Alongside wife and award-winning writer Suleika Jaouad, the Grammy award-winning musician discussed facing hardship and finding inspiration.

Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program celebrates student art through annual exhibition

The Brown 2026 speaker series started with a conversation with the Tony award winner.

When Brown University professors Sydney Skybetter and Stefanie Tellex first saw Spot, both instantly had visions of how the yellow quadruped robot from Boston Dynamics could revolutionize their respective fields.

Brown’s Percent-for-Art program has thoughtfully integrated site-specific public art onto campus since 2004. In honor of the 20th anniversary of this program, I sat down with the former director and artists involved to reflect on some of the program’s diverse projects and to gain insight into their perspectives on public art at Brown and beyond.

“The Blind Urban Subject” offers a window on the experience of living in the city with visual impairments.

Brown’s Pandemic Center hosted a screening and discussion with the film’s director.

The show was created by Julie Tolentino, who performed the piece with their partner Stosh Fila.

The tours are customized by each guide and provide historical background on some of Brown’s most prominent public artworks.

In 1919, fifteen Navy sailors were arrested in Newport, RI for “Scandalous Conduct.” On view through October 6 at the Great Friends Meeting House, artists Matthew Lawrence and Jason Tranchida delve into the history with their musical film.
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Skybetter discusses the importance of transparency, interdisciplinarity and the artistic process in his new role.

“The Move on Chinatown,” exhibit curated by Aidan Choi ’26, is an appeal both to memory and to physical legacy.

A new musical documentary features transcriptions of the Navy’s 1919 investigation into homosexual activity by sailors in Newport, along with music from a vaudeville drag show that was going on right down the street.

Playing to Oct. 6 at the Great Friends Meeting House, Newport

ArtsCrew is a workforce development program run by the Brown Arts Institute with a twofold mission: supporting local artists by hiring and training them and helping the institute operate its venues and run events.

With the help of the Brown community, Logan Tullai ’25 created long silk prints using decommissioned Lunar Orbiter film and the cyanotype printing method.

Student-led free public art tours on the Brown campus highlight outdoor works of art

Brown University Provost Francis J. Doyle III announces the appointment of Sydney Skybetter as Brown Arts Instistute's next Faculty Director.

ArtsCrew, a new workforce development program launches at Brown.

Indigenous performers discuss urgent climate change issues, artistic interventions

Traveling exhibition showcases Smith’s expansive portfolio, covering more than 60 years of performance art

Project is second ongoing collaborative residency of IGNITE Series

The residency will take place on Brown University’s campus from March 12-17.

Culminating performance of 2024 East Coast Taiko Conference showcases ensembles, performers