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The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Katie Miller '20 is a first-year student in the Visual Arts Program
Kudzu, written & directed by current student Connor Simpson and produced by alumnus Carver Diserens '17, won the award for Best in Show at the George Lindsay UNA Film Festival in Alabama.
Last night at the Lenfest Center for the Arts, Columbia University School of the Arts held its first annual spring party and scholarship benefit. The evening, hosted by Dean Carol Becker and event chair Katharina Otto-Bernstein ‘05, honored Leonard Tow, Founder and Chairman of The Tow Foundation, in recognition of his extraordinary passion for theatre and its artists; artist Kiki Smith, in recognition of her brilliance as an artist, and commitment to the next generation of practitioners; and writer and producer Beau Willimon ’03, in recognition of his…
The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.
Acting alumna Ito Aghayere ’12 joins the cast of CBS’ Patricia Heaton comedy pilot Carol’s Second Act. The series centers around Carol Chambers (Heaton), who after raising her two children and retiring from teaching, embarks on a unique second act: she’s going to become a doctor. Aghayere will be playing Dr. Maya, the Chief Resident in charge of Carol and the other three interns. A type-A, high-achieving disciplinarian, Dr. Maya is all business. She’s instantly annoyed because Carol is a chatty maverick who hates authority — and Dr. Maya and her authority are…
Wunderland, a new novel by Fiction alumna Jennifer Cody Epstein '03, will be released April 23, 2019 through Penguin Random House's Crown Publishing. The book is an intimate portrait of a friendship severed by history, and a sweeping saga of wartime, motherhood, and legacy.
Panopticon, a feature length screenplay written by George Sikharulidze '17, has been selected for the TorinoFilmLab's 2019 ScriptLab, an initiative focused on the development of fiction feature film scripts in early development stage. Participants get an opportunity to develop their screenplays over three week-long workshop residencies and two online sessions with collaboration and guidance from international filmmakers, script consultants and story editors. With this screenplay, Sikharulidze was also selected to participate in Cannes Film Festival's Cinéfondation residency earlier…
Acting alumnus David Fierro '11 best known for his role in The Knick will be a series regular in the new CBS drama Tommy. The series stars Eddie Falco who plays a former high-ranking NYPD officer who becomes the first female Chief of Police for Los Angeles. Fierro will play Buddy the brilliant, manipulative, Los Angeles mayor, who turns into Falco’s rival for power.
The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.
Today, April 2nd, Mention My Beauty, an original play by Adjunct Associate Professor Leslie Ayvazian and directed by Martha Banta will be part of the Second Annual Liz Smith Reading Series at The Cherry Lane Theatre.
Fiction alumna Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood '17 is set to release her debut novel, If I Had Two Lives, on April 9, 2019.
The Life and Death of Espíritu Perdomo, a feature film project written & directed by alumnus Mauricio Leiva Cock '13 and produced by alumnus Mauro Mueller '13, won the El Taller post-production prize and the Cinema226 development, co-production, production and promotion prizes at the Guadalajara International Film Festival's Co-Production Meeting this week.
Film alumni have recently been awarded high television accolades.
Running out of Road is a narrative music short directed, shot, edited, co-written and co-produced by current student Cole Smith and co-written and co-produced by musician Lauren Jenkins.