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The power of ancestral lineage—the beauty and awe of drawing connections with a wide span of geographies—animates the works of Cuban-born artist and 2023 MacArthur Fellow María Magdalena Campos-Pons, who discussed her four decades of artwork on November 16, 2023 during a dynamic lecture held at Columbia University School of the Arts’s Lenfest Center for the Arts.
Alum Jessica Caldwell '12 discusses their journey as an artist and creator.
Throughout the month of December and until January 20, 2024, two bronze sculptures and several oil paintings by Visual Arts alumnus Linus Borgo ’22 are on view in a solo exhibition at the esteemed Yossi Milo gallery in Chelsea.
Nude painting flourished among Arab artists in the 20th century during a period of cultural renaissance. Now these rarely seen works are on view at the Wallach Art Gallery.
Film alumni Joel Vázquez Cárdenas '18 and Camila Zavala '19 recently participated in the Taller de Revisión de Guion, a two-week residential workshop hosted by Cine Qua Non in Tzintzuntzan, Mexico.
Film alumnus Kevin Haefelin '22 has had a busy few months. His thesis short, The Fuse, premiered at several world renowned festivals and now qualifies for the Oscars.
Anita Benkov ‘22 (CC’ 16) has been awarded a 2023 SFFILM Rainin Grant Rainin grant for her feature script The Binding of Itzik.
What is an artistic obsession? In Dramatic Influences: Theatre Makers and What Inspires Them, we catch up with Columbia Theatre artists and ask them about the things that keep them up at night. What drives these individuals, even as it drives them crazy? This week we speak with Playwriting student Sophie McIntosh about rabbits, JFK, and Gen Z’s environmental angst.
Still Alive, a debut novel by writing alumna LJ Pemberton ’10, will be published by Malarkey Books in February 2024.
Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the most prestigious art shows in the world, is hosting a notable group of alumni from Columbia University School of the Arts this year.
The Museum of Modern Art held a special film festival, “After Alice, Beyond Lois: Mining the Archive with the Women Film Pioneers Project,” from October 25 to November 10, 2023. The screenings commemorated the tenth anniversary of Columbia University Libraries’ Women Film Pioneers Project, a digital publication and film archival resource committed to preserving the history of women filmmakers during the Silent Film Era.
The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts has commissioned Visual Arts alumnus Hugh Hayden ’18 to create Huff and a Puff, an outdoor sculpture installation which will be on view until November 1, 2033.
The Handmaid’s Tale, The Secret Garden, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy were just some of the novels that inspired the lanterns brightening the streets of Morningside Heights during Morningside Lights on September 30, 2023. Titled “The Open Book” this year, the annual outdoor procession paid homage to the open exchange of ideas while honoring the libraries that preserve access to vast catalogs of diverse works of literature.
We talk with Professor James Schamus about the film industry as a dream factory in need of regulations, how we’re constantly creating usefulness out of the useless, and why everything that is possible demands to exist.
From Here To There is a series in conversation with recent Writing alumni whose books are hitting the shelves. We reflect on their time in the MFA program, how they took an idea from workshop to publication, and what the writing life looks like on the other side. This week we talk with Molly McGhee '19 about her debut novel, Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind.