The Arts in Bloom
In the depth of winter, we are experiencing a blossoming of the arts. The hallway walls are a riot of color – filled with student drawings, paintings, photographs, and digital graphic design work from the first semester. The technical excellence of the pieces is as impressive as the broad range of styles and perspectives, and I love that the building serves as a rotating gallery. We hope that many of you will join us at the visual art show and reception next Friday afternoon. Today is also opening night of the fall play, Radium Girls – a poignant historical piece about female watch-dial painters poisoned by radium-based paints in the 1920s. I’ve always admired our actors’ willingness and desire to take on thematically important scripts and look forward to seeing them on stage this weekend. Next Friday is our Winter Concert in BU’s beautiful Tsai Performance Center. It is a fitting backdrop for the students in our orchestra and chorus, along with a few intrepid faculty members, who will showcase a semester’s work on a number of challenging pieces. It is also a wonderful occasion for the broader BUA community to support the arts and enjoy an evening together. Great thanks to our world-class arts faculty for their mentorship and love of these exceptional young artists. See you in the audience!