Arts at Tufts

Our students perform, create, and research the arts in concert halls, theaters, art studios, galleries, libraries, labs, and classrooms at Tufts and in its surrounding communities. Explore the Arts at Tufts.

New & Notable

Making a New World in Virtual Reality

An art school professor and his students talk about the vast potential of VR—and their work in it

Another Look at Fall Academics at the School of Arts and Sciences and SMFA at Tufts

Faculty members are focused on incorporating racial justice efforts and virtual education tools into their fall classes
New SMFA Art Exhibit Highlights Innovations Required of Students and Artists

"Artists/Innovators," an online exhibition from SMFA Continuing Education students, demonstrates how creativity can help us during difficult times
We All Scream for Livestreams

The Tufts University Social Collective's online programming offers a sense of community for Jumbos amid COVID-19
Peek into Fall Academics at the School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering

Faculty are planning new classes and revamping coursework to take advantage of virtual learning and give students a first-class academic experience

Spotlights

School of the Museum of Fine Arts

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts officially became part of Tufts' School of Arts and Sciences in July 2016. The SMFA at Tufts is an extraordinary art school, animated and enriched by its affiliation with a major research university and a world class museum. We offer students the opportunity to explore art in all of its diverse forms and expressions, while ensuring a high-quality liberal arts education.
Drama & Dance

Drama programs at Tufts bring together hundreds of students to perform in three faculty-directed productions and over a dozen student-directed and designed shows each year. Dance courses cover a vast range of styles including African and Latin dance, ballet, kathak, hip hop, jazz, modern and musical theatre.
Film and Media Studies

Officially recognized as a major and minor in 2015, FMS includes core courses in film and media analysis, history, theory and production, supplemented by electives in a variety of academic departments and programs.
Music

Housed in the state-of-the-art Granoff Music Center, the Department of Music offers a rich array of classes, embracing music in forms from many different backgrounds, traditions, and cultures. Experience music in ways you can only begin to imagine with additional offerings made possible by the Music Engineering program, the university’s collaboration with the New England Conservatory, and the Community Music Program.
Creative Writing

The Department of English offers classes in poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and journalism as part of the Creative Writing program, offered to both its majors and minors.
Tufts University Art Galleries

The Tufts University Art Galleries engage with artists, scholars, and works of art to provoke conversation around today’s pressing cultural and social issues. Through exhibitions and programming focused on contemporary art, alongside broader research and collecting, we provide a pedagogical space for the Tufts community and wider publics. The Art Galleries are located in the Aidekman Arts Center on the university’s main Medford campus and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts (SMFA at Tufts) in Boston.