Columbia Artists Shine in 2024 Armory Show
Visual Arts alumni and faculty showcased a selection of phenomenal work at this year’s 2024 Armory Show, which took place at the Javits Center in New York City between September 6-8.
Dramaturgy alumna Meropi Peponides ’13 has been named a co-creative director and producer-in-residence of the iconic Under the Radar Festival, which is set to return in 2025 for its 20th edition.
Dear members of the Columbia community, I am deeply honored to be called to serve as Interim President of our beloved institution.
CUIMC’s Katrina Armstrong has agreed to serve as interim president.
The interim president calls to “recalibrate as a community, bearing in mind the challenges of the past year and those to come, but not allowing them to define us.”
Late Writing professor Rebecca Godfrey tragically passed away in 2022 after a long battle with cancer, leaving behind an unfinished novel about the life of art heiress and gallerist Peggy Guggenheim. With the help of friend and fellow writer, Associate Professor Leslie Jamison, Peggy has now been released by Random House.
These works of historical fiction, all by Columbia alumni, provide fascinating windows into life long ago, with plenty of wisdom for our current age.
As the start of the new academic year approaches, I want to express how much I am looking forward to welcoming new and returning students, faculty, and staff to our campuses.
Visual Arts alum Vivian Vivas ’23 launched her video exhibition titled may I die before I’m gone. Hosted by Alexander Berggruen in New York (1018 Madison Avenue, Floor 3), the exhibition will ran through August 22, 2024.
The recipients of the 2024 New Voices Filmmaker Grant, in partnership with Netflix, have been announced, with Film student Apa Agbayani and Angalis Field (CC ’16) among the four selected.
Phillip Lopate, who taught for years at Columbia's School of the Arts, writes about his lifelong passion for the movies.
I am writing today to share an update on several steps I am taking to strengthen our leadership structure and enhance collaboration among senior leaders, faculty, and students across the University.
Rule of Two walls, a visceral portrait of today’s Ukraine through the lens of its artists directed by Film alum David Gutnik ’12, was released in theaters on August 16, 2024.
Several projects by Columbia University filmmakers are set to screen at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Writing alumna Rachel Kushner ’01 has been made the 2024 Booker Prize longlist for her novel Creation Lake.
This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Professor Tomas Vu-Daniel about art as a way to make friends, the blessings of printmaking, and how his teaching method encourages open-ended exploration over definite answers.
We’re delighted to welcome new faculty members to the 2024/25 academic year.
Brenda Wineapple’s book delves into the question and provides many answers.
I Leave It Up to You, the sophomore novel from Writing alum Jinwoo Chong ’21, is set to release on March 4, 2025 from Ballantine Books.
Film alum Peter Forbes ’21 has been chosen for the Universal Studios Animation Writing Workshop in Los Angeles, where he will develop during a one-year paid program his skills in both feature and television animation through writing assignments and workshops, gain hands-on experience with creative executives, and build a network to advance his career.
Fresh from his success with FX’s breakout hit Shōgun, Film alum Jonathan van Tulleken '10 has been tapped to helm the series adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s horror novel The Loney, for New Regency Television.
Prince Street Gallery is currently showcasing Bicoastal, a compelling new series of works by Visual Arts alumna Gina Werfel ‘79, whose exploration of light and space offers a fresh perspective.
April, the singular sophomore effort from director Dea Kulumbegashvili '18, produced by Ilan Amouyal '17, has won the Special Jury Prize at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.
Journalist and Nonfiction student Carlos Barragán has sold his debut book The Yahoo Boys to FSG in a pre-emptive deal. The book is a nonfiction portrait of the “Yahoo Boys,” tech-savvy young men in Nigeria who make a living conducting online romance scams, targeting lonely victims often from the United States.
Visual Arts alumni and faculty showcased a selection of phenomenal work at this year’s 2024 Armory Show, which took place at the Javits Center in New York City between September 6-8.