On Campus
At Tufts, you can immerse yourself in art, music, film, literature, theater, dance, and world culture in ways that extend far beyond the classroom. Find out what is happening now all over campus at Tuftslife. Or you can read a blog to hear a student's perspective.
As a Tufts student, you will enjoy admission to dozens of art exhibitions, drama and dance performances, concerts, comedy shows, film screenings and cultural talks. Artists range from the internationally lauded to the up-and-coming. Most events are the perfect price for students: FREE.
Speaking of free, Tufts offers students access to a tremendous number of artistic works. You might enjoy our permanent art collection, which features works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and John Singer Sargent, to name just a few. For art you can bring back to your dorm, visit the library and check out some of our thousands of books, CDs and DVDs, available only to students.
At the center of our arts community is the impressive Aidekman Arts Center, which is home to an enormous exhibition space, a unique 220-seat round theater, a 600-seat multi-use auditorium, two dance studios and dozens of private music rooms, rehearsal spaces and classrooms. The Center is well utilized by students, and is also a lure for world-famous visiting artists.
As part of the ongoing expansion and improvement at Tufts, the state-of-the-art Granoff Music Center opened in February, 2007. The impressive 55,000-square-foot facility features a 300-seat recital hall of broadcast and recording quality. In addition, it houses a music library, a world music room, rehearsal and private practice space, classrooms and seminar space.
Off Campus
Beyond campus, you'll find an abundance of opportunities in the arts. Because of our strong ties with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and the New England Conservatory of Music , Tufts students are welcome to attend courses, exhibits and performances at these world-class art institutions. As if this weren't enough, more than 50 art museums, galleries and theaters are easily accessible by the subway, and with your Tufts ID, admission to the Museum of Fine Arts is free of charge.Take a trip into Boston and join the rest of the city for a HYPERLINK "http://calendar.boston.com/" concert, festival, or lecture.
Interested in the flip side of culture? A short walk from Tufts you’ll find the MOBA – Museum of Bad Art – which houses art too bad to be ignored.
