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March 6-April 6, 2025
EXHIBITION
The 45th Annual Student Exhibition will be on view at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
EXHIBITION
The 45th Annual Student Exhibition will be on view at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
April 3-5, 2025
CONCERTS | CONFERENCE | SOUND INSTALLATIONS
A three-day festival highlighting a wide range of contemporary sonic practices by prominent artists and scholars from Brown, RISD, and beyond.
CONCERTS | CONFERENCE | SOUND INSTALLATIONS
A three-day festival highlighting a wide range of contemporary sonic practices by prominent artists and scholars from Brown, RISD, and beyond.
A series of intimate conversations with influential writers, producers, and directors, hosted in collaboration with the Spring 2025 course Advanced Screenwriting in the Department of Literary Arts.
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.
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.
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Student Voices in The Arts
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Recent News
The Brown Daily Herald
New art exhibit turns Sayles Hall partly cloudy
Designed by artist Sanford Biggers, “Unsui (Cloud Forest)” is on display until 2026.
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The Brown Daily Herald
45th Annual Student Exhibition showcases bold, experimental works in Granoff Center
For the exhibition, on display until April 6, the jurors selected works that challenge convention and invite deeper engagement.
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The Brown Daily Herald
Brown playwrights experiment during ‘Writing is Live’ festival
Hosted by the TAPS department the five-day festival featured six original student plays.
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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