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The Daily Free Press

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Trios Palos y Cuerdas Hermanos Saboya residency brings Colombian Andean music to BU

Emily Wyrwa October 13, 2022
Three new artists started a four day residency at BU introducing Colombian Andean music to the scene
Boston University Arts Initiative partnered with Innovate@BU to put on “Painting and Popcorn” Friday for students to stop by the BUild lab to paint ceramic pots while eating popcorn. EMILY PAULS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community, first-gen students get creative at BU Arts Initiative’s ‘First Friday’ event

Emily Pauls November 8, 2021
At Painting and Popcorn, students painted flower pots and snacked in the BUild Lab.
The head of the Dakota folkloric water monster Unktehi in artist Erin Genia’s “Caution: Cultural Emergency” installation outside of the George Sherman Union. Genia’s installation explores the intersection of several themes concerning climate change, Indigenous peoples and decolonization, racial inequality and more. ANH NGUYEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New GSU art installation honors Indigenous people’s legacy and rights

Viktoria Popovska November 3, 2021
“Caution: Cultural Emergency” by artist Erin Genia resembles the water monster “Unktehi” from the Dakota people’s origin stories.
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BU Arts Initiative hosts its annual arts fair, bringing Boston arts community together

Rachel Do September 2, 2021
Arts programs host booths at the fair to reach student artists for performance and other arts opportunities.
"Don’t Matter How Raggly The Flag, It Still Got To Tie Us Together” by Thornton Dial

BU talk shows how ‘Visual Thinking Strategy’ can help guide future medicine practitioners

Nicole Bartuch April 12, 2021
VTS — an inquiry based learning strategy — can help medical professionals to embrace uncertainty.
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New arts nonprofit launched to run programming for upcoming Kendall Square arts venue

Ilana Keusch March 31, 2021
The nonprofit 585 Arts was launched to run programming for the upcoming Kendall Square arts venue.
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Musicians, activists speak out against stigmatization of mental illness within industry

Molly Farrar March 22, 2021
A BU Arts Initiative panel Thursday focused on the reality of mental health in the industry.
Boston University is hosting international hip-hop dancer Amirah Sackett as a teacher and performer Monday through Friday.  ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

International hip-hop dancer teaches BU students about dance culture, history

Molly Farrar October 22, 2020

Activism usually comes in the form of words or protests, but for Amirah Sackett, activism is dance. Sackett is a Muslim American hip-hop dancer who tries to explore her identity through dance. Her...

The currently empty “Hostile Terrain 94” exhibit on the second-floor landing of the George Sherman Union where students will be able to place a tag commemorating lives lost at the U.S.-Mexico border. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Hostile Terrain 94′ commemorates lives lost at U.S.-Mexico border, illuminates humanitarian crisis

Isabel Plower September 11, 2020
For now, “Hostile Terrain 94” is as barren as the Sonoran Desert it depicts. Soon, it will be lush with more than 3,200 toe tags representing the remains of those who died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

Research on Tap sheds light on creative side of research

Rachel Kelly January 20, 2018

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...

Brooklyn artist Carson Fox speaks about her piece “Blue-Green Brainbow” at the Photonics Center Thursday afternoon. Boston University commissioned Fox to install her piece in the lobby of the new Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Artist introduces commissioned work in CILSE

Dave Sebastian September 15, 2017

A drab white wall would have dominated the lobby of the new Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering, had the Blue-Green Brainbow, a 230-cubed-foot three-dimensional wall...

Boston University's School of Theatre, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, the Tsai Performance Center and the BU Arts Initiative join together Thursday night for The Ghostlight Project, a national movement to promote tolerance in the theater community. PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Ghostlight Project aims to shine light on dark political climate

Cynthia Fernandez January 20, 2017

Approximately 20 Boston residents and Boston University community members gathered Thursday evening at several locations on BU's campus to create a positive, welcoming space for all before the presidential...

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