school of the arts

Lenfest donates $30M for M'ville arts building

Columbia announced its largest gift ever for the arts—$30 million from Trustee Gerry Lenfest—at the Hamilton Dinner Thursday night. The funds will support the School of the Arts building in Manhattanville.

By Sarah Darville | Nov 17 01:33 pm ET

School of the Arts says they are close to finding new director for CU Arts

The Arts Initiative is currently run by five full-time employees, down from eight last year.

By Caitlin Brown | Feb 11 02:54 am ET

School of the Arts student dies

Tara Riesner was a talented writer, professors said.

By Alix Pianin | Sep 10 04:01 am ET

School of the Arts student dies

School of the Arts student Tara Riesner died Wednesday. Riesner took her own life.

By Alix Pianin | Sep 9 12:24 am ET

Initiative plans cuts to campus art programs

Gregory Mosher, director of the Columbia Arts Initiative, will send a scaled back budget proposal to the Office of the President at the end of this week, detailing how he and his staff hope to execute the 30 percent budget cut that was requested by President Bollinger last month.

By Leah Greenbaum | Feb 22 03:56 am ET

Miller moves back into School of Arts

Miller Theater has been re-integrated into the Graduate School of the Arts.

By Christine Jordan | Nov 6 03:01 am ET

Defending the Arts Initiative

Our position is that key to the survival of the Arts Initiative on campus, and by extension the creative capacities of individuals and student groups, is AI’s decentralized place, which acts as a point of convergence for all schools.

By Aries Dela Cruz | Nov 5 05:42 pm ET

Arts Initiative moves to School of the Arts

The Columbia University Arts Initiative is now under the wing of the Graduate School of the Arts.

By Joy Resmovits and Christine Jordan | Nov 5 03:44 am ET

Mee’s program to stage students’ writing

Until last year, graduate students in the playwriting department were encouraged to perfect their writing from behind a desk rather than in rehearsal.

By Louisa Levy | Sep 15 08:33 pm ET

A Melting Pot of Media at the Queens Museum of Art

It’s a bright and momentous occasion that takes a Columbian not just out of the Morningside bubble, but onto the mystic 7 line and all the way to Queens.

By JC Barcelon | Mar 5 07:43 pm ET

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