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Writer and critic Lawrence Burney will be presenting excerpts from his forthcoming debut book "No Sense In Wishing" (Atrium), which is set to be released in Summer 2025.
May 1 & May 3, 2025
DANCE
Produced by Patricia Seto-Weiss
This year’s Spring Festival of Dance, featuring the Martha Graham Dance Company, will be held for the very first time in the Main Hall of The Lindemann Performing Arts Center. The Festival will feature two distinct programs and is a co-production with the Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies, the Department of Music, and the Brown Arts Institute.
DANCE
Produced by Patricia Seto-Weiss
This year’s Spring Festival of Dance, featuring the Martha Graham Dance Company, will be held for the very first time in the Main Hall of The Lindemann Performing Arts Center. The Festival will feature two distinct programs and is a co-production with the Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies, the Department of Music, and the Brown Arts Institute.
EXHIBITION
April 23 – June 13, 2025
Mounted in conjunction with Leslie Bostrom’s retirement from the Department of Visual Art at Brown University, the exhibition Wild Stories commemorates the artist’s thirty-six-year tenure.
April 23 – June 13, 2025
Mounted in conjunction with Leslie Bostrom’s retirement from the Department of Visual Art at Brown University, the exhibition Wild Stories commemorates the artist’s thirty-six-year tenure.
February 20–June 1, 2025
EXHIBITION | THE BELL
An immersive video and archipelagic sculptural installation, Creuzet's exhibition extends his focus on water as a site of both historical and contemporary traumas and emancipatory futures.
EXHIBITION | THE BELL
An immersive video and archipelagic sculptural installation, Creuzet's exhibition extends his focus on water as a site of both historical and contemporary traumas and emancipatory futures.
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Recent News
An exhibition in Brown’s Granoff Center for the Creative Arts celebrates the artwork of Professor of Visual Art Leslie Bostrom as she reflects on three decades of teaching and painting at Brown.
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The four-time Academy Award-winning director was invited to speak at the 24th annual festival.
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Student-led documentary to highlight 50 years of women’s sports
For the past three semesters, a filmmaking course has chronicled the trailblazing athletes and coaches that have defined women’s sports at Brown.
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Current Highlights
BAI’s Online Space Booking System is now open for campus event planners!
Today at Brown
BAI Names New Faculty Director
Brown University Provost Francis J. Doyle III announces the appointment of Sydney Skybetter as Brown Arts Instistute's next Faculty Director.
The Lindemann pushes the boundaries of innovation in performance space to inspire new forms of art-making and artistic collaboration. Learn more about the five radically different configurations for the Main Hall plus the three rehearsal level spaces that also double as performance venues.
The Ronald O. Perelman Arts District highlights the prominence of arts teaching, scholarship and performance at Brown.
About Brown Arts
Interdisciplinary Arts Research, Practice, and Scholarship
Brown Arts represents the fueling of the arts ecosystem on campus, in the surrounding community, nationally and globally by nurturing new voices, new work and new audiences. We believe that the arts are integral to life at Brown, and beyond, serving as a resource and inspiration for creative exploration, innovation and expression for all.
Brown Arts Institute Hours
Normal operating hours: Monday – Friday: 9 AM – 5 PM
Building Hours:
Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
Monday – Friday: 8:30 AM – 10 PM
Saturday: 12 PM – 6 PM
Sunday: 12 PM – 8 PM
Closed on University holidays
The Lindemann Performing Arts Center
Monday – Friday: 8:30 AM – 10:30 PM
Saturday: 12 PM – 6 PM
Sunday: 12 PM – 8 PM
Closed on University holidays
Contact Us
Brown Arts Institute
Mailing Address:
Brown University
Campus Box 1987
Providence, RI 02912
Physical Address:
Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
154 Angell Street
Providence, RI 02906
Phone:
401-863-1934
Email:
artsinstitute@brown.edu