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  • Student Spotlight: Molly McDonald

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    Molly McDonald is a 2014 graduate of Wake Forest University, where she studied English and Dance. Prior to entering the Arts Administration program, she held internships with Victoria Theatre Association, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Winston-Salem Symphony, Boston Ballet School, and Dayton Performing Arts Alliance. Additionally, she has choreographed for Gem City Ballet and Wake Forest…

  • Distinguished Speaker Series: Sitting Down with Hyperallergic

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    “Throughout the conversation, the speakers dispelled the myth of art administration being glamorous and aesthetic-driven frivolity. Rather, the founders of Hyperallergic are motivated by something more meaningful—social justice, freedom of expression, and nurturing an arts ecosystem that appeals to the average citizen.” The ARAD program was recently featured on the Arts and Humanities website for…

  • Student Spotlights: Alyssa Yuen

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    Alyssa Yuen graduated in 2011 from the University of Mississippi with BAs in International Studies and Chinese. Before entering the Arts Administration program, she worked for AmeriCorps VISTA at the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses, focusing on educational outreach in northwestern Mississippi and grant writing. She then continued her role there as the…

  • Fall Internship Symposium Success!

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    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

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    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

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    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…

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

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    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

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    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!

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    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

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    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,…