At Boston University School of Visual Arts (SVA), we nurture the creative potential of every student through a balance of rigorous training and open exploration. We emphasize collaboration and dialogue alongside the focus of the studio and the freedom of choices offered by the larger university. Through our ethos, curriculum, and program offerings, SVA engages students in highly experiential learning, building expertise and experimentation through critique, process, and concept.
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SVA Stories
Read more BU School of Visual Arts students, faculty, and alumni making art and making change in the world
Boston Art Review feature: Photography Into Palimpsest, In Conversation with Toni Pepe
Boston Art Review: Our Favorite Art Moments of 2022
WCVB Channel 5 Boston feature: Richard Raiselis’ Course at BU Introduces Students to the Science Behind Color
Art Evokes Nature, Ritual, a Return to the Past
School of Visual Arts celebrated more than 20 years of the Venice Studio Arts Program with an exhibition of alumni work in Italy
BU School of Visual Arts presents Figure, Character, Sign exhibition in Venice
Student Internship Series: Mary Pyrdol (CFA’23)
Award-winning Cartoonist and Historian Joel Christian Gill named Inaugural Chair of BU’s MFA in Visual Narrative
BU School of Visual Arts presents BFA Thesis Show 2022: Connection Lines
Why BU School of Visual Arts?
Guided by world-class artists and educators emphasizing skill-building and the ability to think creatively, you will hone your eye, hand, and mind at SVA.