Hundreds of community members gathered at Morningside Park on Saturday to watch a stream of book-shaped lanterns headed toward Low Plaza for the 12th annual Morningside Lights, an event connecting the Columbia and Morningside Heights communities.

Spanning two floors, pieces of many mediums including sound, print, and sculpture come together to dissect diverse motifs. Viewers are compelled to see pieces in the Wallach Gallery as they look through the transparent doors giving access to a partial view of some of the works in the show.

As sunlight streamed into the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at the Lenfest Center for the Arts, attendees took their seats along the walls. What followed was an unexpected array of action, sound, and speech as performance artists walked, ran, and glided across the space.

Music filled the second floor of the Alpha Delta Phi house on 114th St. as excitement grew for the first general meeting of the Society of Black Artists.

West Harlem Art Fund Executive Director and Chief Curator Savona Bailey-McClain led a walking tour of New York’s Master Drawings galleries on Friday, Jan. 20, offering collectors and the public alike a look at historic artwork from art dealers in the United States and Europe. Following the walking tour, on Sunday, Jan. 22, Bailey-McClain moderated a panel with expert art dealers discussing a shift in art curation toward including historically underrepresented creatives.

Dancers filled the stage after intermission and their movements were ecstatic. Using spatial dynamics, the choreography set to “Cabaret” by Liza Minnelli created momentum as the piece progressed. A dancer was raised on the shoulders of others as they created a collective body together, showing the layering in the choreography.

Walking into the Judith Lee Stronach Center, students are met with a unique space that brings community and art together. The sixth annual “M.A. in Art History Presents” showcases the process of printmaking and expands on its relationship to human connection. This is represented across borders as works from North America, Europe, and East Asia are included in the exhibit.

Every fall, 90 percent of Columbia undergraduates move into dorms on campus. While most of their packed boxes and suitcases contain essentials like sheets and pillows, many students also bring items to decorate their rooms, such as posters and pictures.