Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery • June 15 – September 15, 2023

STUFFED is an exhibition that brings thirteen artists together who practice in using craft, quilting, and other pliable materials within their artwork. The material inside the works expands outward and into the aesthetic and political concerns characterizing contemporary visual art production. A quilt reflects the collision of painting and technology. Portraits of people and charismatic objects emerge from padded surfaces. Wool gives shape to imaginative reflections on identity. The curve of an unstructured edge conjures architecture.

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Traveling show: University of North Texas, Denton, TX • August 22 – December 5, 2023

As a visionary artist, a cultural pioneer, and innovative designer, Cey Adams personifies the New York City hustle. A graffiti and design legend, Adams honed his art skills painting the streets and trains of NYC in the late 1970’s before moving downtown where the street art was leaking into the city’s high-end galleries. Like his pop art contemporaries of the time, Adams understood the power of images, media and advertising, a position that left him uniquely suited to give visual life to a new movement called Hip-Hop.

CEY ADAMS, DEPARTURE: 40 Years of Art and Design examines Adams’ more than four decades of work which spans everything from graffiti to designing album covers, t-shirts and posters for some of Hip-Hop’s foundational acts, and his expanding commercial collaborations with global brands. With a return to his roots more than a decade ago, Adams has explored his evolving art through fine art and mixed media collages that evoke nostalgia while looking deeper into an Americana that is effortlessly authentic.

The exhibition was on view at BU’s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery in Fall 2022 from October 4-December 11, 2022, and is now traveling, on view at the University of North Texas College of Visual Art and Design.

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808 Gallery • September 5 – 23, 2023

A selection of works by BU School of Visual Arts MFA Painting and Sculpture alumni from the Classes of 2017-2023.

Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery • October 3 – December 13, 2023

An Adventure in the Arts is an exhibition of a selection of works from the permanent collection of Guild Hall, a cultural center on the eastern end of Long Island. This unique region of the world has attracted many diversely talented artists, writers, musicians, actors, and directors throughout the years. Since its inception in 1931, Guild Hall has developed an impressive permanent collection which now consists of over 1,900 works in all mediums, including paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture. This exhibition consists of 73 works by 63 artists. Works by early residents Thomas Moran and Childe Hassam are among the collection as well as later works by artists Chuck Close, Willem de Kooning, Max Ernst, Adolph Gottlieb, Lee Krasner, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, David Salle, Andy Warhol, and many more.

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808 Gallery • October 10 – December 9, 2023

Presenting the best in contemporary and traditional printmaking, the North American Print Biennial has long been recognized as one of the most prestigious events in printmaking. Founded in 1947 with the first exhibition held in 1948, the Boston Printmakers has been making exhibitions for 75 years to promote excellence and innovation within the field of printmaking. This highly anticipated juried exhibition of artists living and working in North America showcases artwork ranging from traditional print processes and digital media to work in more expansive, interdisciplinary approaches.

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Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery • January 18 – March 8, 2024

Painting& examines the works of four New England-based painters, Cicely Carew, Kate Holcomb Hale, Soyoung L. Kim, and Chanel Thervil. With practices grounded in painting, these artists are invested in a hybrid, multiple-media approach to making, equally calling upon mural traditions, sculpture, installation, performance, architecture, and more.

808 Gallery • January 18 – March 9, 2024

Created by Matika Wilbur, Project 562 is a multi-year national photography project dedicated to photographing over 562 federally recognized Tribes, urban Native communities, Tribes fighting for federal recognition and Indigenous role models in what is currently-known-as the United States, resulting in an unprecedented repository of imagery and oral histories that accurately portrays contemporary Native Americans. This creative, consciousness-shifting work will be widely distributed through national curricula, artistic publications, exhibitions, and online portals.

April 2 – 20, 2024

BU College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents the MFA Thesis Exhibitions, showcasing the work of graduating Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidates from the Class of 2024.

MFA Painting • Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery

MFA Sculpture, Printmaking & Photography • 808 Gallery

MFA Graphic Design • 808 Gallery

MFA Visual Narrative • Commonwealth Gallery

May 2 – 11, 2024

BU College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents the 2024 BFA Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking Thesis Exhibitions featuring over 100+ works by undergraduate students from the Class of 2024 majoring in painting, sculpture, and printmaking.

BFA Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking • Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery

BU College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents the 2024 BFA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition featuring works by undergraduate students from the Class of 2024 majoring in graphic design.

BFA Graphic Design • 808 Gallery