Category: 2018 Cohort

  • Student Spotlight: Emily Pengyuan Lin

    We sat down with Emily to get to know more about her and some notable highlights from the time she spent at ARAD. Check it out below! Congratulations on your graduation, Emily! Tell us about yourself and your journey. Describe your time in the ARAD program. What is an experience you are most proud of?…

  • Internship Spotlight: Unleashing 2018

    Art is a near constant presence in the halls of Teachers College, but this month a special exhibition, Unleashing, will bring the work of 27 international artists to 21 sites across the campus. To make this possible, ARAD students Emily Pengyuan Lin and JuanCarlos Santos-Andrade have provided extensive support to the exhibition team as interns.…

  • Student Shoutout!

    We want to congratulate Zamara Choudhary for being been selected for the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program. The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is an intensive and highly selective overseas language and cultural immersion program organized and fully funded by the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. CLS is part of a wider…

  • Internship Spotlight: ARAD Students at Capacity Interactive

    This spring, second year students Maggie Richardson, Avery DeMaria, Sarah Cho and Jana Morimoto are interning at Capacity Interactive, a digital marketing consulting firm specializing in working with arts and culture organizations.   Maggie first started as an intern in summer 2017, and has returned this spring to further develop her skills as a consultant.…

  • Student Spotlight: Haley DeLuca

    Haley DeLuca, ARAD ’18, is a graduate of Davidson College, where she majored in Classics with a minor in Theatre. A lifelong musical theatre junkie, she ran her school’s all-girls a cappella group and co-produced Davidson’s first completely student-run musical. As a former actor (not failed, pre-successful), she also knows how to make every drink…

  • Chatting with Jodi Mikesell, Fall 2017 Microgrant Recipient

      We caught up with our Fall 2017 Microgrant Recipient, Jodi Mikesell. Funding from the ARAD Microgrant supported Jodi’s participation in the Brooklyn Conference at The Brooklyn Museum.   Describe the opportunity you participated in and how it aligns with your career aspirations. The event I attended was The Brooklyn Conference at The Brooklyn Museum. This three-day event…

  • Catching up with Gillian Jakab, Fall 2017 Microgrant Recipient

    We caught up with our Fall 2017 Microgrant Recipient, Gillian Jakab. Funding from the ARAD Microgrant supported Gillian’s participation in “Transmissions and Traces: Rendering Dance”, a joint conference held by the Congress on Research in Dance and Society of Dance History Scholars at The Ohio State University.   Describe the opportunity you participated in and how…

  • Student Spotlight: Rob Hansen

    Rob graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2012 with first class honours in Musicology. Following that, he worked in artistic administration at both the Australian Youth Orchestra and Gondwana National Choirs, two of Australia’s best training grounds for young musicians. He then spent two years in Strategic Development at the Sydney Opera House, Australia’s…

  • The Brooklyn Rail: LILI CHOPRA with Gillian Jakab

    Gillian Jakab is the dance editor of the Brooklyn Rail. Recently, she sat down with Lili Chopra, ARAD 06′ and artistic director of the FIAF, French Institute : Alliance Française to talk about the FIAF’s mission to connect New York and France in an international dialogue on the arts, and on the lines the ‘Crossing the Line’…

  • Recap with Zamara Choudhary, Spring 2017 Microgrant Recipient

    We caught up with our Spring 2017 Microgrant Recipient, Zamara Choudhary. Funding from the ARAD Microgrant supported Zamara’s participation in the National Muslim Women’s Leadership Summit at the Harvard Kennedy School. Describe the opportunity you participated in and how it aligns with your career aspirations. I attended The National Muslim Women’s Leadership Summit, which empowers over 50 young…