Festival of the Arts

Festival 2025

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 ßÙßÇÂþ»­ University Art Museum!

We will have performances and visual art from our departments, with a wide variety of live music, free food, cinema in a truck, screen-printing your own t-shirts, 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.

*Schedule subject to change!

  • 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 BA ​Exhibition Opening | Rosefsky ​Gallery ​
    • Cinema Reels 
      Playing on TV with headphones provided
    • Cinema Senior Thesis Show | FA 258
    • Design and Technical ​Theatre​ Students Showcase | ​FA 143 & FA 243  
    • Film Festival in a Truck | @ Spine, between FA building and Library Tower
    • 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 S​creenprinting
      Bring your own or use ours -> ​green t-shirts will be available in limited sizes and quantities
  • May 9th | 3-9 p.m. | FA Building & LH 6
    • ​Art & Design​ Open Studios
      3-9​ p.m.​ | Grand Corridor, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor​s of FA Building
    • Art & Design​ BA Exhibition​
      3-9​ p.m.​ ​| Rosefsky ​Gallery ​
    • 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. | Peace Quad
    • Cinema​ Student Film Show​ & Poetry Reading 
      4:30​ p.m. | LH-6
    • 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 ​Gallery
    • Musical Theatre​ Voice ​Recital​
      6-8​ p​.m​. | Studio B​ (FA 196​)

Note: All events are tentative and subject to change. Attendees are encouraged to check for updates closer to the event date. All events at the School of the Arts building (FA- Fine Arts in the map) unless otherwise noted.


Contact us:
arts@binghamton.edu | (607) 777-2207 |

Visit us:

School of the Arts
Fine Arts Building
ßÙßÇÂþ»­ Campus
4400 Vestal Parkway East
ßÙßÇÂþ»­, NY 13902


Parking Information

  • Parking Information

    Guest parking is located in Lot D and the parking garage adjacent to the Couper Administration Building and the Anderson Center for Performing Arts.  Enter the main entrance of campus and go around the traffic circle to the left (follow sign pointing EAST). Turn at 1st right into parking garage or Lot D. Lot D is free of charge.

    After parking, follow signs to the entrance of the Fine Arts building. 

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