Boston University College of Fine Arts

A world leader in the arts since 1872

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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.

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Who Are We?

With programs in MusicTheatre, 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, including BU alums making impacts across all fields. Learn about CFA's new sustainable pigment and dye garden, an actor who's found commercial success opposite one famous emu, a pipe organ player who has taken his love for instrument all over the world, and an artist whose work explores blindness and its complexities.

Find their work everywhere from the small screen to outer space (Literally. Designing flight suits for astronauts!)

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CFA's Latest Stories

Explore what's new in the ever-expanding world of CFA student, faculty, and alumni news and work.

Portrait of actor and College of Fine Arts alum Mark Arnold
Theatre

A Redemption Arc, In Three Acts

Mark Arnold’s acting career began with stardom. Then he hit rock bottom. Now he’s ready to star again.

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CFA Faculty

A Semester to Remember: Fall 2024 at CFA

From a University-wide vision for making the arts front and center across BU to revivals of musicals and operas, CFA’s Fall 2024 was a season of artistic brilliance.

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CFA Alumni

The Pipe Organ Master

Peter Krasinski has taken his love for the behemoth instrument all over the world

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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.

Visual Arts Alumni BU Art Galleries BU Arts Central

Constituent Parts - Cathy Della Lucia and Nicholas Anthony Mancini in Dialogue

Day: Thursday Jan 23rd Time: All Day 808 Gallery
Visual Arts BU Art Galleries BU Arts Initiative BU Arts Central

Trasluz / Translucent - Works by Juan José Barboza-Gubo and Michael Zachary

Day: Thursday Jan 23rd Time: All Day Stone Gallery
Arts Music

Sarah Nemtsov at the BU Composer’s Forum

Day: Thursday Jan 23rd Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm BU Electronic Music Studio
Visual Arts BU Art Galleries BU Arts Initiative BU Arts Central

Opening Reception for "Trasluz/Translucent" Exhibition

Day: Thursday Jan 23rd Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Stone Gallery
Visual Arts Alumni BU Art Galleries BU Arts Central

Constituent Parts - Cathy Della Lucia and Nicholas Anthony Mancini in Dialogue

Day: Friday Jan 24th Time: All Day 808 Gallery
Visual Arts BU Art Galleries BU Arts Initiative BU Arts Central

Trasluz / Translucent - Works by Juan José Barboza-Gubo and Michael Zachary

Day: Friday Jan 24th Time: All Day Stone Gallery
Arts Music Ensembles

Pierre Boulez • Fold by Fold: the radical who rebuilt the musical world

Day: Friday Jan 24th Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston • 25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, MA 02210
Visual Arts Alumni BU Art Galleries BU Arts Central

Constituent Parts - Cathy Della Lucia and Nicholas Anthony Mancini in Dialogue

Day: Saturday Jan 25th Time: All Day 808 Gallery
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