Creativity at Tufts is both a discipline and a way of seeing the world. Across studios, stages, rehearsal spaces, and galleries, students develop their craft, challenge convention, and give shape to new ideas. Supported by accomplished faculty and an interdisciplinary environment, they create work that reflects their voices while expanding what's possible through the arts.
Learning Through Making
Students pair hands-on studio practice with the resources of a leading research university, drawing inspiration from museums, cultural institutions, and the creative energy of Greater Boston.
Voices in Harmony
From award-winning a cappella groups and Javanese gamelan to gospel choirs and visiting artists, more than 200 concerts and performances each year fill Tufts with music, creativity, and shared experience.
Performances Come to Life
Whether they're writing, performing, directing, designing, or choreographing, students bring stories to life through productions that welcome artists from every discipline—not just theater majors.
Turn Vision into Reality
From filmmaking and journalism to podcasting, public relations, and digital storytelling, students learn to communicate with creativity, purpose, and impact while building the skills today's media landscape demands.
Selected Arts Opportunities
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
Bringing History to Life
Tufts film production students work on a Hollywood-caliber video about an unsung 19th-century civil
rights activist