Read current news from faculty, alumni and students of the graduate Film, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts and Writing programs.
• Outbound by Faculty Bogdan George Apetri Nominated at Gopos Awards
Film Faculty Bogdan George Apetri's Outbound became the most nominated Romanian film of 2011 at the Gopos, the Romanian Oscars, with 12 nominations including Best Film and Best Director. more ►
• Faculty Annette Insdorf Published New Book
Faculty Annette Insdorf publishes a book on Philip Kaufman (March 15, 2012), reviewed here by Leonard Maltin. more ►
• Students Premiere Films at New Directors/New Films and Cleveland International Film Festivals
Collin Elliot’s (5th year Directing) film Giongo has been selected in the Shorts category for New Directors/New Films, where it will have its premiere. Olivia Newman (5th year Screenwriting) was the sound mixer. more ►
Elliot’s film Lucky Duck will premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival in the Ohio Shorts program. Andrew Hauser (4th year Producing) is the producer, Rafael Lessa ('11) and Newman are both co-producers. more ►
• Alumnus Film Picked Up by Sony Pictures Classics
James Ponsoldt's ('05 SOA) Smashed picked up by Sony Pictures Classics. Smashed premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews and stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul (BREAKING BAD),and Octavia Spencer. more ►
• Alumni Films Wins at SXSW
Gimme the Loot wins Grand Jury Narrative Prize at SXSW, Producer Jamund Washington ('10 SOA) and Editor Morgan Faust ('11 SOA). more ►
• Alumni Film Electrick Children in the News
Interview with Electrick Children (written and directed by alumna Rebecca Thomas and produced by alumna Jessica Caldwell) stars Rory Culkin and Julia Garner more ► Austin Chronicle reviews the film and mentions the Columbia's Film Program: more ►
• Debut Film by Alum featured at Film Society at Lincoln Center
Either Way, the debut feature by alum Hafsteinn (Haddi) Gunnar Sigurdsson, feature is showing in April at the Film Society at Lincoln Center as part of a retrospective of Icelandic cinema. more ►
• Faculty Tom Kalin Visits Carnegie Mellon University and Andy Warhol Museum
Kalin will visit Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg PA more ►; Kalin's film Swoon will screen at the Andy Warhol Museum March 29 - 30. more ►
• Alumni Produced Film Receives Fusion Award, and is a part of LOGO's Summer Series
The Skinny, directed by Patrik-Ian Polk and produced by Ben Feuer (4th year Screenwriting) will premiere on the closing night of Outfest: Fusion on March 24th, where it will receive the 2012 Fusion Award. It will next screen at BFI's Lesbian & Gay Film Festival on March 31st. It will have its limited release theatrical premiere on April 6th, and will be screening as part of LOGO Television's "Hot Summer Nights" series in August. View the trailer here: more ►
• Acting Alum at the Incubator Arts Project
Stephanie Shipp (Acting 2007) in All Hands at the Incubator Arts Project, through March 31. more ►
• Alumni at the Irondale Theater
Karen Malpede's (Theatre History and Dramatic Literature 1972) Another Life with Susan Hyon (Acting 2006) at the Irondale Theater in Brooklyn, through March 24. more ►
• Acting Alum at The Playwrights Horizons
David Wilson Barnes (Acting 1998) in The Big Meal at Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater, through April 8. more ►
• Faculty Charles Mee in Portland, Oregon and Baltimore, Maryland
Charles Mee’s play Fire Island runs at the Defunkt Theatre in Portland, Oregon, from March 23 - April 28) more ► and is play Hotel Cassiopeia runs at the Single Carrot Theatre in Baltmore, from March 28 - April 29. more ►
• Directing Alum at Columbia Stages
Ashley Kelly Tata (Directing 2012) directs her thesis The Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht at The Riverside Theatre, from March 28 - 31.
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• Directing Alum at Classic Stage Company
Tony Speciale (Directing 2008) directs A Midsummer Night's Dream at Classic Stage Company. from April 4 - May 20.
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• Mentor Janine Antoni Exhibits at the Gustein Gallery
Mentor Janine Antoni exhibits in Room In My Head: Staging Psychological Spaces at SCAD's Gustein Gallery in Savannah, GA, through April 20. more ►
• Visual Arts Alumni at the Institute of Contemporary Arts at the University of Pennsylvania
Vis Arts alums Nick Paparone ('11 SOA) with Pooneh Maghazehe ('11 SOA) and Yve Laris Cohen ('11 SOA) participate in the exhibition First Among Equals at the Institute of Contemporary Arts at the University of Pennsylvania, through August 12. more ►
• Alumna Huma Bhabha at The Guggenheim Museum
Huma Bhabha ('89 SOA) gives a private tour of John Chamberlain's work, incorporateing her interest in the abject and alien when discussing Chamberlain's work, taking into consideration the primitive, the modern, the contemporary, and the global. Reception to follow, register here: more ►
• Alumna Aki Sasamoto Exhibits at The Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College
Aki Sasamoto ('07 SOA) exhibits A Likeness Has Blisters from April 29 - May 27, with a performance on April 29. more ►
• Faculty Sarah Sze at Art Info
ArtInfo asks Faculty Sarah Sze about the rising clout of women artists: more ►
• Alumna Exhibits Solo Show at Tracy William Ltd, Gallery
Alyssa Pheobus Mumtaz ('08 SOA) has a solo show in Chelsea, at Tracy Williams, Ltd. March 22 - April 21; Opening Reception March 22, 6-8 PM. more ►
• Faculty Heidi Julavits New Novel The Vanishers Book Event at Center for Fiction
Faculty & Alum Heidi Julavits ('96 SOA) at Center for Fiction celebrating her new book The Vanishers, which chronicles the paranormal warfare between a young psychic and her mentor. Tuesday, March 20, 7pm at Center for Fiction, RSVP here: more ►
• Alumnus' Debut Poetry Collection Wins Vassar Miller Prize
Gibson Fay-LeBlanc's ('05 SOA) first collection of poems, Death of a Ventriloquist, was chosen by Lisa Russ Spaar for the Vassar Miller Prize. more ►
• Alumna Rivka Galchen in The New Yorker
Rivka Galchen's ('06 SOA) story, Appreciation in the March 19th issue of The New Yorker; read her interview at The New Yorker's Book Bench: more ►
• The New York Times Publishes Article by Alumna Kim TIngley
Kim Tingley ('08) published an piece titled Whispers of the Wild in the New York Times. more ►
• LTAC Faculty Publishes a New Book of Poetry
Nathalie Handal's celebrates the release of her book of poetry Poet of Andalucia (University of Pittsburg Press), April 12, 6:30 - 10:30pm, at Black Door. more ►
