Illustration by Andre de loba
Founded in 1998
what they do
Perform original skits set to contemporary music
Number of current members
About a dozen
Claim to fame
“America’s only collegiate mime troupe” (as far as they know)
Biggest challenge
Keeping white makeup off black clothes
why mime
“The extreme constraint—no words, no props, no costumes—forces creativity,” said HYPE! member Sean Murphy, E20. “There’s still a range of emotion we can evoke.”
The SMFA at Tufts is located in the heart of artistic Boston. Here’s a look at the campus’ main buildings, which are nestled among the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the greenery of the Emerald Necklace.
The renowned School of the Museum of Fine Arts officially became part of Tufts University in 2016—and has been helping the university paint outside the lines ever since.
