Read current news from faculty, alumni and students of the graduate Film, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts and Writing programs.
• Film Alum to Write Script for Followup to X-Men: First Class
Simon Kinberg ('03) has been chosen to write the script for the followup to X-Men: First Class. more ►
• Directing Student Premieres Short at the Cinequest Film Festival
Christoph Kuschnig ('12) premieres his short Hatch in the US at Cinequest Film Festival. more ►
• Indiewire Profiles Alum's Film
Jamund Washington's ('10) film Gimmie the Loot which showed at SXSW, was previewed on Indiewire. more ►
• Alumni Film to Premier at SXSW
Electrick Children, by film 3rd year Film students Rebecca Thomas and Jessica Caldwell premieres at SXSW, as part of the Emerging Visions program. more ►
• Faculty Brian Kulick at the Classic Stage Company
Brian Kulick directs Galileo, written by Bertholt Brecht and starring F. Murray Abraham, at the Classic Stage Company, through March 11, 2012. more ►
• Student Featured in The Brooklyn Rail
Current student Julia May Jonas ('12) and her production company Nellie Tinder, is featured in The Brooklyn Rail discussing her new play, Evelyn, running February 22 – March 10, at The Bushwick Starr. more ►
• Playwrighting Student at the Outworks Festival
Second-year Playwriting student Christina Quintana ('13) is featured in this year's Outworks Festival with The Gay Play, directed Garrett Guilbeau . more ►
• Acting Alum at the Triskelion Arts Center
David Fierro (Acting '11) featured in Follow the Leader at The Zoo Theatre at Triskelion Arts in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, through February 25. more ►
• Art Talk with Faculty Kara Walker on the National Endowment for the Arts Blog
Faculty Kara Walker is featured on the National Endownment for the Arts blog, discussing her about practices, views and thoughts about art. more ►
• Alum Christy Gast at Art Salon
Christy Gast ('04) was featured at a panel discussion presented by Art Salon at Art Basel 2011 in Miami. more ►
• The Cartographer's Conundrum by Faculty Sanford Biggers at MASS MoCA
Biggers' multi-disciplinary solo show opens February 4th, with an opening reception from 5:30 - 7:30 PM more ►
• Faculty Jon Kessler's solo show at Salon 94 Opens February 2nd
Salon 94 Bowery presents Jon Kessler’s The Blue Period (2007/2011), an immersive installation featuring kinetic machines, surveillance cameras, video monitors and life-size cardboard figures. more ►
Timothy Donnelly wins the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his book The Cloud Corporation (Wave, Picador). The annual award, offered through the Claremont Graduate University, is one of the most prestigious prizes a contemporary poet can receive. more ►
• Faculty Ben Marcus and Sam Lipsyte, Visiting Artists at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Marcus and Lipstye speak as part of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program, February 7 at 6:00 PM. more ►
• New York Times' Sunday Review Features Faculty Donald Antrim
As a contributor of the Opinion-Editorial section of the Sunday Review, Antrim is featured in the piece, "Art of the Game". more ►
• Vassar Welcomes Faculty Sigrid Nunez as Writer in Residence
Nunez is Vassar College's Writer in Residence for 2012, featuring a reading from her works, February 8 at 5:30 PM. more ►
