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The School of the Arts is well represented in the United States Artists 2025 Fellowships. Among this year’s recipients are Associate Professor and Chair of Visual Art, Miya Masaoka, Theatre alum Shayok Misha Chowdhury ‘16, and Writing alum Joan Naviyuk Kane '06.
Writing alum Jessi Jezewska Stevens ’17 has been named a finalist for the 2025 Story Prize for her short story collection Ghost Pains. One of three finalists, Stevens’ work was selected from 107 submissions from 82 unique publishers and imprints.
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 Associate Professor Elizabeth Ramírez-Soto about the pleasures of the archive, what feminist film history can teach us about the present, and the value of spending time researching and understanding non-canonical works.
On Thursday, March 6, 2025, Miya Masaoka, Chair of Visual Arts and director of Sound Art at the School of the Arts, will be the subject of a Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre.
Columbia Filmmakers are heading to Germany for the 75th Annual Berlinale to compete across several categories.
Three Columbia alumni have received nominations for the 77th Directors Guild of America Awards.
Founded by Tony Award-winning Adjunct Assistant Professor Cody Renard Richard, the scholarship champions artists of color working in non-performance roles to become the next generation of theatrical leaders.
Sound Art alum Char Jeré recently debuted their solo gallery show, Remembering the Mind: A Study in Progress, at Andrew Kreps Gallery. The show, which rendered a complex relationship between race and technology, was on view January 10–February 1, 2025.
Carol Becker’s book—both memoir and essay—recounts a painful episode in her life.
Columbia filmmakers are taking their films to Austin, Texas for the popular South by Southwest Film Festival, held every year to celebrate the hottest innovations in culture, music, film, and technology.
Film and Media Studies alum Kate Saccone '13 has contributed a chapter to Doing Digital Film History: Concepts, Tools, Practices (De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2024), a new book examining how digital technologies have transformed film historical research and teaching practices.
Fiction alum Melora Wolff '87 has released her latest collection, Bequeath, a book of essays out now from LSU Press.
Last Thursday, Joan Jonas '65 spoke at Columbia School of the Arts as part of the program’s Speak Now series. In conversation with Adama Delphine Fawundu ‘18, Joan shared new perspectives on her seminal works and divulged more about her artist’s process.
Undergraduate Film alum Jeremy Workman (CC '94) is making headlines with his latest documentary, Secret Mall Apartment, a project that has been nothing short of a sensation in the international film festival circuit.
Visual Arts alum Jeffrey Meris '19 has been awarded a 2025 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Visual Arts from the Vilcek Foundation. The $50,000 prize recognizes immigrant artists, curators, and scientists.