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CFA DEGREES & PROGRAMS
With more than 30 programs of study, on-campus and online modalities, and a full range of undergraduate and graduate options, CFA educates artists, musicians, performers, scholars, and educators at all stages of their professional careers.
Who Are We?
With programs in Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts, Boston University College of Fine Arts offers a wide array of pre-college, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, as well as a range of online degrees and certificates.
Let us introduce ourselves to you.
The BU College of Fine Arts Experience
CFA Magazine
Making art and an impact. Discover the amazing stories of CFA's dynamic alums, friends, and faculty as well as the innovation happening right here on BU's campus.
Check out the most recent issue of CFA magazine, featuring the latest stories from the CFA Terrier community of artists, educators, and activists. Get to know BU alums acting on Broadway stages (including cover feature Sydney Lemmon), get the inside plays from a creative director for the NFL, and learn about how Grammy-nominated ensemble Palaver Strings is on a mission to address social injustice, expand music education, and build community.
And that's just the start. Find many, many more stories of alums making impacts across all fields in this issue.
CFA's Latest Stories
Explore what's new in the ever-expanding world of CFA student, faculty, and alumni news and work.
BU Office for the Arts presents Drawn Together: Comics, Food, and Collective Care, a residency with artists Mariah-Rose Marie and Shaina Lu
The two-day residency, Nov. 12-13, explores the power of using visual narrative as a medium to share and pass down culture, food, and recipes as acts of preservation, resistance, community
Innovative CFA Play Puts Generative AI to the Shakespeare Test
Dream, an iteration of the Bard’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream, uses image-projecting software Random Actor to bring the production to life
CFA School of Music’s New Speaker Series Helps Students Build Careers Beyond Performance
Dynamic speakers aim to help students think past stages and performance when building a sustainable career in music
Creatives in Practice: Mary Y. Yang
The Assistant Professor of Art, Graphic Design at BU is the co-founder of Radical Characters, an educational and curatorial platform that explores graphic design, typography, and culture through Chinese characters
Stone Gallery Show Explores What It Means to Be Not from Here, Not from There
Works by acclaimed artist, Victor "Marka27" Quiñonez, are on view in Ni de Aquí, Ni de Alla, at BU's Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery through December 10, inviting viewers on a journey of riotous colors, media, and narrative
Stories of Love and Resistance on Stage at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre This Season
Lineup reflects the current moment through drama, comedy
Wheelock Family Theatre’s New Season Offers a Mix of Old Favorites, New Shows
Executive Director Nick Vargas on the year ahead and the 45th anniversary celebration
29th Annual CFA Fringe Festival Puts Women in the Spotlight
This year’s offerings—two operas and two theater productions—run through December
Upcoming Events
There's always something going on at the College of Fine Arts! Check out all upcoming concerts, productions, exhibitions, lectures, and community events.
Skin/Screen Exhibition
Richmond Piano Competition Winner's Recital
Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá (Not From Here, Not From There) Exhibition
Tuesday Night Lecture Series: Logan Grider
Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá (Not From Here, Not From There) Exhibition
Hidden in the Layers Exhibition
Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá (Not From Here, Not From There) Exhibition
CFA Halloween Celebration
CFA In The News
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