jan. 24, 2026
Noli Timere performance installation
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Jan. 29 – Feb. 1, 2026
Noli Timere performance installation
Arts Emerson, Emerson College
Boston, MA

Exhibitions

Sept. 18 –
MIT Museum sculpture installation
Remembering the Future
Cambridge, MA
Nov. 16, 2025 – Apr. 26, 2026
Sarasota Art Museum mid-career retrospective
Janet Echelman: Radical Softness
Sarasota, FL

Learn more

Dec. 8
Curator’s Tour led by Lacie Barbour: Radical Softness exhibition
Sarasota Art Museum
Sarasota, FL

Past Events

Feb. 2, 2026
Radical Softness: Janet Echelman in conversation with Gloria Sutton
The Boston Athenaeum
Boston, MA
Nov. 21
Kutztown University 86th Annual Art Education Conference keynote
Kutztown University, In the Making: A Gathering of Artists and Educators
Kutztown, PA
Nov. 19
Anne Whiston Spirn Lecture presentation
UPenn McHarg Center, Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library
Philadelphia, PA
Nov. 17
Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) 2025 keynote
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Nov. 15
Opening Day Talk + Book Signing
Sarasota Art Museum
Sarasota, FL
Oct. 29
Design Tech Lecture Series
Cornell Tech, Tata Innovation Center
New York, NY
Oct. 25
Boston Book Festival Book Talk
Rabb Hall, Boston Public Library
Boston, MA
Oct. 15
Radical Softness: The Responsive Art of Janet Echelman presentation
MIT Museum
Cambridge, MA
Oct. 9
Radical Softness: A Conversation with Janet Echelman, Rebecca Lazier and Andrew Sageman-Furnas
Gregg Museum of Art & Design
Raleigh, NC
Oct. 3
Radical Softness: A Talk by Janet Echelman
William & Mary, Muscarelle Museum of Art Event Hall
Williamsburg, VA
Sept. 29
Radical Softness and Other Stories Through Art with Janet Echelman '87
Harvard Club of Boston
Boston, MA
Sept. 26
The Geometry of Uncertainty Symposium Radical Softness: The Responsive Art of Janet Echelman
RISD, Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center
Providence, RI