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Photo by Carol Rosegg

Columbia’s School of the Arts and Roundabout Theatre Partner to Nurture New Playwrights

The School of the Arts and Roundabout Theatre Company announced Columbia@Roundabout, an initiative aimed at educating and developing the next generation of playwrights and theatre admini

Arts - Theater
June Cross Directs Doc Wilhelmina's War Columbia University

A scene from the documentary Wilhemina's War directed by Journalism Professor June Cross in which Wilhemina Dixon stands at a South Carolina cotton field like the ones her parents sharecropped. Photo by John Baynard

Documentary Film Professor June Cross Turns Lens on HIV/AIDS in Rural South

June Cross makes documentaries that tell stories of families. A professor at the Journalism School, she is best known for the 1997 Emmy-winning film about her own family, The Secret Daughter.
Arts - Journalism
Noam Elcott Columbia University Film Professor

Noam Elcott Illuminates the History of Artificial Darkness

Most people walk into a darkened theater and think nothing of it. Not Noam Elcott, an associate professor of art history.
Arts - History - Film - Theater

Warhol, Ruscha, Richter and 30 Other Artists Featured at Columbia's Wallach Gallery

Works by some of the major artists of the past 50 years are on view in the exhibition Open This End: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Blake Byrne at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery.
On Exhibit - Arts

Open This End: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Blake Byrne (Joseph R. Wolin)

Open This End features both iconic and lesser-known works from some of the most significant artists of the last 50 years.

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Hadrian's Villa Columbia University Archeology

Excavation at Hadrian’s Villa Uncovers the Art of Ordinary Spaces

Twenty miles east of Rome lies the villa of the emperor Hadrian, who ruled for about 20 years during the second century A.D., but whose lavish estate has exercised a strong influence on architects and artists since its rediscovery in the 15th century.
Archaeology - Arts - History - Italian - Architecture

Meadmore's Curl Conservation

In December 2015, Clement Meadmore’s Curl was welcomed back to its home in front of Uris Hall after a full restoration. The swooping Cor-Ten steel sculpture, which was commissioned by Business School benefactor Percy Uris, was originally installed in 1968.

Arts - Business
Alhelí Alvarado-Díaz Core Curriculum Columbia University

Image Courtesy by Alhelí Alvarado-Díaz

Reimagining the Core Curriculum Through the Eye of a Camera

Alhelí Alvarado-Díaz (GSAS’02,’09) is looking at the Core Curriculum through a new lens. An adjunct professor in Contemporary Civilization, she has added a component of filmmaking to her course.

Core Curriculum - Arts
Charlotte Levitt Columbia University

CU People: Charlotte Levitt

Charlotte Levitt cultivates an audience for the dozens of concerts put on each year at Columbia’s Miller Theatre, which 'The New York Times' has described as one of the “city’s foremost new music venues.”
Arts - Miller Theatre - Music
Exhibit Toy Story Image

Image from instructional booklet accompanying Richter’s Anchor-Building-Bricks: real stone in three colours. (New York, 1887).

On Exhibit: Toy Story

Puzzles, a folding dollhouse, 19th century peep shows, pop-up books and Lego models are all on display in “Classics at Play,” an exhibition of architectural toys from the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library collection.

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