Visual Arts + Sound Art News

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Visual Arts student Júlia Pontés received a Grant from National Geographic for her project on COVID-19 impacts in mining communities and the environment. 

This is Carter's first solo exhibition in the New York area.

Alumnus Stipan Tadic ’20 launches a podcastStipan WKCR MFA Podcast, where he interviews his peers during the Corona lockdown. The podcast began during lockdown in April.

Alumnus j.p. mot ’15 was in the group exhibition Holding Breath, featuring works of the NARS Foundation’s Satellite Program Artists in Residence at Governors Island. 

Project V Gallery’s In the Cool of Evening, curated by Cary Hulbert ’16  and Trinity Lester (CC ’20), includes the work of Visual Arts alumnus Nathan Catlin ’12, students Cara Lynch and Erica Mao, and Mentors Craig Zammiello and Kiki Smith. 

Alumnus Kiyan Williams ’19 was featured in the solo exhibition something else (Variations on Americana) at Recess Art in Brooklyn, New York as part of Recess’ program, Session. 

Uncovering the Heritage Silhouette is a bi-weekly series diving into how tradition influences the creation of art. We interview artists heavily influenced by their heritage.

The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.

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'.

Associate Professor Miya Masaoka, Director of the Sound Art MFA program, has been awarded a prestigious new Music Commission and residency from EMPAC, the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Greetings Grads, Welcome to the start of the MFA core curriculum which will begin this Monday 26 October.

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.