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Public Art Administration Course Develops Outdoor Installation on BU Campus
Public art project “Air Dancers” was produced by 21 students in the Art Administration program’s Public Art Program Administration (MET AR 779) course, which was taught by Ross Miller and Yolanda He Yang. During the 2022 spring semester, students custom painted air-activated kinetic fabric shapes to address themes of personal privacy, loneliness (during the pandemic), humor, gender identity, and BU school pride. The artwork was produced via collaboration between MET graduate students, and outreach to BU College of Fine Arts students, through a Call for Artists idea competition. More
Wendy Swart Grossman Presents at Creativity and Cognition Conference 2022: Venice, Italy
Since 1993, the Creativity and Cognition Conference has been bringing together “artists, scientists, designers, educators, and researchers to more deeply understand how people engage individually and socially in creative processes and how computation and other technology can affect creative outcomes.” More
OPEN CALL: 2024 ENCATC Education & Research Session, Deadline: 30 April 2024
The 2024 ENCATC Congress will be organised from 18-20 September 2024 in Lecce, Italy. Alongside this major international event, ENCATC will organise the 14th edition of the Education and Research Session (E&Rs). More
Arts Admin Director Burnishes Program’s International Bona Fides with Visits to Brussels and Seoul
As its name implies, the art world is a fundamentally global one. What’s more, globalization continues to play a significant role in shaping it, which is why the BU Metropolitan College Arts Administration program prioritizes developing international perspectives by requiring US-based students to take time to study abroad in places like Barcelona, Spain; Dublin, Ireland; Brussels, Belgium; London, England; and Havana, Cuba. More
A Class That Gets Results: Creative Startups Survey Finds Creativity to be an Entrepreneurial Launchpad
Her 10 years teaching Creative Startups: From Idea to Impact (MET AR 789) in the BU Metropolitan College MET Arts Administration program made Wendy Swart Grossman curious: What had become of the many students that had come and gone through her classroom? What do the more than 170 people who have taken it remember from the class, and what lasting impact did it make? More