As an urban university, Boston University can sometimes feel devoid of green space. A new 92-by-45-foot garden located east of the College of Fine Arts aims to change that.
However, the team behind the garden has a broader objective in mind— investigate the use of plants for artistic use, cultivate outdoor education and encourage sustainability at BU.
It's a “wonderful, full circle, life-affirming experience,” said Alison Trainer of returning to her alma mater, the College of Fine Arts, as a faculty member, along with four more new hires.
When classes often rely on group performances, remote instruction becomes much more difficult. On Wednesday, CFA professors spoke about how this hybrid learning shift has changed their curriculums.
BU introduced the WR152 course this semester. This course brought a multimedia focus to the existing WR150 curriculum, but some BU students and faculty have had issues with access to video and audio equipment needed for the classes.
Puppets take the stage and act out a white man’s eulogy regarding the death of his black friend, unfolding as a series of vignettes and memories about his life before it was brutally taken by the Ku Klux Klan. The small figures bring to life part of the United States’ dark, racist past.
Underneath Sedrick Huckaby’s strokes of impasto in his painted portraits, layers of history lie in the expressions of each subject and the thickness of the paint itself.
Lecturers at Boston University’s Creative Research presentation Thursday evening showed that though research is often considered a scientific discipline, the arts often cultivate opportunities for creative...
When Walton Ford saw the 1933 film “King Kong,” he was entranced by the portrayal of this animal caught in the world of humans and how the movie showed the “cultural fear of all things wild.”...
On any given day, thousands of students on Boston University’s Charles River Campus walk past the window-lined 808 Gallery. The gallery traditionally features the hard work of students in the College...
With galleries, studios and concert venues scattered across Boston University’s campus, the city of Boston has been named a top cultural and artistic hub, according to the Arts Vibrancy Index report...
