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The Renaissance Man

After decades as a touring jazz musician, community leader, and world-class educator, Victor Goines (CFA'27) is back in school

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Fall 2026

Current Issue

  • Visual Arts

    Luminous Details

    Katherine Vetne uses the Renaissance art of metalpoint to render unsettling still lifes

  • Theatre

    A Disney Veteran’s Curtain Call

    As Broadway marketer Jack Eldon (’81) prepared for his retirement, he returned to the Disney production that helped launch his career

  • Visual Arts

    The Sum of Their Parts

    Cathy Della Lucia’s fantastical mixed-media sculptures tell complicated stories

  • Music

    The Renaissance Man

    After decades as a touring jazz musician, community leader, and world-class educator, Victor Goines is back in school

  • Nature Remembers

    Paula Mans’ (CFA'22) collages connect the African diaspora and the natural world

  • A Note From Harvey

    Harvey Young - CFA Dean Emeritus, Interim Vice President for the Arts - shares thoughts on CFA's next era

  • Class Notes

    Updates from the BU College of Fine Arts community

  • From Hogwarts, with Gratitude

    Aidan Close (’23) feels lucky to be making Broadway magic as Scorpius Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

  • Musical Ability

    Donna Scott’s passion for special education in music led to a shared GRAMMY nomination, neurodivergent music education

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