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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 Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has commissioned a poem by Writing alumna Tracy K. Smith 97 for its COVID-19 memorial, which honors the more than 100 MTA employees who have lost their lives to the virus.

Author Rachel Cusk is the latest distinguished writer to join the Creative Writing Lecture Series. Second-year Fiction student Matthew Humphreys had the opportunity to introduce Cusk at the event.

Visual Arts alumna Vesna Pavlović ’07 presents Traversing Geographies, Complicating Memories at whitespace gallery in Atlanta, Georgia.

Professor Tom Kalin recently sat down with Assistant Professor Aliza Nisenbaum to discuss her latest solo exhibition, Aliza Nisenbaum, on display through June 27, 2021 at Tate Liverpool.

Soon After First Light is a series where we talk craft, process, and pandemic with Columbia's accomplished writing professors.

Film student Adewale Olukayode has been nominated for this year's NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Short Form, Live Action for his film Home The film was produced by alumni Jungyoon Kim ’20 and Najah Diop ’20, and film student Henry Arroyo. There were four other short form films nominated in the category.

Recently the National Endowment for the Arts announced the recipients of its 2021 Creative Writing Fellowships, naming among them alumna Robin Beth Schaer '05.

The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.

The Playwright’s Room is a series featuring the newest cohort of Columbia Playwriting students.

New work from Visual Arts Alumna Maria Antelman ‘11 is currently on exhibition at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. 

Alumna Marike Splint ’07 creates and directs You Are Here - a homebound travelogue as a part of the Digital Without Walls (WOW) series at La Jolla Playhouse.

Clara Sola, a feature film co-written and directed by alumna Nathalie Álvarez Mesén '19, won the TitraFilm Award in the Work in Progress competition at the 12th edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival in January 2021.

Three projects by Columbia filmmakers have been nominated for a Documentary Motion Picture Prize at this year’s PGA Awards.

Four short films by Columbia filmmakers are set to screen in the Shorts Selection at the Portland International Film Festival from March 5 to March 14, 2021.