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Photo of a set in 2017 production of Cabaret that Pajoufar worked on. It is brightly lit with pink and purple lighting. One person stands center stage while a group of people behind them lay flat on their bellies facing away from the audience. The set looks like the inside of a shop.

Theatre

Talking Set Design With Afsoon Pajoufar (CFA’19)

December 16, 2020

Photo of Anna Valdez in a cheeta print tied crop top and black pants standing amidst the plants and canvases of her studio. One huge canvas is seen behind her on an easel. Each canvas is filed with paintings of plants and statues, and bright color.

Visual Arts

Objects of Her Affection

December 16, 2020

Photo of muralist Lena McCarthy standing in a red long sleeve shirt and jeans in front of a pair of doors on a Victorian firehouse that she painted with a large mural of various shades of blue.

Visual Arts

Muralist Lena McCarthy Transforms Outdoor Spaces with Her Colorful, Organic Style

December 16, 2020

A portrait photo of Adrienne Elise Tarver standing in front of one of her paintings

Alumni

Mining the Past, Mirroring the Present

December 14, 2020

A painting of the legs of a woman underwater as she kicks along, her legs reflected on the sand. The water around her is in shades of dark and light blue. She wears white bottoms.

Visual Arts

Gallery: Adrienne Elise Tarver (CFA’07)

November 20, 2020

Graphic novel panels illustrated by Ajay Ramnarine. On the left, 4 panels illustrated in black show a young man enter a kitchen with a question mark above his head. He looks at the oven and realizes that it’s 8:55am. A panel then zooms in on the shock in his eyes, framed by thick black glasses, and underneath it says “F-f-f-five minutes!?!“. The panel to the right makes the young man look like a larger-than-life super hero on fire, and the text reads: “Just enough time… to make breakfast!”

Graphic Novels

Action. Racism. Hope. Students Show Their COVID-19 Lives in Graphic Narratives

August 31, 2020

Photo of Sabrina Scotti (CFA’20) in a light blue dress holding Katamari Damacy REROLL, one of the children’s video games she studied as part of her an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program–funded research into whether games use diverse music styles to further music education. She smiles and bushes are seen in the background.

Music

Do Children’s Media Serve Up a Properly Diverse Musical Diet?

August 27, 2020

Portrait of Erika B. Hess (’09), host of the podcast I Like Your Work, standing with a microphone between her fingers against a wall. A deep blue shadow silhouette is seen behind her.

Arts & Culture

On the Art of Storytelling

August 12, 2020

A portrait photo of Valerie Coleman with her flute

Music

CFA Alum Named Classical Woman of the Year

July 7, 2020

Photo of Terry Everson, the primary instructor of trumpet performance in CFA's School of Music and how son, Peter pose for a photo at their Framingham home on June 19 ,2020. Terry wears a bright blue and red floral shirt and holds a trumpet, leans and looks towards his son who wears a white shirt and holds a trumpet as well.

Music

Father, Son/Teacher, Pupil

June 22, 2020

Composite image of the 2020 Kahn Awards winners; clockwise from left, top: Diana Walsh, Tak-Cheung Hui, Saskia Martinez, Alex Stern, Nicholas Walker, Eric Carey.

Student Awards

2020 Kahn Career Entry Awards Go to Six CFA Graduates

May 20, 2020

Composite image of stills from videos of BU classes being taught remote. In the bottom left, Maura Smith, a College of Communication master lecturer in film, is seen standing at a standing desk. In the top left and bottom right, Yo-EL Cassell, a College of Fine Arts assistant professor of movement, reads from a computer and demonstrates movements. In the top right, students for Yo-EL's class are seen moving in door frames.

Remote & Innovative

The Challenge of Remotely Teaching Classes That Usually Demand Hands-on Learning and Collaboration

May 7, 2020

Gallery view of a Time’s Arrow rehearsal conducted on Zoom. Students sit playing instruments or waiting. Photo courtesy of Rodney Lister

Music

CFA Ensemble Time’s Arrow to End the Year with a Zoom Concert Thursday

April 29, 2020

Illustrations demonstrating the best entry points in the skull for neurosurgeons.

Fine Arts

Accurate Art

March 6, 2020

A portrait photo of Susan Mickey.

Theatre

Susan Mickey Brings a Designer’s Eye to the School of Theatre

February 20, 2020

A woman poses for a photo in a garden of roses as part of Elisabeth Caren’s Double Identity series.

Visual Arts

Snapshot of the Photographer

February 3, 2020

Chelsea Kerl works with a pile of orange tool that will be a skirt

Arts & Culture

Bringing a Whale of a Show to Life

December 11, 2019

Ricky Holguin (left) as Willy Wonka, Jamie Leslie as Charlie Bucket, and Neil A. Casey as Grandpa Joe in Wheelock Family Theatre’s production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka

Theatre

Wheelock Family Theatre Opens 39th Season with Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka

October 24, 2019

Boston University College of Fine Arts Dean Harvey Young stands next to the giant BOOTH sign at the Booth Theatre on the BU Charles River campus.

Arts on Campus

State of the Arts

September 19, 2019

State of the Arts