NEWS
Visual Arts alum James Holl ’77 is being celebrated with three new exhibitions in the Hudson Valley this fall. The exhibits, opening at TurnPark Art Space in Massachusetts, Athens Cultural Center, and The Lockwood Gallery in New York, are in tandem with the release of Holl’s new publication, The Landscape Painter 1972-2023, from publisher Edizioni Grifo.
Visual Arts student Ashley McLean recently enjoyed a solo exhibition, Seeking You in Other Bodies…, at the Blue Sky Gallery, as part of The Annual En Foco Photography Fellowship.
Visual Arts students Javier Griffey and Sharon Lee, along with Undergraduate Visual Arts student Vivien Ko Sweet, are exhibiting new works responding to Coney Island's rich history as a site of leisure, creativity, and cultural exchange.
Director of Visual Arts Graduate Studies and Assistant Professor Adama Delphine Fawundu ’18 has debuted a new large-scale, site-specific installation titled Ancestral Whispers at Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park. The installation is part of Fawundu's role as the inaugural Artist in Residence for the Prospect Park Alliance's ReImagine Lefferts initiative.
Seth Cluett, prolific multi-hyphenate in the arts and academia who serves as Director at Columbia’s Computer Music Center and Assistant Director of the Sound Art MFA Program, debuted two new works on Sunday, September 22 in a show at the historic Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn.
Visual Arts student Lukeson Michael Igwe and alum Andie Carver ‘24 were selected as 2024 recipients of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant. The Foundation was created in 1955 by Charles Glass Greenshields in memory of his mother, Elizabeth.
Visual Arts alum Meaghan Elyse ’23 has a new show at The Boiler, ELM Foundation titled Lighthouse of Moth. Reflecting upon waste, violence against the earth and other bodies, this work asks: can the frequency of a body be felt across a room? Across the earth?
Visual Arts Professor Sarah Sze played an integral role during the New York Mets’s 7-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox last Tuesday night. The evening kicked off with a flourish as Professor Sze threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and the first 15,000 attendees received a baseball cap featuring a fragmented blue-and-orange globe designed by Sze.
Visual Arts alumni and faculty showcased a selection of phenomenal work at this year’s 2024 Armory Show, which took place at the Javits Center in New York City between September 6-8.
Professor João Pina’s latest project, Tarrafal, is an evocative journey through history, memory, and resistance. The photography book delves into the harrowing legacy of the concentration camp, Tarrafal, located in Cape Verde, a site marked by profound trauma in the Portuguese colonial era.
Prince Street Gallery is currently showcasing Bicoastal, a compelling new series of works by Visual Arts alumna Gina Werfel ‘79, whose exploration of light and space offers a fresh perspective.
This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Professor Tomas Vu-Daniel about art as a way to make friends, the blessings of printmaking, and how his teaching method encourages open-ended exploration over definite answers.
