Creatives in Practice

Toni Pepe, Chair, Department of Photography and Associate Professor of Art at Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts, is wearing a black sweater and a plaid skirt while adjusting a camera mounted on a tripod in a room with several papers and pictures taped to the wall in the background.
Nora Cannizaro (CFA’25), a BU bassoon performance alum, and Barb Raney, Boston University School of Music Assistant Director, Student Services, and Academic Advisor for CFA undergraduate music students, standing side by side inside a wooden-paneled room at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, the meeting place of Bristol Chorale. Nora, on the left, is wearing a black outfit and holding a large bassoon, while Barb, on the right, is dressed in a white blouse with a blue sash and a black pleated skirt. There are chairs and a small altar decorated with colorful banners and flowers in the background.

One thing that gravitates the next generation of artists to Boston University College of Fine Arts? Knowing that their professors, advisors, and mentors are also working artists, gaining real-world experience and bringing that back into the classroom through their curriculum, lessons, and talks. In CFA’s Creatives in Practice series, your favorite CFA faculty and staff members share the work they’re doing off campus, locally, nationally, and globally.

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