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Sarah Sze, Professor of Visual Arts, renowned multidisciplinary artist, and 2003 MacArthur Fellow, recently opened her first solo exhibition in Asia at Gagosian, Hong Kong.
Film alum Chris Teague ‘06 directed episodes two and three of Dying for Sex, a new comedy-drama miniseries based loosely on the real-life experiences of author and podcaster, Molly Kochan.
Film alum James Ponsoldt ‘05 directed the first two episodes of the eagerly anticipated Netflix series Running Point.
On Sunday, March 30, 2025, twenty-eight of New York's most cutting-edge emerging artists debuted new works in one of the city's most exciting group shows: the School of the Arts' annual First Year MFA Exhibition.
Professor of Theatre and Playwriting Concentration Head David Henry Hwang will receive the Dramatists Guild’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Transdisciplinary artist Kaela Mei-Chee Chambers '22 has premiered her latest installation, Eastern Aphasia Caress (EAC), at the New York Public Library's Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library on 20th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues.
In his first book, American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest (Pantheon), alum Kyle Paoletta ’16, reaches back to the 17th century desert—Albuquerque (where Paoletta grew up), Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso, and Las Vegas.
Writing alum Brysen Boyd ’20 and Theatre alum Fernando Buzhar Segall ’24 will have work featured in the 2025 Valdez Theatre Conference in Anchorage, Alaska.
Film alum Constance Tsang '20 has been selected for the revered La Résidence du Festival de Cannes, a coveted residence in which emerging directors dedicate themselves to developing their first or second feature film projects in two sessions lasting four and a half months.
The Aspen Film Shortsfest announced its winners across nine categories, and Emily Everhard ’24 received the Jury’s Special Mention in Comedy for her film, No Experience Necessary.
The William Schuman Award will be presented to Tania León on September 25, 2025 at a celebratory concert at Miller Theatre.
The decorated filmmaker has helped develop a slew of films and TV shows since graduating from Columbia.
Adjunct Professor Alice Quinn has been a mainstay in Columbia’s Writing program for 35 years, and a defining figure in poetry for the last half century.
Theatre Acting alum Kim Katzberg ’09 has locked in a Mercury Store Project Weeks Residency from May 12 to May 16, 2025.
After celebrating the publication of four novels and one collection of short stories over the past ten years, Nonfiction alum and Adjunct Assistant Professor Catherine Lacey ’10 is publishing her debut work of nonfiction, The Möbius Book—a catalogue of the wreckage that ensued after a broken relationship, the broken trust of a shared mortgage, and her ensuing battle with depression.