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Public Art Tours

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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Leslie Bostrom: Wild Stories

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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Julien Creuzet: Attila cataract your source at the feet of the green peaks will end up in the great sea blue abyss we drowned in the tidal tears of the moon

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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Presence of Absence

April 24 – May16, 2025
STUDENT WORKSHOP | EXHIBITION
A mural that reflects on memory and loss, co-created by students in a public workshop and facilitated by Elysee Barakett ʼ25.
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Student Voices in The Arts

 

What does it mean to be a part of the Arts at Brown? It means teaching, creating, collaborating, performing, working, experimenting, and much more.

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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 Performing Arts Center

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.

Perelman Arts District

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