Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies

AFVS Fall 2026 Open Studios will take place on Friday, December 4th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on levels B, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, at 24 Quincy Street. Artwork made this semester in all AFVS studio classes will be on view...

Screening of Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence, featuring AFVS Professor Giuliana Bruno, author of the award-winning book Streetwalking on a Ruined Map on this pioneer woman filmmaker. Presented as part of N.I.C.E. – New Italian Cinema Events, in...

Screening and Conversation: To a Land Unknown with Mahdi Fleifel in person Tuesday, November 10, 6pm Carpenter Center Theater, Lower Level Free admission Please join the Film Study Center and the Sensory Ethnography Lab for a special screening and...

Ross McElwee’s Remake Sunday, October 18, 2026, 6:30 PM Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Theater Free and open to the public The Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies presents a screening of Ross McElwee’s Remake (2025, 116 min.). For nearly...

AFVS salutes alumnus Lance Oppenheim '19 and his new pair of feature films. PRIMETIME opens September 25, YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING opens October 16. Get to the theater! Read more here.