Each semester, we partner with faculty to present signature arts events. These events are planned in full partnership with the faculty, and programming is deeply embedded in the academic mission of the university, interdisciplinary, and usually engage multiple schools and programs within the university. Many of our signature events take the form of artist residencies. Often faculty who partner with us to curate residencies a become Provost Faculty Arts Fellows.

We offer grants for faculty, students, and staff projects that directly engage BU students in the arts. The next deadline is October 18, 2019. We also offer Graduate Arts Research Grants and support two undergraduate summer research grants through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.

The BU Global Music Festival is annual celebration of musical cultures around the world featuring high-caliber, international artists as well as vibrant local musical communities, bringing the wider musical world to the doorstep of thousands of students, adults, young people, and families throughout the Boston area.

We’ve made sure BU students have affordable—and in many cases free—access to the best of Boston’s art scene, including FREE access to the Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Harvard Art Museums and the Institute of Contemporary Art, as well as the Boston Symphony Orchestra (when open and available).

Each fall we coordinate an event to showcase arts programs and events at BU. Check out the participants from this Fall’s 2020 Arts Fair on Friday, September 4th from 11am-1pm.

Every year we bring over 3 dozen Boston area arts organizations, BU programs and BU student groups together to share their programming and involve students in the arts on & off campus.

Sign up to receive an email every Wednesday night with a list of on campus arts events and other news for Thursday through the following Sunday. That is 10-days of events for you to check out on BU’s campus and beyond!

The Arts Insiders Program has been created to ensure that students develop an active and participatory role in the arts as a meaningful element of your BU experience and personal, academic and social development.  Here is how it works – students leaders from our Arts Council select a few exciting arts events in or around Boston each semester and students can sign up to attend free of charge.  Arts Insiders is a great way for students to meet new people and explore the Boston area.  Space for each event is limited so be sure to Sign up for the Arts Insiders notices which give you first dibs on upcoming trips and activities before we open them up to the general student body!

For more information please contact our Graduate Assistant at artsinbu@bu.edu.

In addition to major programs, residencies, and grants, there are other ways in which we support curricular integration of the arts for faculty. There is also a list of discounts to local arts organizations for faculty and staff.

Check out the variety of opportunities for student musicians and student, faculty, staff, and alumni visual art exhibitions.

Boston University is proud to be the home of more than two dozen public art installations, including one of our newest installations from Carson Fox, as well as work from noted Chilean Sculptor Sergio Castillo, Alum Russel Jacques, mason Edward Monti, and sculptor and photographer Gregg Lefevre.

Check out our Public Art page to explore temporary and permanent work on each of BU’s campuses.

Our partnership with CAS Writing supports the expansion of the Boston Now program, which includes a number of courses that use the arts as topics for the teaching of writing skills.