Celebrating its 100th Anniversary, the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University was founded in 1912 as the School of Practical Art, one of the nation's first private studio schools. Renamed The Art Institute of Boston in 1967, AIB established itself as a non-profit and reflected the school's increased focus on fine art, design, illustration, and photography. Merged with Lesley University in 1998, today AIB offers two Master of Fine Arts (MFA) programs, enrolls 500 students annually in Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Programs in Fine Art, Photography, Illustration, Animation, Art History, and Design, and conducts college courses in art and design for high school students and adult learners.
In the coming year, construction will begin on a new home for AIB in Cambridge, adjacent to Lesley University's Porter Campus, bringing 100 years of tradition and year-round cultural events to Cambridge and the wider Lesley University community.
Summer 2013
MFA in Visual Arts Graduation Exhibition
June 24-29
Main Gallery
700 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215
and
University Hall Gallery
1815 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Arts Art Talks Lecture Series
Free and open to the public
June 24 – 27, 7pm
565 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 101
Boston, MA 02215
Alumni Weekend
Friday May 31 - Sunday, June 2
Pre-College Exhibition
Friday, August 2, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
700 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215
Spring 2013
MFA in Visual Arts Art Talks
January 7–10, 2013
MFA Alumni Exhibition
Friday, January 4 - Sunday, January 13
AIB Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition
January 24 - February 16
University Hall Gallery
1815 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
AIB Alumni BFA Invitational Exhibition
Eating the Recipe: Some Thoughts on Data Visualization
Thursday, February 28, 6:30 pm
Exhibition at the Boston Public Library – The Art Institute of Boston: Celebrating 100 Years
March 22 - June 29
Wiggin Gallery
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Copley Square
Boston, MA 02116
AIB Design Faculty Exhibition
MFA in Photography Visiting Artist Lecture: Holly Roberts
Wednesday, March 6, 12:30 pm
Room 215, 700 Beacon Street
MFA in Photography Visiting Artist Lecture: Lyle Rexer
Thursday, March 21, 11:00 am
Room 215, 700 Beacon Street
Community of Scholars (Arts Focus)
Wednesday, March 27
Lesley University Cambridge campuses
16 Photographs at Ohrdruf by Matthew Nash
April 4, 6:00 pm
Marran Theater
Doble Campus
29 Everett Street
Cambridge, MA
MFA in Photography Exhibition
April 25 - May 1
The Art Institute of Boston Main Gallery
700 Beacon Street
Boston, MA
Strauch-Mosse Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Sebastiao Salgado
April 25, 7:00 PM
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
BFA Thesis Exhibition
May 8 - 31,
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
Main Gallery
700 Beacon Street
Boston, MA
Lesley University Commencement
Saturday, May 18
Bank of America Pavilion
Boston, MA
Faculty Spotlight
Kristina Lamour-Sansone
Associate Professor of Design
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Geoffrey Koetsch
Professor of Fine Arts
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