Brown Arts

Brown Arts

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April 5-November 16, 2025
VISUAL ART
Appreciate Brown’s distinguished public art collection with a student-curated tour. 40-minute guided walking tours will explore 6 works of art. All tours are outdoors, rain or shine.
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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.
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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.
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Tracing tides of displacement and survival, Creuzet floods the gallery with sound, movement, and sculpture, an embodied meditation on colonial legacies and diasporic presence in this immersive adaptation of his Venice Biennale installation.
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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