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Visual Arts alumnus Derrick Adams ’03 is among the National Academy of Design’s 2020 inductees. 

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New York State Council of the Arts recently awarded visual arts alumna Nadja Verena Marcin a $25,000 grant for her first feature film, Pocahontas Returns.

Associate Professor Shelley Silver’s piece “frog spider hand horse house” is featured in the group exhibition back forward rewind at MediaArtLab in Moscow, Russia. 

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'.

Sounds Art students Yixuan Shao and Avishag Cohen Rodrigues collaborate on Visual Arts Mentor Michael Joo’s a Sensory Meridian in Chicago, Illinois.

Visual Arts Program Communication to Students: Dec 17, 2020

Kamari Carter ’19 and Julian Day '20 collaborated on the piece “BLISSVILLE” that is now being shown in a dark space group exhibition titled Edge of Light.

Assistant Professor Aliza Nisenbaum’s paintings will be exhibited at Tate Liverpool in conjunction with a virtual event.

Student Series

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Encounters

by Mădălina Telea Borteș

A series featuring Columbia visual, sound, and performance artists, discussing the art that compels them to see and create in new ways. 

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This Is Who We Are

by Carlos Barragán

A series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making.

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Constructing Futures: Making Ecological Art in a Time of Uncertainty

by Catherine Fisher

A series that features artists who use found materials, natural resources, and the landscape to construct work that addresses the harsh realities of our ecological age.