Tag: students

  • Student Spotlight: Lu Meng

    Originally from China, Lu Meng is a 2015 graduate of University of California, Berkeley. She was the Art Practice Undergraduate Honors Studio awardee. Prior to joining the Arts Administration M.A. program at Columbia, Lu held internships with Art Front Gallery in Singapore, Today Art Museum in Beijing and China Guardian Auctions in Beijing. She also…

  • Student Spotlight: Yukino Kondo

    Yukino Kondo is a 2014 graduate of Ithaca College, with degrees in theatre studies and integrated marketing communications. She is currently interning with LaPlaca Cohen, an advertising agency that exclusively serves the creative and cultural sector. Before coming to the ARAD program, she completed a season long management fellowship and a summer long community engagement…

  • ARAD Works: “ART MUSEUM CAPITAL PROJECTS IN NEW YORK CITY”

    Having recently completed her master’s thesis, Alexis Yuen shares some insight into her topic and her writing process. ART MUSEUM CAPITAL PROJECTS IN NEW YORK CITY: THE DUAL ROLE OF ART MUSEUMS AS ECONOMIC DRIVERS AND COMMUNITY ANCHORS By Alexis Yuen Abstract: Following the success of Guggenheim Bilbao in northern Spain, cities around the world…

  • 2nd Year Feature: Sarah Zegree

    Describe your final semester as an ARAD student. This was the most unpredictable semester I had in grad school because I didn’t pursue a regular internship. I tried to get out more to experience cultural organizations I hadn’t been to yet. After submitting my thesis I felt like I could really focus on the city…

  • ARAD Works: “Gentrification and Art in Seoul”

    Having recently completed her master’s thesis, Erica Hyeyeon Chang shares some insight into her topic and her writing process. Gentrification and Art in Seoul: the End of Neighborhood-Specific Arts Ecology By Erica Hyeyeon Chang What is your thesis about? My thesis is on gentrification and art in Seoul, South Korea and how arts administrators strategize…

  • 2nd Year Feature: Jennifer Patten

    Describe your final semester as an ARAD student. My final semester has been an exciting blend of work and education as I have taken on more responsibility at my new position as Director of Education and Training at the Martha Graham School while wrapping up my studies in the Arts Administration Program. Did you have…

  • ARAD Works: “For the Love of Fashion”

    Having recently completed her master’s thesis, Hannah Fagadau shares some insight into her topic and her writing process. For the Love of Fashion: The Success of Fashion inside Today’s Museum By Hannah Fagadau What is your thesis about? The growing presence and increasing demand of fashion exhibitions in encyclopedic museums.

  • ARAD Works: “China’s Cultural Diplomacy as the Means of Soft Power Through the Lens of the Confucius Institute”

    Having recently completed her master’s thesis, Lynn Fu shares some insight into her topic and her writing process. “China’s Cultural Diplomacy as the means of Soft Power through the lens of the Confucius Institute: A Comparative Study with the British Council and the Japan Foundation” By Lynn Fu What is your thesis about? China’s cultural diplomacy as the…

  • 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…

  • Student Spotlight: Hannah Rich

    Hannah Rich graduated from Princeton University in 2011 with a BA in Medieval History and a certificate in Theater and Dance. Prior to joining the Arts Administration program, she was a dancer with the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group in New York City where she also worked as the Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director. Currently,…