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Writing alum Orla Tinsley ’20 has received an honorary Doctorate of Literature from The University College of Dublin for their achievements in writing and healthcare.
Prescription for Pain, a debut true crime book by Philip Eil ’11 will be published in April 2024 by Steerforth Press.
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies Racquel Gates is co-editing a book series for Duke University Press called Console-ing Passions: Television and Cultural Power.
Mikhaela Mahony ’19 is the director of the New York premiere of Redwood, premiering in October at Off-Broadway’s Ensemble Studio Theatre.
Starting this October, the renowned Visual Arts Professor Rirkrit Tiravanija will be the focus of a major exhibition at New York's MoMA PS1, titled Rirkrit Tiravanija: A LOT OF PEOPLE.
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.