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CFA DEGREES & PROGRAMS
With more than 30 programs of study, on-campus and online modalities, and a full range of undergraduate and graduate options, CFA educates artists, musicians, performers, scholars, and educators at all stages of their professional careers.
Who Are We?
With programs in Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts, Boston University College of Fine Arts offers a wide array of pre-college, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, as well as a range of online degrees and certificates.
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CFA Magazine
Making art and an impact. Discover the amazing stories of CFA's dynamic alums, friends, and faculty as well as the innovation happening right here on BU's campus.
Check out the most recent issue of CFA magazine, featuring the latest stories from the CFA Terrier community of artists, educators, and activists. Get to know BU alums acting on Broadway stages (including cover feature Sydney Lemmon), get the inside plays from a creative director for the NFL, and learn about how Grammy-nominated ensemble Palaver Strings is on a mission to address social injustice, expand music education, and build community.
And that's just the start. Find many, many more stories of alums making impacts across all fields in this issue.
CFA's Latest Stories
Explore what's new in the ever-expanding world of CFA student, faculty, and alumni news and work.
Directing Change
Nikki DiLoreto is a director, coach, mentor, and cofounder of an inclusive program for female and nonbinary directors
This CFA Student Is Using Art to Help Medical Patients
Jieun Lim’s unusual path began with her own cancer diagnosis. Now, Lim (CFA’26) is earning a master of arts in art education and runs crafting workshops at Boston Medical Center for chemotherapy patients
Connection Through Music
Grammy-nominated ensemble Palaver Strings, founded by two alums, is on a mission to address social injustice, expand music education, and build community
Boston Young Contemporaries 2025 Exhibition Mentioned in The Boston Globe’s The Ticket
The exhibition, on view through July 26 at BU’s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery, is a revitalized cross-institutional exhibition showcasing works by current and recently graduated MFA students from Boston art schools
25 Charles River Campus Faculty Receive Promotions
CFA faculty promoted to associate professor include: Christine Hamel, voice and acting; Breehan James, painting; Toni Pepe, photography; Tawnya Smith, music education
The Role of Her Life (So Far)
Actor Sydney Lemmon was struggling to find work in early 2022. Then she auditioned to play an unhinged tech worker in therapy, and rediscovered her identity
Drumroll, Please, for CFA’s Gareth Smith
School of Music assistant professor of music, music education, has a new album, an endorsement deal, and a book in the works
These Two BU Alums Could Take Home a Tony Award Sunday Night
Actor Tala Ashe (CFA'06) and lighting designer Scott Zielinski (CFA'87) are first-time nominees
Upcoming Events
There's always something going on at the College of Fine Arts! Check out all upcoming concerts, productions, exhibitions, lectures, and community events.
BU Night at Shakespeare on the Common
CFA Graduate Orientation
CFA In The News
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