{"id":7436,"date":"2022-06-30T10:38:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?page_id=7436"},"modified":"2022-10-05T14:50:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T18:50:31","slug":"outside","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/vasi\/outside\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Summer in Boston<\/h3>\n<p>At VASI, students are expected to work hard and take their classes very seriously, but they always have fun as well.<\/p>\n<p>Boston is an incredibly vibrant city, and VASI students get to experience many of the city\u2019s \u201cgreatest hits.\u201d\u00a0 Evening and weekend activities change each summer, but past favorites have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Getting acquainted with the city, and the Charles River, aboard a Boston Duck Tour<\/li>\n<li>Checking out sculptural inspirations (and getting in some beach time) at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalsandsculptingfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Sand Sculpting Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sampling cannoli and gelato in the North End, and watching street performers at Faneuil Hall<\/li>\n<li>Exploring the Civil War-era fort at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/boha\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Attending summer concerts and street festivals throughout the city<\/li>\n<li>Attending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston-discovery-guide.com\/shakespeare-on-the-common.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shakespeare in the Park<\/a> on Boston Common<\/li>\n<li>Visiting open studio events and gallery openings to learn more about Boston\u2019s arts community<\/li>\n<li>And of course, visiting Boston\u2019s incredible museums including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Museum of Fine Arts<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardnermuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icaboston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute of Contemporary Art<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All activities are included in the VASI tuition, as is travel on the T, Boston\u2019s public transit system.<\/p>\n<p>Students have a variety of activities to keep themselves busy on campus as well, including working in their studios, open drawing sessions, and movie nights. Students age 16 and older also have the option to purchase a Summer Guest Pass to Boston University\u2019s state of the art <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fitness and Recreation Center.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer in Boston At VASI, students are expected to work hard and take their classes very seriously, but they always have fun as well. Boston is an incredibly vibrant city, and VASI students get to experience many of the city\u2019s \u201cgreatest hits.\u201d\u00a0 Evening and weekend activities change each summer, but past favorites have included: Getting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6310,"featured_media":0,"parent":2365,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7448,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7436\/revisions\/7448"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=7436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}