Calendar

You can experience the arts in every way with Boston University this year. Scroll below to find all upcoming events, and check back as new ones are added throughout the year. Not sure where to start when it comes to exploring all the amazing art BU has to offer? We’ve got you covered! Check out BU Arts Central, a guide to the arts that includes select events hosted by CFA and other units across BU.

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Visual (September 24 through October 29)

Tuesday, September 24

  • All Day | Tuesday, September 24
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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  • Dawoud Bey, _Mary Parker and Caela Cowan_ (from The Birmingham Project), 2012
    6:30 PM | Tuesday, September 24
    Contemporary Perspectives Lecture: Dawoud Bey in conversation with Allison Kemmerer
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Wednesday, September 25

  • All Day | Wednesday, September 25
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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Thursday, September 26

  • All Day | Thursday, September 26
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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Friday, September 27

  • All Day | Friday, September 27
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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Saturday, September 28

  • All Day | Saturday, September 28
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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Tuesday, October 1

  • All Day | Tuesday, October 1
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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Wednesday, October 2

  • All Day | Wednesday, October 2
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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Thursday, October 3

  • All Day | Thursday, October 3
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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Friday, October 4

  • All Day | Friday, October 4
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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  • 11:00 AM | Friday, October 4
    Gallery Drum Performance
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  • 2:00 PM | Friday, October 4
    Gallery Drum Performance
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Saturday, October 5

  • All Day | Saturday, October 5
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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Tuesday, October 8

  • All Day | Tuesday, October 8
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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Wednesday, October 9

  • All Day | Wednesday, October 9
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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Thursday, October 10

  • All Day | Thursday, October 10
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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  • 5:00 PM | Thursday, October 10
    Reception for "Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024"
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Friday, October 11

  • All Day | Friday, October 11
    Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024
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Tuesday, October 15

  • Azza El Siddique, that which trembles wavers, 2023. Steel, water, bisque fired clay, water pump, Sandiliya
    7:00 PM | Tuesday, October 15
    Tuesday Night Lecture Series: Azza El Siddique
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Thursday, October 17

  • 4:30 PM | Thursday, October 17
    Third Thursdays: Phone Decals & Fruit Cups
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  • 8:00 PM | Thursday, October 17
    Motion Art
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Tuesday, October 22

  • 7:00 PM | Tuesday, October 22
    Artist Adrienne Elise Tarver Discusses Her Public Art Fund Project: She Who Sits
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  • 7:00 PM | Tuesday, October 22
    Tuesday Night Lecture Series: Anoushé Shojae-Chaghorvand
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Friday, October 25

  • 11:00 AM | Friday, October 25
    Design Incubation 11.1: Boston University
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Tuesday, October 29

  • All Day | Tuesday, October 29
    Moments in Photography
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