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The School of the Arts’ annual International Play Reading Festival aims to present new theatrical voices to US audiences.

Professor of Professional Practice Bette Gordon will be the focus of Directed by Bette Gordon, a special streaming program on the Criterion Channel highlighting Gordon’s influential role in the independent cinema community on June 17.

Tres Noches Y Una Cabra (Three Nights and a Goat), directed by alumnus Nicolás Becerra '18, written by alumnus Ben Gottlieb '19 and produced by alumna Jennifer Sciarra '18, was selected to screen at the Panorama Colombia Film Festival in Germany, which has been postponed currently due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This month, the newly renovated Terminal B of LaGuardia Airport reopened with installations by four artists, including the stunning five-ton sculpture “Shorter Than the Day” by Professor Sarah Sze.

Writers in Collaboration is a series covering writers involved in two art mediums and/or working with other artists. This week we sat down with recent nonfiction alumna Brianna Sophia Scalesse ’20 whose literary background has helped deepen her imagination and work as a fashion model.

A Message from Dean Carol Becker and Laila Maher.

Salt (Sabras), a feature film project written and to be directed by current student Sushma Khadepaun, has won a SFFILM's Spring 2020 Westridge Grant.

The Digital Storytelling Lab (DSL) at Columbia University’s School of the Arts announced this year’s Digital Dozen: Breakthroughs in Storytelling Awards Winners on April 29.

Something to Believe In (Algo en lo que creer), a short film written and directed by alumna Fany de la Chica '18 and produced by alumnus Luca Marcovici '18, screened at the Cinequest Film Festival in March as part of the Life Lessons program, and will be shown at the San Diego Latino Film Festival in October. The film will also be presented at the 4th edition of the Latino Film Market in New York from July 17 to August 2, 2020 in New York City. 

The Margot Affair, the debut novel by Alumna Sanaë Lemoine ’15, will be published on June 16 through Hogarth Press.

Conversations with Artists in Art Getting Art is a bi-weekly series and a play on Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. We interview artists about their art and 'getting art'.

Two books by members of the Columbia community are featured in Buzzfeed’s ”29 Summer Books You Won't Be Able To Put Down”.

Visual Arts Alumna Xiaoshi Vivian Vivian Qin ’15 currently has works in two galleries: How Do We Begin at X Museum in Beijing, China, and Next Act: Contemporary Art from Hong Kong at Hong Kong’s Asia Society.

Chosen, a pilot directed by alumnus Daniel Fermín Pfeffer '18, written and produced by alumnus Michael Goitanich '18, and produced by alumna Ewing Luo '18, was selected to screen as part of the Independent Pilot Competition at SeriesFest's Virtual Film Festival. Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, the festival has shifted to a virtual edition taking place from June 18 to June 24 2020.