Tag: news
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INTERNSHIP SPOTLIGHT: Muhang Ma (ARAD ’25) ON HER SUMMER INTERNSHIP AT Sungari Auction
This summer, we’re excited to spotlight Muhang Ma (ARAD ’25) and celebrate her recent internship with the Chinese Painting Department at Sungari Auction in Beijing, China. Sungari Auction plays a key role in the secondary art market, offering Muhang invaluable experience in understanding how auctions are organized, from sourcing and evaluating artwork to facilitating sales.…
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Alumni Spotlight: Daniel Gallant (ARAD ‘04) On His New Career Milestone As Executive Director at House of SpeakEasy
Daniel Gallant (ARAD ’04) has reached an exciting new career milestone as the Executive Director at House of SpeakEasy. We are incredibly proud of his accomplishments and thrilled to reconnect with him to learn more about his journey. Read the full interview below! Background and Influences: Could you share what background and experiences have shaped…
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Microgrant Recipient: Yeajin Choi Attends 2023 Paris Photo Fair
This Fall, I had the honor of receiving an ARAD microgrant for professional development. The grant helped me travel to Paris, France where I attended the 2023 Paris Photo, one of the largest art fairs in the world dedicated to the photographic medium. This year’s edition of the fair featured 154 galleries and 35 publishers,…
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2016 Arts Advocacy Day Reflection
By Blaire Townshend It has been quite the busy month for Student Advocates for the Arts. Those of us in our first year with the group have gone through a graduation of sorts—we have been transformed from arts enthusiasts to true arts advocates with practical experience under our belts. When we hosted a lobbying workshop…
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An Interview with GRAMMY Winner Eric Oberstein
By Blaire Townshend Arts Administration Alumnus Eric Oberstein is a producer, musician, educator, and arts administrator—and now also a two-time GRAMMY winner. His work as producer on Arturo O’Farrill’s “The Afro Latin Jazz Suite” earned Oberstein and his creative team the award for Best Instrumental Composition at the 58th annual GRAMMY Awards this February. This…
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Arts Administration Announces Inaugural Microgrant Recipients
The M.A. Program in Arts Administration (ARAD) at Teachers College, Columbia University is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the Microgrant for student professionalization. Through the newly-initiated Microgrant Program, ARAD proudly supports student professionalization activities on campus and beyond. This award champions special projects proposed by Teachers College student groups (with ARAD student membership),…
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Arts as a Catalyst of Social Change: an Interview with Yvonne Senouf
Yvonne Senouf (Class of 1991) has more than twenty years of experience in the art world, working in production, development, and communication. Venezuelan-born, Senouf has lived in France, Morocco, the U.S., Spain, and Greece. As a founder of Clinica Aesthetica, an experimental multidisciplinary space, she has produced more than twenty international projects. Currently based in Athens, Greece, Senouf…
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Faculty News: Prof. Steven Dubin talks “Global Contamination” at TEDxCaserta
“By dredging toxins up to the surface, artists playing in the dirt may cleanse the body politic and allow us to view the world afresh.” -Dr. Steven Dubin In early February, ARAD program coordinator and professor Dr. Steven Dubin was able to take a break from the cold and dreary New York weather to take part in…
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Alumni News: Eric Oberstein (M.A. ’09) Wins GRAMMY for Best Latin Jazz Album
Eric Oberstein (M.A. ’09) is an arts administrator, musician, educator, consultant, and co-chair of the inaugural Alumni Committee for the Program in Arts Administration at Teachers College. And now, he can add GRAMMY and Latin-GRAMMY winner to his list. Oberstein, who currently works as Associate Director of Duke Performances, his undergraduate alma mater’s professional performing…
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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…
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