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The Boston University Office for the Arts ensures that the arts are fundamental to the student experience.

The Boston University Office for the Arts ensures that the arts are fundamental to the student experience by developing and supporting university-wide programs to advance the role of the arts at BU through building community, supporting interdisciplinary arts teaching, learning, and research, and highlighting diverse artists and modes of artistry

10/28/2026

Join us for our November First Friday: Embroidery & Pizza 🍕🪡🧵

Take a break from your busy week and join us for a relaxing afternoon of creativity, pizza, and connection! Try your hand at embroidery, create something unique to take home, and enjoy some delicious pizza while hanging out with fellow BU students. No embroidery experience is needed. Come stitch, snack, and unwind with us!

10/26/2026

Join the BU Office for the Arts for art and community at this November's Salon Series with BU Creative Writing and the BU Center for the Humanities. This Salon Series will feature student readings as part of the Favorite Poem Project Reading.

Register at the link in our bio 🔗

10/22/2026

This October, Melika, our Graduate Assistant, took BU students to the Boston Figurative Art Center in Somerville! There, they enjoyed a beginner friendly figure drawing workshop led by an instructor who provided tips along the way.

Are you a current BU student interested in the arts off campus? Join us for our next Arts Insiders by signing up for the Arts Insiders newsletter at the link in our bio 🔗

10/19/2026

🎨 CALL FOR ARTISTS 🧬

Open to all BU students! Explore the intersection of science and art by creating original work inspired by scientific research, structures, and images. Any style or medium is welcome, and students may submit up to 3 works.

The deadline to submit is January 5, 2027. We will select one submission as the winning piece of art and award $1,000, and two runners-up will each receive $500.

🔗 For more information or to submit, head to the link in our bio or visit forms.gle/Ff3pt3NKTLJ5w5En8

Presented by the BU Office for the Arts and the BU Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics

10/16/2026

Join us on Friday, October 30th, anytime from 12- 5 PM to celebrate creativity and the revival of artistic exchange at the Boston University Fall 2026 Art Market ✨

The BU Art Market, presented by the BU Office for the Arts, empowers students, faculty, staff, and alumni with small creative businesses to promote, sell, and exchange their work with the campus community.

Graphic by Sylvester Qifrey Leonard

10/14/2026

Are you looking to make a difference in the BU arts community and gain hands-on leadership experience?

This is your chance! Whether you're an artist or have an appreciation for the arts, this is an opportunity to engage, collaborate, and help bring the arts to life at BU.

We're accepting applications on a rolling basis for our 2026/2027 Student Advisory Council. This is a volunteer role with a commitment of 1-5 hours a week. We’re looking for students to help shape the arts on campus, build community, and create memorable experiences for fellow Terriers.

Positions Available:
👥 Arts Insiders Coordinator
🎉 Special Event Coordinator
🖼️ Gallery Coordinator

🔗 Learn more and apply now through the link in our bio or at forms.gle/3qHoC4Sh9FZtztY98

10/09/2026

Only one week left to visit the Sherman Gallery to see The Trail is Calling!. This exhibition features a selection of submissions from the BU Global Program Photo Contest, captured by BU students, faculty, and staff during their travels around the world.

On view through Friday, October 16th. Afterward, the exhibition will continue at the Howard Thurman Center.

📸 Miori Kino (COM’27)

10/07/2026

This Monday was our first Salon Series of the semester, featuring the BU Allegrettos (), an all-gender a capella group!

10/06/2026

Our October First Friday was full of so many creative and spooky painted and bedazzled pumpkins 🎃🎨 We loved seeing them all! Thank you for joining us for the FIRST First Friday of the semester ✨

09/25/2026

Ready to give your pumpkin a little personality? Join BU Office for the Arts for October First Friday! Drop in anytime from 4–6 pm to decorate your pumpkin with colorful paints, stickers, gems, and bedazzling decorations. We’ll also have delicious pastries to enjoy while you decorate!

Address

775 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA
02215

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.bu.edu/arts, http://linktr.ee/artsatbu

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