Tag: arts administration

  • Fall Internship Symposium Success!

    ARAD students are definitely hard-working and passionate about their interests here at TC! In addition to their coursework, students take part in at least one internship during their time in the program. This last fall, students in registered internships participated in a Symposium with a formal presentation of the internship experience. This semester-long, 320-hour commitment is set at an organization the…

  • Student Spotlight: Annmarie Zito

    Annmarie Zito is a 2012 graduate of Marist College. She majored in Fine Art with a concentration in Art History. She worked with hundreds of artists as the Exhibition Coordinator at Agora Gallery in Chelsea. While studying abroad in Florence, Italy, she interned at Palazzo Vecchio Family Museum. She has also interned in the not-for-profit…

  • Student Spotlight: Teresa Calves

    Teresa Calves graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts from Drew University. She also has studied theatre at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art. Since graduating, she has worked as an arts administrator for numerous theatre organizations, including Rising Sun Performance Company, Lark Play Development Center, George Street Playhouse, and Sundance Productions. Her…

  • Lessons in Sustainability: Five Questions for Sharon Louden

    ARAD 2nd year student, Hannah Fenlon, had the chance to present artist and editor Sharon Louden with a few questions about her life as an artist. Read on for a short excerpt from the original blog for Creative Capital. This winter, artist Sharon Louden hosts her first four-part webinar series: How to Approach, Engage & Communicate with Galleries, Museums…

  • The Art of Conversation: Five Questions for Moira Brennan

    ARAD 2nd year student, Hannah Fenlon, chatted with Moira Brennan, Program Director of the MAP Fund, an organization which supports artists, ensembles, producers and presenters who work in the disciplines of contemporary performance. Read below for an excerpt from the original post on Creative Capital’s blog. Moira Brennan is an arts writer and Program Director of the MAP Fund. On…

  • ARAD Works: Student Elizabeth Metts writes on Individual Artist Grants and the National Endowment for the Arts

    The State of the American Artist: Foundations Respond to the Congressional Elimination of NEA Individual Artist Fellowships by Elizabeth Metts, Teachers College, Columbia University “…An NEA grant holds national importance and gives artists national significance. But will the NEA ever renew its fellowship program? Can it? Should it?” ABSTRACT: In 1995, the 104th Congress mandated that the National…

  • Student Spotlight: Matt Lenzi

    Matt is a Long Island boy and a graduate of the theatre program at the College of William and Mary. Before joining the ARAD program he worked as an actor/director/writer in the downtown theatre world. He has performed and worked in numerous theatres throughout NYC and is a founding member and the Executive Director of…

  • New book series on Culture and Economic Life at Stanford University Press, co-edited by ARAD Professor Jennifer Lena!

    The ARAD program congratulates our faculty member, Dr. Jennifer Lena, on a new book series she will be co-editing! The series, Culture and Economic Life, acts as a forum for discussing the evolution, creation, and consequences of commerce and culture. Current theoretical and empirical debates span a wide variety of topics, and this series seeks to advance and…

  • Holiday Party in Harlem

    ARAD students, faculty, and staff came together to enjoy food, drinks, and great conversation for their annual holiday party. This year, the event took place in central Harlem, a New York neighborhood famed for its unique blend of arts, music, food, and culture. Taking advantage of this thriving arts and music scene located so close to Columbia,…

  • Student Spotlight: Rosa Li

    Rosa Li recently graduated with honors from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where she earned a Bachelor of Music and Performer Diploma in Piano Performance, as well as a minor in Economics. While at IU, Rosa served as an Associate Instructor of Piano and worked for two years as a part of a…