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Associate Professor of Writing Hilton Als, Associate Professor of Theatre David Henry Hwang, and Visual Arts Mentor Ralph Lemon were among those elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2021.

The Four Humors, a debut novel by fiction alumna Mina Seçkin '18 (CC '15), will be released by Catapult on November 9, 2021.

Uncovering the Heritage Silhouette is a bi-weekly series diving into how tradition influences the creation of art. We interview artists heavily influenced by their heritage.

The University of Texas at Austin recently announced that alumnus Aaron Aceves '20 will be one of two early career fellows in Creative Writing.

The undergraduate Visual Arts Program at Columbia University recently honored their Spring 2021 graduates at their annual Senior Thesis Show.

Professor Rirkrit Tiravanija will participate in Art Basel Hong Kong’s 2021 Fair. The ninth annual exhibition, which was cancelled last year because of the pandemic, will run from May 21, 2021 to May 23, 2021.

Last March, the pandemic swept through New York City, leaving devastation and anxiety in its wake, leading many to wonder what the next weeks and months would bring.

Graduate students from Columbia’s School of the Arts and literary students from Chile’s Universidad Diego Portales (UDP) met in April in a virtual format to read each other’s translated poetry.

Visual Arts alumna Sara Stern ’17 has work on display in the plumb’s 'Of Several Depths' exhibition, which runs from April 14, 2021 to May 10, 2021, in Toronto, Canada.

Visual Arts alumnus Vikram Divecha ’19 has work on display in the Out of Place exhibition at Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde in Dubai, UAE. The show runs from March 22, 2021 to May 22, 2021.

Visual Arts alumnus Cy Gavin ’16 has a self-titled solo exhibition on display at Aspen Art Museum (AAM) in Aspen, Colorado.

Here, we talk with Associate Professor and Acting Co-Concentration Head, James Calleri about Calleri Studio, casting’s modified comeback, and the importance of staying true to one’s artistic path. 

The 33rd Columbia University Film Festival (CUFF) began on April 23 with Screenwriting Night, an annual event to honor the screen and TV writers of the program.
When shocking and disturbing events occur, they can generate so much personal and national rage that—even though we are rarely of one perspective—we can become aligned as a nation, in terms of our collective attention.

The Visual Arts and Sound Art MFA Programs at Columbia University School of the Arts recently showcased the Class of 2021 in their postponed First Year MFA Exhibition.