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
An art school professor and his students talk about the vast potential of VR—and their work in it
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SMFA graduate Khaldoun Hijazin is appointed executive director of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman
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Faculty create international partnerships to bring global experiences into their virtual classrooms
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As COVID-19 changed the world, the university pivoted quickly to keep students learning and everyone safe
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In a Tell Me More podcast, Tufts experts talk about the wonders of renewal, from animals that regrow body parts to people who rise from tragedy
Spotlights
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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.
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Located in the greater Boston area, Tufts is an ideal place to study the history and theory of art and architectural studies from interdisciplinary and global perspectives. Students have the opportunity to get involved in the galleries on the Medford/Somerville and SMFA campuses or visit the many prominent museums in the Boston area such as the world-class Museum of Fine Arts.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Get Involved
Tufts Art Gallery at Aidekman Arts Center
- Tisch Family Gallery
- Koppelman Gallery
- Remis Sculpture Court
- Slater Concourse Gallery (a Tufts community gallery)
- Grossman Gallery
- Mission Hill Gallery
- Distler Performance Hall
- Fisher Performance Room
- Ruth Lilly Music Library
- World Music Room & Instrument Collection
- Varis Lecture Hall
- Saturday Community Music Classes for Children, Teenagers, Adults
- Tufts Youth Philharmonic
- Tufts Summer Music Program for Children
- Tufts Sunday Concert Series (a Series of mostly free events)
- Family and Children's Concert Series
- Magic Circle Theater (summer only)
- Creative Arts (summer only)
- Collins Players (school year only)