The CFA Advancement 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!
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.
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.
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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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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