Luminous Circle
Founder Offerings 2026
Thank you for being part of our Luminous Circle community.
Your participation helps foster meaningful conversations between art, science, and society.
2026 Calendar of Events for Founder Members
Founder Patron Benefits
Founder Members (individual and dual) may attend:
• Two Patron Salons
• Two Patron Experiences
• One Patron Dinner
Choose from Dinner with the Speakers or Utopian Dinner
Select one (complimentary)
Prioritize additional choices (self-pay)
Events are intimate.
Advance registration is required.
Non-transferable
Patron Salons
SAVE THE DATES
Saturday, March 21 (PAST)
Inaugural Patron Reception - Designing the Invisible at Studio Echelman. Radical Softness: The Responsive Art of Janet Echelman, Remembering the Future MIT Museum catalog, Catalyst Conversations bookmark
Saturday, November 14
Patron and Community Salon Soiree - Winter Celebration
Details TBA
Patron Experiences
SELECT TWO
Sunday, April 12 – 4:00 PM
Hands-on Exploration of the Harvard Collection of Historic Scientific Instruments with science historian and curator Emma Broder.
September Date TBA
Book talk with artist, researcher, author Anna Von Mertens.
Summer reading assignment: Attention is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt
Sunday, October 25 -- 2:00 PM
The Art and Science of Fermentation with chef and food anthropologist Yoko Bryden, Founder of Hungry Ninja Catering
December, Weekend TBA
Studio Visit with innovative eco- fashion designer Jill Palese and MIT material scientist collaborators. In residence at the Doris Duke Foundation, Newport, RI
Patron Dinners
Tuesday, February 10 (PAST)
Founders Dinner (complimentary) preceding the public program: Inside the Sensorium at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park with speakers Christina Agapakis, Jerry Chen, Skooby Laposky, and Meg Younger
SPACE IS LIMITED. SELECT ONE AND PRIORITIZE ADDITIONAL CHOICES
Wednesday, April 8
Founders Dinner with the Speakers following the public program: Transcendence & Entanglement with speakers Alan Lightman, Maria Molteni, and Russell Powell.
Tuesday, May 12
Founders Dinner with Speakers following the public program: Seeking Beauty: Finding Truth with speakers Shelley Reed and Frank Wilczek
Thursday, September 17
Founders Dinner with the speakers following the public program: Matters of Light: Illumination and the Dark with speakers Sara Seager and Abelardo Morell
Tuesday, November 10
Founders Dinner with the speakers following the public program: Home and Habitat with Shellburne Thurber and