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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. Meet jazz legend Victor Goines (CFA'27) who after decades as a touring jazz musician, community leader, and world-class educator, is back in school. Look back on the career of Disney veteran and Broadway marketer Jack Eldon (CFA’81). Eavesdrop on a conversation between fashion historians Raissa Bretaña (CFA’13) and Coleen Scott (CFA’04) on the Golden Age of Hollywood and their lifelong passion for costume design. Explore the process behind artists like Katherine Vetne (CFA’09) who uses the Renaissance art of metalpoint to render unsettling still lifes, and Cathy Della Lucia (CFA'17), whose fantastical mixed-media sculptures tell complicated stories.
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.
Fenway Campus’ “Hidden Gem” Makerspace
Free art lab allows students to explore their crafty side
BU Symphony Orchestra and Choir Perform, Record World Premiere of Swedish Composer’s Near-Forgotten Work
Performance will spotlight female composer Elfrida Andrée’s trailblazing compositions, which have largely been lost to history
Creatives in Practice: Olivera Gajić
BU assistant professor of costume design recently had a solo exhibition in Serbia's RISC Gallery, located in the town where Gajic first received her formal training in painting and costume designing
New 808 Gallery Show Celebrates the Perfect Imperfection of Printmaking in the Age of AI
Boston Printmakers 2026 North American Print Biennial showcases some of the best artists in a medium that is constantly pushing boundaries
Conversation: Raissa Bretaña and Coleen Scott
Fashion Historians Raissa Bretaña and Coleen Scott on the Golden Age of Hollywood and their lifelong passion for costume design
Ghosts Bring an Abandoned Club to Life in Living Jazz
In an experimental new theater production helmed by CFA’s Yo-EL Cassell, student performers translate the improvisational rhythms of jazz into physical movement
Breaking Barriers & Breaking Silence: Boston University School of Music Celebrates a Pioneering Composer
BU School of Music hosts a performance, panel, and world premiere recording of pioneering composer Elfrida Andrée's Suffrage Cantata
For a Century, Puccini’s Last Opera Has Gone Without a True Ending. A BU Musicologist Gave It One.
Using the Italian composer’s deathbed notes, Deborah Burton pieced together a finale to Turandot and premiered it in Italy
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 Wind Ensemble - America 250: Part 2
Theater(re?) by Durang
Masterworks for Cello & Piano
CFA Students - Gratitude & Healthy Eating
BU on Broadway: The Lost Boys
Tuesday Night Lecture Series: Carrie Yamaoka
Boston University Baroque Orchestra
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CFA In The News
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