The CFA Development & Alumni Relations team welcomes your questions about alumni benefits, events and performances, giving back, and much more. We are always eager to help connect our alumni community—some 17,000 strong—to one another as well as to the broader BU network. We invite you to take advantage of everything that BU and CFA have to offer!

Want to stay connected and get involved with fellow alums and current students? Let us know at cfaalum@bu.edu!

Gather and Connect

CFA Terriers are always welcome back on Comm Ave! The buildings may look a little different, but the spirit remains in the studios, practice spaces, and stages of CFA. In-person and virtual events throughout the year bring alumni, friends, and families together.

CFA Magazine

CFA magazine is a publication for alumni and friends of the Boston University College of Fine Arts, who are making art and making an impact all around the world. Discover the amazing stories of CFA's dynamic alumni 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!)

Send us your comments and updates at cfaalum@bu.edu. We can’t wait to hear from you!

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CFA Alums In the World

Support CFA

We are grateful to our community of alumni, faculty, families, and friends who believe in the importance of supporting gifted students in music, theatre, and the visual arts through their generous contributions. Donations to CFA drive important capital initiatives, scholarships, educational outreach, performances, and exhibitions, all of which directly benefit the talented young artists of Boston University.

For more information, please contact Beth Barclay at 617-353-3345 or bbarclay@bu.edu.

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Latest CFA Stories

The latest news from the world of BU College of Fine Arts

CFA Students

Beyond the Classroom: Yoon Kim (CFA’26)

As a teacher at Moses Brown School, BU online MA Art Education student Yoon Kim engages in a range of roles that have allowed her to grow as an educator, leader, and active member of the school community

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Michael B. Jordan (left) plays twin brothers Smoke and Stack, and Miles Caton is Sammie, in Sinners, the Gothic supernatural horror-thriller from director Ryan Coogler.
CFA Faculty

In Sinners, Bluesmen and Vampires Face Off

CFA's Victor Coelho, professor of music in musicology and ethnomusicology, alongside BU master lecturer in rhetoric, Regina Hansen, unpack Ryan Coogler’s hit horror film, set in 1930s Mississippi Delta

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Soprano Michelle Johnson's Inspiring Journey to Opera Stardom

Soprano and Boston University Opera Institute alum Michelle Johnson (CFA'07) shares the captivating story of how her love for opera began, and the inspiring steps she took to turn her passion into a thriving career. "Make mistakes, take calculated risks, take a breath, live life, stay strong, and stay flexible."

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CFA In The News

We're making headlines—read all about it!

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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 BU Arts Central

BA in Art Capstone Exhibition

Day: Saturday May 10th Time: All Day Gallery 5
Visual Arts BU Tanglewood Institute

BUTI Exhibition: No White Boxes, No Bear Bait

Day: Saturday May 10th Time: All Day Boston University Tanglewood Institute
Visual Arts BU Art Galleries BU Arts Central

2025 MFA Painting Thesis Exhibition

Day: Saturday May 10th Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery
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