Author: artsadmintc
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Getting to know Emma Howard, ARAD Internship Coordinator
We sat down with ARAD’s new Internship Coordinator, Emma Howard, this week to chat about her background and hear her plans for this coming semester. Share with us a bit about your background… Where I’m from: I grew up in Providence Rhode Island, went to undergraduate and graduate school in Worcester MA, moved to…
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Follow-up with Thanh Nguyen, Spring Microgrant Recipient
We caught up with our Spring 2017 Microgrant Recipient, Thanh Nguyen. Funding from the ARAD Microgrant supported Thanh’s participation in the Theatre Communications Group National Conference, in Portland, Oregon. Theatre Communications Group is a national organization that provides news, resources and ideas for Broadway, regional and community theatre development. At the conference, Thanh took part…
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Alumni Spotlight: Donald Borror, named ED of Dorrance Dance
By Gillian Jakab After a scene-change from stage to classroom, and then a short leap to a consulting gig, Donald Borror (’15) has listened to his timing cues and executed an elegant grand jeté landing in the position of Executive Director of Dorrance Dance. A Juilliard-trained modern dancer, Borror was a company member with Ballet Hispanico…
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Student Spotlight: Nadia Kyne
Meet Nadia Kyne, Class of 2018 Prior to joining the ARAD program, Nadia Kyne held the position of Assistant Principal Flute and Piccolo with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for six years. During her tenure with the orchestra, she served on a number of management-musician committees and was elected Chair of the Orchestra Committee, the musicians’…
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ARAD’s Professional Development Workshop
The Professional Development Workshop is an opportunity for ARAD students to hone the skills they need for interviewing, building a network, and navigating their transition from graduate student to arts administrators. The event is a great chance for students to ask specific questions that are relevant to their own concerns, to professionals working in the…
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Spring 2017: ARAD Microgrant Recipents
The Arts Administration Program (ARAD) at Teachers College, Columbia University is pleased to announce recipients of the Spring 2017 Microgrant for Student Professionalization. Through the Microgrant Program and with generous support from the Arts and Humanities Department at Teachers College, ARAD proudly supports student professionalization activities on campus and beyond. This award champions special projects…
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Student Spotlight: Zamara Choudhary
Zamara Choudhary graduated summa cum laude from CUNY Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College in 2016, where she majored in History with minors in English and Arabic Studies. A native Brooklynite, Zamara enjoys exploring the diaspora of cultural organizations in New York City, and dreamed of working in a museum as a child. Zamara has interned…
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Faculty News: Prof. Jennifer Lena review of “Artifacts and Allegiances: How Museums Put the Nation and the World on Display”
ARAD’s own Dr. Jennifer Lena recently published a review of Peggy Levitt’s “Artifacts and Allegiances: How Museums Put the Nation and the World on Display” (2015). The article, released in the January 2017 edition of Contemporary Sociology, reviews Levitt’s examination of how museums define and depict the identities of their local audiences. In addition to appraising Levitt’s…
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Student Spotlight: Myriam Varjacques
Tell us about yourself. Originally from Paris, France, Myriam Varjacques is a 2014 graduate of Barnard College with a distinction in English and a minor in Dance. She has interned for American Ballet Theatre, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and The New 42nd Street, Inc, among others. From 2014-2016, Myriam was the Marketing Assistant for the…
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Thesis Feature: Blaire Townshend
Minding the Gap: Targeting Millennials to Ensure the Future of Opera My thesis explores supplemental operatic programming that is catered to the interests and needs of the Millennial demographic—a population that I argue is key to the survival of opera. As opera’s current audience ages out of attendance, a replacement audience is called for—and programming…
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