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Alumna Sondra Perry '15 was recently named the ninth winner of the Nam June Paik Award by the Kunststiftung NRW, the arts foundation founded by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1989. Perry received a $28,000 award in November at the Westfälischer Kunstverein in Münster. According to the website, “the renowned Nam June Paik Awards (established in 2002) [is conferred] for outstanding electronic and digital artworks that take risks, cross cultural boundaries and take an interdisciplinary approach in the spirit of the late pioneering artist Nam June…
Alumna Elif Uras '03 recently published her first monograph alongside a site-specific installation, The Source, in Instanbul, Turkey. Turkish-born, Uras is a painter and ceramicist whose site-specific installation, The Source, was realized under the leadership of Galerist as part of Kale Group’s 2018 project in support of ceramics in art and will be on view at a historic storefront in Istanbul between November 24 and December 30.
The Colony, a thesis play by playwrighting alumna Gina Stevensen ’18, is the winner of the American Stage’s 21st Century Voices New Play Festival. The new play festival features live staged readings of five new plays from five exceptional up-and-coming playwrights from all over the United States. The staged reading will take place on Thursday, January 3 at the American Stage in St. Petersberg, Florida. To make a reservation visit American Stage’s website.
Alumnus Harrison David Rivers '09 won the 2018 Relentless Award for The Bandaged Place. The Relentless Award was established by The American Playwriting Foundation in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman after his passing. It is dedicated to Hoffman’s pursuit of truth in the theater and it’s the largest annual cash prize in American theater awarded to a playwright in recognition of a new play.
Visual Arts faculty member Leeza Meksin and adjunct faculty member Sheila Pepe both currently have site-specific installations in BAM’s Next Wave Art exhibition, Towards a New Archeology, which seeks to bring “together a group of artists working to reevaluate the history of material culture—presenting installation and sculptural works that speak to a mystical, transcendent, and visionary future.”
Current Student, Ryan Patrick Lonergan's feature film, Kill the Monsters, premiered in June at Frameline, the largest LGBTQ film festival in the world.
Two alumni were recognized at the MedFilm Festival in Rome.
Costa Brava Lebanon, a feature film project co-written & directed by alumni Mounia Akl '17 and co-written by Clara Roquet '16, participated in the TorinoFilmLab's Feature Lab, where it won a 4 TFL Co-Production Award and Grant of € 200,000.
Film Alumni Barbara Cigarroa ‘18, Chantel Clark ‘18, Mounia Akl ‘17, Clara Roquet ‘16 and current student Nehir Tuna have been selected for the extremely competitive Screenwriters Lab at the Sundance Institute.
Thirty-seven School of the Arts filmmakers, including writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, and post-supervisors, will showcase at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, which runs January 24 to February 3.
The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.
Current Student Simon Leser '19 won the PEN America Translation Grant for his translation of Of Our Wounded Brothers by Joseph Andras.
Alumnus George Sikharulidze '17 was selected for the Cannes Film Festival's Cinéfondation residency, which runs through February 2019.
Informer, a series written by alumni Rory Haines ‘11 and Sohrab Noshirvani '12, is now airing on BBC One, and is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
The Independent Spirit Awards nominations are out, and six nominations this year recognize Columbia alumni. Assistant Professor Shrihari Sathe '09 has been nominated for the Producers Award. Alumna Nicole Holofcener '88 received the Best Screenplay nomination for Can You Ever Forgive Me?. Alumna Christina Choe '12 received the Best First Screenplay nomination for Nancy, and best supporting actress for J. Cameron Smith for Nancy. Alumni Sandi Tan '00 and Jessica Levin '02 received the Best Documentary nomination for …