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On a Wednesday afternoon in Kent Hall, a dozen students stand in a circle outside the classroom, eyes closed, arms linked.
In the bustling halls of this year’s Visual Arts + Sound Art Class of 2025 Open Studios Exhibition, second-year Visual Arts and Sound Art students opened their studio doors to the public, showcasing a diverse array of innovative and thought-provoking works.
Visual Arts alum Linnéa Gad ’22 is presenting a new exhibition, Return of the Mollusk, at Astor Weeks. The exhibition delves into the intricate cycles of creation, transformation, and decay found in nature.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Writing Alan Gilbert has published a new edition of his epic poem The Everyday Life of Design.
Professor of the Arts Carol Becker, a writer, educator, and former dean of Columbia University School of the Arts and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, has a long history of examining the role of artists in the world. This fall, she continued her exploration with an interdisciplinary course entitled Art and Artists in Society, both a passion project and a platform for the subject that has so fascinated her.
Amazon Prime recently announced that Film alum Jonathan Van Tulleken '10 will direct and executive produce the first two episodes of the new high-profile limited series, Blade Runner 2099. Created and showrun by fellow Film alum Silka Luisa '11, the series’ production was moved to Prague, Czech Republic after initially being planned for Belfast, Northern Ireland. Production began earlier this year."
Filmmaker and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Climate School, Lydia Dean Pilcher, seeks to bring climate back into the cultural conversation with “Climatic Change: Storytelling Arts, Zeitgeist, and our Future,” an interdisciplinary graduate course in the Climate School, offered jointly with the School of the Arts.
Theatre alum Meropi Peponides ’13 sees dramaturgy everywhere: Netflix specials, budgets for stage productions, political campaigns, venues in Staten Island and the Bronx. “It’s just the way I think,” she said. “It’s not like I can turn off the dramaturgy brain.”
Theatre alum Matt Barbot ’17 is debuting his new play the beautiful land i seek (la linda tierra que busco yo) at The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in its world premiere.
Columbia students, alumni, and faculty are making their presence known at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the world’s premiere art fairs. Upwards of twenty Columbia affiliates will have their work presented in connection with the fair’s wide array of platforms.
Sutura, a new medical thriller series created and written by Film alum Fabio Montanari '16, premiered on Amazon Prime Video on November 22. The series follows two medical professionals who become entangled in a dangerous double life.
Professor Binnie Kirshenbaum (CC ’80) will be releasing her eighth novel, Counting Backwards, with Penguin Random House on March 25, 2025. The book follows a middle-aged couple confronted by illness—the husband’s descent into early-onset Lewy body dementia—and their final years together full of despair, humor, rage, and the moments of beauty that surround them all.
This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Professor Christian Parker about dramaturgy and the enduring power of theatre.
The School of the Arts's Digital Storytelling Lab (DSL) recently hosted two immersive experiences which invited participants to explore how emerging technologies intersect with storytelling, community, and our collective imagination.