2026 Festival of the Arts
24 Hours. Any Medium. No Limits.
ART NEVER SLEEPS: Overnight Performance Series
Saturday, April 18 | 6pm UNTIL
Sunday, April 19 | 1am
24 hours of nonstop creativity featuring student dancers, musicians, poets, and interdisciplinary artists. Includes a guest set by "My Mom is Here" at 9:00 PM. Audiences are welcome to come and go; bring blankets and chairs![stay tuned for full performance lineup.]
April 18 (6PM) — April 19 (6PM) | Brandeis University
This isn’t our typical arts festival! Join us for a 24-hour window into the creative work happening across Brandeis. For one full day and night, the boundaries between studio and stage, major and minor, are gone. Music, theater, visual art, movement, film, and interdisciplinary work all share the same continuous space.
Open to all mediums - its how you create, not just what you create!
BY LOCATION
SPINGOLD THEATER CENTER
"Small Mouth Sounds": 4 Performance Dates
- 8PM on Friday April 17
- 2PM on Saturday April 18
- 8PM on Saturday April 18
- 2PM on Saturday April 19
SLOSBERG MUSIC CENTER
- Saturday 4/18 7:30-9:00PM
Brandeis University Chorus and Chamber Singers
- Sunday 4/19 3:00-4:30PM
WIEN FACULTY CENTER
Alumni Art Gallery: “Only Us: Photographs by Eric Neudel ’69”
Saturday 4/18 4:30-6PM
The Alumni Art Gallery is pleased to present “Only Us: Photographs by Eric Neudel ’69” as our Spring 2026 exhibition in the Wien Faculty Center. Launched in 2023, the gallery celebrates Brandeis alumni through rotating showcases.
In “Only Us,” Neudel explores the philosophy that “there is no other in humanity—only us.” Featuring images captured over decades of documentary work for PBS across Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Americas, the exhibition highlights a shared human experience defined by compassion and resilience.
Neudel is an award-winning filmmaker known for his work on Eyes on the Prize and Vietnam: A Television History. His most recent documentary, The Wake Up Call (2021), examines the human cost of war.