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Columbia University School of the Arts presents: “Please join us—during the 60th anniversary year of the School of the Arts—for a season of readings, screenings, conversations, and more with these and other extraordinary artists.” —Sarah Cole, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts and Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature
In February, the School of the Arts will welcome back illustrious graduate Joan Jonas ’65, who will share reflections on her recent work, creative practice, and extraordinary career as part of our signature event series, Speak Now. Response by Adama Delphine Fawundu ’18, visual artist and Assistant Professor of Visual Arts. More.
Acclaimed curator and writer Legacy Russell will present her BLACK MEME video essay and book about “Black imagery that recasts our understanding of visual culture and technology,” followed by a conversation with Columbia University cultural theorist C Riley Snorton. More.
Professor of the Arts and Dean Emerita Carol Becker’s will discuss George’s Daughter, her new memoir that will “resonate with anyone whose family has come undone when a member refuses to adhere to conventional expectations” with Gideon Lester, Artistic Director of the Fisher Center at Bard College. More.
In a one-night only performance, celebrated visual and performance artist Karen Finley looks back at New York City upended by the Covid-19 pandemic in COVID Vortex Anxiety Opera Kitty Kaleidoscope Disco. Performed to mark the five-year anniversary of the Covid-19 quarantines and the launch of Finley’s titular new book of poetry. More.
In March, Miller Theatre will feature composer, performer, installation artist, and Chair of the Visual Arts Program, Miya Masaoka, in its long-running Composer Portraits series. Featuring a world-premiere commission for International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) alongside three recent works. More.
Photographer Diana Matar will discuss My America, a book that documents locations across the United States where citizens were shot or tasered by law enforcement officers, with Lisa Sutcliffe, Curator in the Department of Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Kendall Thomas, Columbia Law School, as part of Carol Becker’s event series, Where Ideas Come From. More.
In April, the LeRoy Neiman Gallery will present Emersión, an exhibition centered on the evolving nature of artistic creation by School of the Arts graduate Alejandro Contreras ’22 that highlights the energy and unpredictability of his process. More.
A screening of filmmaker Mati Diop’s powerful documentary, Dahomey, which chronicles the repatriation of twenty-six looted royal artifacts from Paris to their homeland in the Republic of Benin, will be co-presented with Columbia Maison Française. More.
Lenfest Kids: Big & Small—a free monthly film screening series for children and families—will feature movies that make small things big and big things small. Join us for Stuart Little, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret World of Arrietty, Fantastic Voyage, Osmosis Jones, and more.
Visit the School of the Arts website for the full season of events.
Columbia University School of the Arts recognizes Manhattan as part of the ancestral and traditional homeland of the Lenni-Lenape and Wappinger people. At the School of the Arts, we believe education and the arts are critical spaces to address issues of exclusion, erasure, and systemic discrimination.
