Boston University College of Fine Arts

Boston University College of Fine Arts At Boston University College of Fine Arts we make art and impact. Narrow your focus and broaden the scope of your thinking. We are musicians and actors.
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Boston University College of Fine Arts is more than a community of artists—it is a specialized educational experience that demands inquiry and exploration, individuality and teamwork, and academic and artistic immersion. This is a place where students and faculty can fully explore and expand the study of music, theatre, and visual arts in the context of an elite research university. BU College of

Fine Arts encourages an environment of diverse interests and individual thinking. This is where you can participate in academic exercises that will stretch your abilities. Art is neither created nor experienced in isolation. Art is informed by the world in which we live. This is where your expression can be a powerful catalyst in political, cultural, environmental, and social discourse. This is where you will master the rigors of your craft, while challenging the status quo. Painters and composers. Costume designers and animators. Researchers and teachers. Activists and academics. Problem solvers and innovators. Achievers and leaders. If you are ready to dedicate yourself to your craft, commit yourself to exploration and experimentation, and reach for excellence in your art and academics, then this is your place. This is your community of artists. This is BU College of Fine Arts.

EVOLVE: In recent years, the art form of opera has seen more diverse stories, exciting new initiatives, and renewed comm...
06/01/2026

EVOLVE: In recent years, the art form of opera has seen more diverse stories, exciting new initiatives, and renewed commitments to inclusivity. Is opera in its strongest era yet? 🙌

Boston University School of Music and Boston University Opera Institute alums spoke with CFA about how they are leveraging their experiences as performers and as arts administrators to open the world of opera to more people—on both sides of the curtain. 🎶🎭 🌎

“Opera has survived every World War, the French Revolution, plagues, slavery, the Holocaust, the Civil Rights Movement,” says Ishan Johnson (CFA’06), a baritone, chief philanthropic officer at Boston Lyric Opera, and member of Boston University’s Alumni Council. “Operas are being produced today during very tumultuous times. Opera is not going anywhere.”

Hear from more alums in CFA magazine 📖 ➡️ http://spr.ly/6182B8b4Py

CREATIVES IN PRACTICE: Since 2019, BU School of Visual Arts associate professor Lucy Kim has been using genetically modi...
05/29/2026

CREATIVES IN PRACTICE: Since 2019, BU School of Visual Arts associate professor Lucy Kim has been using genetically modified bacteria to produce melanin, the bio-pigment behind human skin, hair, and eye color, in her work. A recipient of the 2022 Creative Capital Award, Kim began this project while an artist-in-residence at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and then brought it to Boston University Biology labs. 🥼

Last year, Kim had a solo exhibition of her melanin prints titled Mutant Optics at the Henry Art Gallery – University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. 🖼️ For her exhibition at the Henry, Kim, who was named a 2026 Wagner Arts Fellow, created an installation of new melanin works made from images of vanilla plants, extending her broader investigations into the relationship between bioengineering, visual appearance, and the social and cultural construction of race and perception.

In CFA’s Creatives in Practice, Kim shares insights into the history of melanin and vanilla, what her years of work have meant for her, and how she ties what she’s learned as a working artist to her role as an educator for the next generation of painters and visual artists. 🖌️

Read Q&A ➡️ http://spr.ly/6180B8butw

BTS 🎥: Earlier this year, Dean Harvey Young served as a 2026 Pulitzer Prize-Drama Juror! 🏆 For the Drama Prize, a jury, ...
05/28/2026

BTS 🎥: Earlier this year, Dean Harvey Young served as a 2026 Pulitzer Prize-Drama Juror! 🏆

For the Drama Prize, a jury, composed of critics, academics, and playwrights, reviews playscripts submitted from dozens of New York and regional productions in a period concurrent with the journalism competition following an early January submission deadline. Although the award is conferred to the playwright(s) of the winning work, the production of the play is taken into account. ✍️ 🎭

Award-winning photojournalist Jose R. Lopez captured the conversations behind the scenes of the Pulitzer Prize-Drama jury deliberation. Pictured are Helen Shaw (NY Times), Quiara Alegria Hudes, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Harvey Young, and Charles McNulty (LA Times).

See a revelatory glimpse into the 2026 selection process through the camera lens of Lopez 📸 ➡️ http://spr.ly/6181B8Xz7B

05/28/2026

Are you around Boston this summer? Be sure to check out our list of FREE off-campus arts events happening from June through the end of August! Specially curated by the BU Office for the Arts staff ✨ Head to the link in our bio to check it out 🌞

ACCOMPLISH: We're still riding the 2026 CFA Convocation high! The pride, the joy, the endless possibilities—you've earne...
05/27/2026

ACCOMPLISH: We're still riding the 2026 CFA Convocation high! The pride, the joy, the endless possibilities—you've earned it, CFA Class of 2026. 🥳 🐾

To our recent grads 🎓, you're officially part of something bigger. Join Boston University's vibrant alumni community—attend panels, share your story, give back, celebrate at Alumni Weekend, connect with fellow Terriers, and help us build a brighter future for current students.

Keep this link handy, we can’t wait to hear about everything you’ll be up to in the coming weeks, months, and years 💌 🙌 ❤️ ➡️ http://spr.ly/6187B8nhcD



📸 Hannah Rose Photography

NEWS: Join CFA in congratulating Boston University Professor Lynne Allen for her appointment as interim dean of the Coll...
05/26/2026

NEWS: Join CFA in congratulating Boston University Professor Lynne Allen for her appointment as interim dean of the College! 👏 As Dean Harvey Young prepares to conclude his service on June 30, internationally recognized artist and scholar Lynne Allen steps back into the role effective July 1.

Allen, professor of art, printmaking, chair of print media and photography; former director of BU School of Visual Arts; and a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow, also served as CFA interim dean in 2015–2017, when she was Young’s immediate predecessor.

“Serving as interim dean nearly 10 years ago was a responsibility I took very seriously, and I approach this opportunity with the same commitment,” Allen says. “I’m humbled and honored by the confidence placed in me and by the opportunity to work alongside the many talented people at CFA. I really believe in the faculty and the staff at the College of Fine Arts." ❤️

As interim dean, Allen plans to maintain and grow Dean Young's programs, while paving the way for the next dean. At the same time, Allen will continue to teach in the Print Media & Photography program, a firm believer that "you can’t really be a good leader if you don’t know what the students are thinking.”

Read more about Allen's appointment in BU Today ➡️ http://spr.ly/6186B8Hwbj

05/22/2026

WATCH: See MFA recent grads Shalee Cole Mauleón (CFA’26), Directing, and Joice Caldeira Simao (CFA’26), Costume Design, as they collaborate on Libby Carr’s Calf Scramble, a new workshop production at Boston University CFA School of Theatre presented in fall 2025 as part of Boston University’s annual Fringe Festival. 🎓🎭

In a barn outside Huntsville, Texas, five Future Farmers of America raise and ruin their prize-winning calves. CALF SCRAMBLE, written by Libby Carr, is a raucous rodeo of girls playing God, clambering for power over their animals, their bodies, and each other.

“For me, the part of theater that I love the most is collaborating with playwrights… To be able to do that as my thesis production and have Boston University support that is a gift,” says Shalee.

“I chose to do my master's at Boston University to challenge myself. I feel like since I got into this program, I've grown a lot as a professional. I feel ready to work in the industry,” says Joice.

ATTEND: 📣 Calling CFA alums! Join Boston University Alumni Association in Southern California for a glimpse into Walt Di...
05/21/2026

ATTEND: 📣 Calling CFA alums! Join Boston University Alumni Association in Southern California for a glimpse into Walt Disney Animation Studios with two of its most successful producers! ✨ 🎬

We’ll hear from Boston University CFA School of Theatre alumni Peter Del Vecho (CFA’80), producer of Frozen, Frozen 2, The Princess and the Frog, and more, and Roy Conli (CFA’87), Academy Award winner and producer of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tangled, Big Hero 6, and more. CFA Dean Harvey Young, interim vice president for the arts at Boston University, will lead a conversation on how the animation sector is changing—and what remains timeless.

Registration includes light refreshments and a beer & wine bar. This event is 21+. More details ➡️ http://spr.ly/6184B8DfKm

📅 Wednesday, June 10
🕐 6-8pm
📍 Walt Disney Animation Studios, Burbank, CA
🎟️ $20 (BU alums, get $5 off when you join the LA Entertainment Alumni Network! 👉 http://spr.ly/6187B8DfKU)

STREAMING SOON 📽️ on Netflix: Produced by the Duffer brothers, the creators of Stranger Things 🥼 🧇 🔦 🚲, The Boroughs pre...
05/20/2026

STREAMING SOON 📽️ on Netflix: Produced by the Duffer brothers, the creators of Stranger Things 🥼 🧇 🔦 🚲, The Boroughs premieres tomorrow, May 21, and features an all-star cast of Boston University Terrier alums! 🐾

Starring award-winning actors Geena Davis (CFA'79, Hon.'99) and Alfre Woodard (CFA’74, Hon.’04), the series takes place in a seemingly "perfect" retirement community in New Mexico where a grieving newcomer’s monstrous encounter inspires him to join a misfit crew of unlikely heroes who uncover a dark secret that proves their ‘golden years’ are more dangerous. 👀

Check out the official trailer! ➡️ http://spr.ly/6181BBhepP

LOOK: Degree: ✅ Future: ready 🎓Under a gorgeous blue and sunny sky, 20,000+ family members and friends gathered on Nicke...
05/19/2026

LOOK: Degree: ✅ Future: ready 🎓

Under a gorgeous blue and sunny sky, 20,000+ family members and friends gathered on Nickerson Field on Sunday, May 17, to cheer on the Class of 2026 during Boston University’s 153rd Commencement. 👏 Shoutout to Boston University School of Music grad Jerome Boxer (CFA’26, BUTI'20), who sang the national anthem at the opening of the ceremony. 🎤

Congratulations to our CFA grads! See a recap of the 2026 BU Commencement 🐾 ➡️ http://spr.ly/6182BBAFqi

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