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A shrine of white stone ringed by thin-leafed trees. A smoking battleship, a mass of crushed rubble. A soldier lifting a sandbag. A stretch of shoreline, a child wearing a ribboned straw hat. These were some of the images screened for the audience during “A ‘Toy Film’ History of Shōwa: The Second Sino-Japanese War, 1931–1945,” presented at the Lenfest Center for the Arts on September 17, 2023.
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the winners and finalists of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program, and several Columbia alumni and faculty members have made the list.
Writing alumnus Cyrée Jarelle Johnson ’19 has been awarded the prestigious James Laughlin Award for his second poetry collection, Watchnight (Nightboat Books, 2024).
Writing Alumna Jenessa Abrams ’17 (SPS ’19) has been awarded a prestigious National Book Critics Circle Emerging Critics Fellowship.
The Last Out, co-directed by Sami Khan ’09, has won the Emmy for Outstanding Business and Economics Documentary.
New York City’s Prelude Festival is celebrating its 20th year—and Columbia-trained theatre artists are at the helm.
BWOG staff writer Tara Lago reflects on a beautiful art form, collaboration, and reconnecting with old friends during Morningside Lights lantern making workshops.
Projects by Film alumni and students will screen at the acclaimed Nashville Film Festival at the end of this month.
Earlier this month, several School of the Arts alumni were awarded prestigious MacDowell Fellowships. This selection came from the second-largest group of applicants in MacDowell's history, with 154 artists from around the world.
Film at Lincoln Center has unveiled the film lineup for the 61st New York Film Festival, taking place from September 29 through October 15, 2023, and three Columbia filmmakers are presenting their short film at the festival this year.
Several Columbia alumni and students will showcase their work at the upcoming 24th Woodstock Film Festival, scheduled from September 27 to October 1, 2023. In this edition, the festival lineup will include about 135 films, including features, shorts, and music videos.
Visual Arts alumnus Kambui Olujimi ’13 is presenting several works in Inheritance, a group exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, on view until February 2024.
Devastation, a full-length feature penned by Film student Melina Maraki, will be developed by Mylla Films, the new banner set up by Nonstop Entertainment CEO Jakob Abrahamsson and Midsommar producer Patrik Andersson.
Rory McGregor ’17 is the director of No Good Things Dwell in the Flesh, a new play currently running at The A.R.T./New York Theatres. The production has been named a New York Times Critic's Pick.
Salesman之死, a new play by playwright and Adjunct Associate Professor of Writing Jeremy Tiang, will premiere in October at Off-Broadway mainstay Connelly Theater, presented by Yangtze Rep in association with Gung Ho Projects and directed by Obie-Award-winning director, Michael Leibenluft.