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 Binghamton University Art Museum!
We will have performances and visual art from our departments, with a wide variety of live music, free food, screen-printing, 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 Senior Exhibition Opening | Rosefsky Gallery
- Cinema Reels on TV
Headphones provided - Cinema Senior Thesis Show | FA 258
- Design and Technical Theatre Students Showcase | FA 243
- 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 and Tote Screenprinting
Bring your own or use ours -> green t-shirts will be available in limited sizes and quantities
- Main Reception
- May 9th | 3-9 p.m. | FA building & LH building
- Art & Design Open Studios
3-9 p.m. | Grand Corridor, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors of FA Building - Art & Design Senior Exhibition
3-9 p.m. | Rosefsky Gallery - Poetpalooza (formerly 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. | moved to Grand Corridor due to rain - Design and Technical Theatre Students Showcase
4:30-6 p.m. | FA 143 - Cinema Student Film Show & Poetry Reading
4:30-6:30 p.m. | LH-6 - Music, Theatre, and Creative Writing Reception (Food and refreshments will be served)
4:30-5:30 p.m. | Watters lobby - Word of Mouth Excerpts (Music & Creative Writing)
5:30-6:15 p.m. | Casadesus Hall - Art & Design Student Award Ceremony
6-6:30 p.m. | Rosefsky Gallery - Cinema Reception (Food and refreshments will be served)
6:30 p.m. | LH B89 - Musical Theatre Voice Recital
6-8 p.m. | Studio B (FA 196)
- Art & Design Open Studios
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
Binghamton University Campus
4400 Vestal Parkway East
Binghamton, NY 13902