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Visual Arts alumni Baris Gokturk ’20, Bradley Pitts ’20, Cara Lynch ’20, Catalina Antonio ’20, Clare Koury ’20, Eric Brittain ’20, Erica Mao ’20, Henry Anker ’20, James Mercer ’20, Jenn Hassin ’20, Joan Hacker ’20 Joanna Cortez ’20, Julian Day ’20, Mónica Félix ’20, Roni Aviv ’20, Lau Wai ’20, Yi Sa-Ra ’20, and Yifan Jiang ’20 are showing work in the Minorly Magical exhibition curated by alumna Annette Hur ’19 at K&P Gallery. 

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. 

Visual Art Professor Sarah Sze is featured in solo exhibition Night into Day in Paris, France.

Assistant Professor Aliza Nisenbaum, Professor Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Adjunct Assistant Professor Gina Beavers are featured alongside Alumni Uri Aran ’07 and Mika Rottenberg ’04 in the group exhibition 100 Drawings from Now in New York, NY at The Drawing Center.

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'.

The MacArthur fellowships are awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for “extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits.” 

Theatre Alumnus Shayok Misha Chowdhury ’16, Writing Alumni Ricardo Alberto Maldonado ’08 and Ge Gao ’17, and Visual Arts Alumni Vivianne Chiu ’19, Alison Taylor ’05, Elif Uras ’03, and Writing Assistant Professor Shane McCrae were all named NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows for 2020.

Alumna Sue Johnson '81 is featured in two Solo Exhibition Hall of Portraits from The History of Machines in Rockville, Maryland at Gibb Street Gallery and at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia. 

Assistant Professor Sable Elyse Smith has work in the MoMA PS1 group exhibition Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration with her piece “Pivot II” and other works.

Alumnus Duy Hoàng '17 is featured in a group exhibition, Art Off-Screen, in New York and in The 2020 Festival Images Vevey in Switzerland. 

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'.

Alumna Nadja Marcin ’10 is showing in a group exhibition Even the rocks reach out to kiss you at Transpalette - Centre d'art Contemporain in Bourges, France.

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.