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College of Fine Arts

Photo: A shot at dusk of the skate rink in Frog Park. There is snow on the ground, blurry shots of people skating, and twinkle lights in the trees.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: December 7 to 10

December 6, 2023

Photo: A young white man wearing glasses, a brown, long sleeved collared shirt and navy blue slacks, stands and poses with the aid of a mobility device. He poses in front of BU's College of Fine Arts.

Music

CFA Student Stages a One-of-a-Kind Concert Drawing on His Life as a Musician with a Disability

November 28, 2023

Photo: Group photo of five men sitting and standing. They all hold guitars. From left: Nathaniel Braddock, Brian Barrone, Kumera Zekarias, Erik Broess, and Lance Morrison.

Music

The Guitar Playing Scholars Making their Mark at the School of Music

November 21, 2023

Photo: (from left) Gregory Melchor-Barz, Dana Clancy, and Susan Mickey sit in chairs on a stage and look towards an unseen audience. Mickey waves a hand high in the air and smiles towards the audience.

Fine Arts

How to Make an Artistic Life: CFA Class Offers an Inside View

October 23, 2023

Photo: Patrons look towards the large artwork displayed on the dark walls of a gallery.

Fine Arts

After a Decade, 75th Annual Boston Printmakers Biennial Returns to BU

October 20, 2023

Photo: A woman in a blue dress next to a woman in a red shirt who appears to be yelling performs in front of a room of students watching from chairs in the background

Theatre

All the World’s a Stage at 27th Annual CFA Fringe Festival

October 12, 2023

Photo: Maurice Parent, a tall, bald Black man wearing a long-sleeved burgundy, striped collared shirt and jeans, holds one hand to his hip. His other hand is formed into the "phone" motion as he mimes talking into a phone on a stage.

Theatre

One-Man Show about an Actor’s Time Teaching in Boston Schools Opens Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Season

October 6, 2023

Photo: Large trees with orange, yellow, and red leaves frame students on BU's campus as they sit and chat on and around a campus lawn on a sunny, warm autumn day in Boston.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: September 21 to 24

September 20, 2023

Photo: Will Lyman (CFA’71), an older white man, sits in the audience chairs as he looks at the camera with a side eye, posed strong. Jesse Kodama (CFA’25), a younger white man with short brown hair, sits across from him, holding his head in his hand.

Arts & Culture

In Huntington Theatre Company’s Prayer for the French Republic, BU Alum and Current Student Play Same Character, 70 Years Apart

September 19, 2023

Photo: A person with glasses in a red shirt with a beard smiles at the camera in front of multiple pieces of art on canvas behind them

Arts & Culture

First-of-Its-Kind Group Show Brings Together Artists from MFA Programs around Boston

June 21, 2023

Photo: A large cast of people in costumes stand on a stage with a red background. They are wearing dresses and suits in various colors.

Alumni

CFA Alum Nominated for Tony Award for Best Sound Design on Into the Woods

June 7, 2023

Photo: Six people stand in a line to smile at a camera for a photo. From the left, a Black woman with her hair tied up with a scarf. She wears a maroon midi skirt, a black top and gray cardigan. Next to her is a woman with long black hair and a knee-length, bright red dress. In the middle, an Western Asian woman with her hair pulled up behind her with two pieces left out to frame her face. She wears a black suit set, and an orange top. Next to her is a white male with circular glasses on and a black blazer with a patterned button up. Next, a shorter white woman with short brown hair. She wears a black suit set and a deep-colored shirt. On the end of the line, the last on the right, is a white man with shoulder length black hair. He wears a typical suit with a white button up.

Fine Arts

CFA Graduates Honored at Annual Kahn Awards Competition

May 18, 2023

Photo: A white woman with short, brown hair looks into the camera and smiles. She wears a black cardigan and a blue-patterned infinity scarf. Behind her is a stack of books and a guitar.

COMMENCEMENT 2023

CFA’s Karin Hendricks to Receive the 2023 Metcalf Cup and Prize, BU’s Highest Teaching Honor

May 17, 2023

Photo: Mina Chung, a young Asian woman wearing a pink floral blouse and brown pants, stands and works under a green canopy on a table.

Graphic Design

2023 BFA Graphic Design Thesis Show on View at 808 Gallery

May 11, 2023

Photo: Summer Sage, played by Michaela Lazarou (CFA’24) does a unique interpretative dance as she holds her arms out and throws her head back towards the ceiling. To her right, behind a colorfully painted kitchen island, stand Candy Baker, played by Katie McRae (CFA’23), and Lil Bub, played by Aidan Close (CFA’23). Both look on in shock and awe.

Arts on Campus

Art House Is BU’s Homegrown Sitcom

May 10, 2023

Photo: A young man wearing a black shirt and shorts works on a large sculpture being displayed in an art gallery.

Exhibitions

Works by BFA Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking Graduates Now on View at Stone Gallery

May 8, 2023

Photo: Two actors sit upon a stage, looking to the left. They are both Black women with curly hair: on the left, sbe has short curly hair and is wearing a pink shirt with a floral maxi skirt. On the right, she has long curly hair, is significantly younger than the woman on the left and is wearing a prep school uniform. In between them is a pile of stacked books.

Theatre

Wheelock Family Theatre’s Matilda, the Musical Nominated for Four Elliot Norton Awards

May 5, 2023

Photo: A Black man adjusts a small painting on the wall for his MFA thesis exhibition. The painting on his left is a curvy canvas (looks like an outline of the number 8) with a pink background and a nude woman on the front. The top painting is of a landscape with houses in the same form as the one on the left.

Exhibitions

BU Art Galleries Play Host to 2023 MFA Painting and Sculpture, Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition Shows

April 6, 2023

Photo: Jay Eddy (CGS’23) (left), the writer, composer and performer of Alligator-A-Phobia in 3D!, clowning around with director Shamus (CFA’23) on set. A woman with red hair and wearing a purple jump suit is shown mid-air as she jumps with a large, blow-up alligator in her arms. To he right, a man with dark brown curly hair and wearing a teal shirt and jeans peaks out from behind a set piece window. He has puppet alligators on his hands as looks to the woman to his left.

Theatre

Alligator-a-Phobia in 3-D! at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Chomps on Our Anxieties

April 6, 2023

Photo: Joel Christian Gill teaches a new MFA program in Visual Narrative on November 7, 2022. A black man wearing a short-sleeved red collared shirt gesticulates with arms outstretched as he speaks to a student sitting in front of an electric drawing tablet. Other students can be seen in the bright classroom working on similar tablets.

Academics

Comics Artist Joel Christian Gill Launches BU’s New Visual Narrative MFA Degree

February 27, 2023

Comics Artist Joel Christian Gill Launches BU’s New Visual Narrative MFA Degree