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Brown Girls, the debut novel from alumna Daphne Palasi Andreades ’19, has been shortlisted for the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. 

Acting alumna Kristin Dodson ’22 will star in Bernarda’s Daughters, a new play by Diane Exavier that premieres off-Broadway in May.

Here, we talk with Professor Leslie Jamison about empathy on the page, why she sees herself as a bowerbird writer, and how teaching influences her writing style.

Several Columbia University School of the Arts alumni have received Guggenheim Fellowships, one of the most prestigious awards in the arts and humanities.

Visual Arts alumnus Kamrooz Aram ’03 has been announced as one of the winners of the prestigious Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.

Professor of Film and Media Studies Rob King has edited a special issue of Edinburgh Univserity Press's journal of Crime Fiction Studies.

From April 6 to May 13, 2023, Microscope Gallery is presenting Phantom Power, a solo show by Sound Art alumnus Kamari Carter ’18. 

Lying In, a new book of poems from alumna Elizabeth Metzger ’15, is out now from Milkweed Editions. 

The Columbia University Film Festival (CUFF) will present its annual Andrew Sarris Award to Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq ’19. Sadiq will accept the award remotely at Screenwriting Night on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

In this series, we catch up with Columbia filmmakers who have recently graduated to chat about their time in the Film Program, what they’re doing now, and their goals for the future. This week, we spoke with alumna Cheryl Xiaoning Wang ’22.

Three short films created by Film alumni have been selected to screen at the prestigious event.

 

The much-vaunted femme fatale is a staple of film noir, and probably what first comes to mind when we consider women in the genre. This year’s Kit Noir Film Festival, “Beyond the Femme Fatale: the Women Who Made Noir,” dedicated itself to exploring women behind the camera.

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 Assistant Professor of Visual Arts David Antonio Cruz about the artist’s greater responsibility, why the university should be a place for productive failure, and why it is important to fall in love with your obsessions. 

 

Sarah Congress, Executive Assistant to the Deans and Manager of Academic Administration at the School of the Arts, has had her play, A Thanksgiving to Remember, published in Borderless Thalia: A Multilingual, Pandemic Comic Collection.

Pulling the Chariot of the Sun, a new memoir from Associate Professor Shane McCrae, is coming this summer from Simon & Schuster.