Welcome to The Arts at BGSU!

The Arts at Bowling Green State University continue to flourish and stretch the boundaries of knowledge and imagination. You can experience the strength of our traditions and the inspiration of our creative innovations.

Comprising the College of Musical Arts, the School of Art, the Department of Theatre & Film and the Creative Writing Program, The Arts at BGSU function as an interdisciplinary unit, promoting a culture of creativity both on our campus and in our community.

Join us! We look forward to sharing our performances, galleries, lectures, and research with you.

Featured Premier Arts Events

BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition

March 18-April 2

March 18 | 5-7 p.m. Opening Reception | 6 p.m. Award Presentation

Dorothy Uber Bryan, Willard Wankelman, and Red Door Galleries
BGSU Fine Arts Center

All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

For gallery hours, visit bgsu.edu/gallery.

Puccini's Messa di Gloria
BGSU Choirs with the Toledo Symphony

March 26 | 4 p.m.

Rosary Cathedral, Toledo

The A Cappella Choir, Collegiate Chorale, and University Choral Society will join the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and soloists in a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Messa di Gloria. Giordano Bellincampi will conduct the dramatic and colorful work, written when the composer was only 18 years old.

Tickets are available at toledosymphony.com/events.

Evil Dead The Musical

April 13-15 | 8 p.m.
April 15-16 | 2 p.m.

Thomas B. and Kathleen M. Donnell Theatre
Wolfe Center for the Arts

Evil Dead The Musical offers a theatre experience that’s jampacked with groan-inducing jokes, campy violence, and ridiculous special effects. Audiences will not only leave the theatre humming songs like, “Look Who’s Evil Now” and “Ode to an Accidental Stabbing,” but, depending on their seating choice, they will also be exiting wearing some of the fake blood that will surely flow from the stage.

Tickets are available at bgsu.edu/the-arts/tickets.

To individuals with disabilities, please indicate if you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in these events by contacting Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify us prior to the event.

In The Round: Artistry, Activism, & Presence of Native Creatives

In The Round: a speaker series featuring Native American Creatives seeks to render visible—to the BGSU and local communities—the artistry, activism, and presence of contemporary Native American artists. This series is an extension of the recently-developed BGSU Land Acknowledgment, which provides a foundation upon which the university can build purposeful and sustained practices that seek to decolonize our institution.

In The Round features Native American creatives who work in the areas of the arts here at BGSU: Fine Art, Graphic Design, Music, Creative Writing, Film, and Theatre. The series offers opportunities to enrich the learning, experiences, and perspectives of all members of our campus and local communities. By engaging contemporary Indigenous and Native American Artists, this series challenges erroneous and harmful stereotypes that continue to permeate American society today. Exposure to the artists’ works and techniques through which they share their experiences, worldviews, and reactions to the cultural and historical moment in which we all find ourselves facilitates growth and dynamic learning opportunities for students, staff, and faculty.

View our In The Round speakers for 2023.