SOAR Past Festivals of the Arts - Student Showcases
Festival of the Arts 2025!
Join us for the 2nd Festival of the Arts kickoff 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May
7 in the Grand Corridor and Memorial Courtyard of the Fine Arts Building, and the
ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Art Museum!
We will have performances and visual art from our departments, with a wide variety of live music, free food, screen-printing, theatre, animations on buildings, and much more, all in and around the grand corridor.
Friday, May 9 we return for a long-form experience, with works from our departments throughout the arts building! A great opportunity to explore the work our students have been creating and enjoy time together in the Arts Building.
- May 7th | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Grand Corridor, Memorial Courtyard, and BU Art Museum (FA
Building), unless otherwise noted
- Main Reception
Food and refreshments will be served - ​Art & Design Senior ​Exhibition Opening | Rosefsky ​Gallery ​
- Cinema Reels on TV
Headphones provided - Cinema Senior Thesis Show | FA 258
- Design and Technical ​Theatre​ Students Showcase ​| FA 243
- Hybrid ​Art ​Workshop & Art Co-op Workshop | BU Art Museum Lobby ​
Workshop supplies provided; throw darts for free Art co-op swag (shirts, stickers, and tote bags), first-come first-serve basis - Jazz Trio
- Latin Dance Performance
- Motion Visuals on the Tower | @ Library Tower
- Musical Theatre
- Opera
- Student ​Theatre Improv Workshop
- ​T-shirt and Tote S​creenprinting
Bring your own or use ours -> ​green t-shirts will be available in limited sizes and quantities
- Main Reception
- May 9th | 3-9 p.m. | FA building & LH building
- &²Ô²ú²õ±è;​Art & Design​ Open Studios
3-9​ p.m.​ | Grand Corridor, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor​s of FA Building - Art & Design​ Senior Exhibition​
3-9​ p.m.​ ​| Rosefsky ​Gallery ​ - Poetpalooza (formerly Poet's Cafe): Poetry Reading and Short Film Screening
3-5​ p.m. |​ Casadesus Hall - Pop-ins: poems / Shakespeare monologues / haikus / contemporary monologues
3-4​ p.m.​ ​| @ other events - Steel Drum Band
4-4:30​ p.m. | moved to Grand Corridor due to rain - Design and Technical ​Theatre​ Students Showcase ​
4:30-6 p.m. | FA 143 - Cinema​ Student Film Show​ & Poetry Reading
4:30-6:30​ p.m. | LH-6 - Music, Theatre, and Creative Writing Reception (Food and refreshments will be served)
4:30-5:30 p.m. | Watters lobby - Word of Mouth Excerpts ​(Music​ &​ C​reative Writing)
5:30-6:15 p.m. | Casadesus Hall - Art & Design​ Student Award Ceremony
6​-6:30 p.m. | ​Rosefsky ​Galler - Cinema Reception (Food and refreshments will be served)
6:30 p.m. | LH B89 - Musical Theatre​ Voice ​Recital​
6-8​ p​.m​. | Studio B​ (FA 196​)
- &²Ô²ú²õ±è;​Art & Design​ Open Studios
Inaugural Student Showcase 2024!
A Three-day Festival of the Arts | 5/1 - 5/3/2024
- May 1, 2024
- Hub New Music and the ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Chamber Singers
World premiere of Unasked-for Ode by graduate students Hannah Carr-Murphy (Creative Writing) and Wen Wen Van Der Wende (Music). Featuring new works by Binghamton composers (Ensemble-in-Residence, sponsored by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation)
7:30–9 p.m. | Casadesus Recital Hall
- Hub New Music and the ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Chamber Singers
- May 2, 2024
- The New Lyric
Featuring opera arias performed by student vocalists and new songs from the collaboration between the Department of Music and Creative Writing Program
1:20–2:30 p.m. | Casadesus Recital Hall - BU Steel Drum Band
4:30-5:30 p.m. | The Spine, near John Arthur Cafe - BUAM Intern Showcase
5-7 p.m. | Outside of the BU Art Museum Main Gallery - Harpur Studio Jazz Band
7:30–9 p.m. | Casadesus Recital Hall - Film Truck - Cinema Students Showcase
7:30-9 p.m. | Parked in front of the Library Tower - Cinema Student Projections
8:30–9:30 p.m. | @ Bartle Library Tower (outdoor event weather permiting)
- The New Lyric
- May 3, 2024
- Art History Student Presentations (refreshments served)
Noon–1 p.m. | BU Art Museum: Lower Galleries, Kenneth C. Lindsay Room - Film Truck - Cinema Students Showcase
Noon–3 p.m. | Parked in front of the Library Tower - Student Film Show
3 p.m. | LH-6 - Hub New Music
Performances with students from the Department of Music (Ensemble-in-Residence, sponsored by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation)
4 p.m. | Casadesus Recital Hall - Pedal Powered Theater
A collaboration between Engineering and Theatre with Nate Wheatley and Tommy Iafrate
4–5:30 p.m. | Studio A - Music & Theatre Reception (refreshments served)
4:30-7p.m. | Watters Theater Lobby - Theater Pit Orchestra class recital
4:30-5:30 p.m. | FA 111 - BUAM Artist-in-Residence Presentations
5–5:30 p.m. | BU Art Museum: Lower Galleries, Kenneth C. Lindsay Room - Main Reception (refreshments served*)
5–7 p.m. | Memorial Courtyard & Grand Corridor
*Co-sponsored by the Advancing Binghamton Team - Hands-on Screenprinting Demo
Print some new School of the Arts Graphics created by student Ellie Borzilleri onto your own T-shirt or Hoodie
5–7 p.m. | Memorial Courtyard - Art & Design BA Exhibition
5–7 p.m. | Rosefsky Gallery - Art& Design Student Awards Ceremony
6 p.m. | Rosefsky Gallery - Art & Design Open Studios
5–7 p.m. | Throughout 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Floors of FA building - Film Truck - Cinema Students Showcase
5–7 p.m. | Parked in front of the Library Tower - Cinema Screening
5–6 p.m. | John Arthur Café - Poet’s Cafe
A Creative Writing Poetry Reading, hosted by Director of Creative Writing, Tina Chang & Professor Joe Weil
6–8 p.m. | John Arthur Café - Dance Highlights from Spring 2024
Great dance highlights of the season from both students and faculty and across genres
6 - 6:45 p.m. | Watters Theater - Musical Theatre Voice Recital
Students from the BFA in Musical Theatre will be performing their final projects
6 p.m. onwards | Studio B
- Art History Student Presentations (refreshments served)