The School of Graduate Studies at Columbia College Chicago

Gabe Igtanloc, Acting MFA ambassador, delves into all that Berlin has to offer in their latest post for Marginalia:

Der Frühling Kommt (Spring is Coming) | Marginalia On an unusually bright winter day in Berlin, small bunches of purple crocuses slowly but surely bloom across the garden of EDEN Studios. Spring is coming to the city, and there is something changing in the air. Besides the obvious changes in weather patterns and daylight savings (yes, it is observed...

In her latest blog post, Entrepreneurship for Creatives student Jordyn Jones explains what the second semester has covered so far and how it's helped her venture: https://blogs.colum.edu/marginalia/2023/03/23/entrepreneurship-for-creatives-program-update/

Each year, our Master of Arts Management students have the opportunity to go to SXSW in Austin, a unique opportunity for any graduate program: https://www.colum.edu/news-and-events/articles/2023/SXSW-Not-Your-Typical-Field-Trip #.ZCWehnbMKUk

In a recent column for the Chicago Tribune, Pracitioner-in-Residence Greg Geffrard talked about teaching intimacy coordination and choreography.

A new 16-credit, graduate-level certificate program, Intimacy for Stage and Screen, will launch in fall 2023 at Columbia. Read Greg's interview in the Tribune below, but if you're interested in applying for the intimacy certificate, you can start an application here: https://www.colum.edu/admissions/requirements/graduate

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ent-teaching-film-stage-intimacy-column-20230323-jqxqxuwzmjc6dlpl6x3vxkddwa-story.html

Column: Performing a kiss or a caress can be taught. A Chicago intimacy director discusses the fine art of making an actor’s job less weird Columbia College Chicago educator Greg Geffrard: "I won’t lie and say everyone has embraced having an intimacy consultant in the rehearsal room."

Our User Experience and Interaction Design MA ambassador Edith Pedemonte put together this helpful guide for auditing your degree courses in Marginalia--a good reminder to stay on top of your progress toward graduating for current students! https://blogs.colum.edu/marginalia/2023/03/23/current-graduates-remember-to-audit/

danlev on TikTok has come so far, but there’s still noodles to untangle.

In his latest Marginalia post, Creative Writing MFA DeAndre Holmes examines what it takes to write the thesis and how to write when you don't feel like writing:

Writing For The Sake of Writing | Marginalia What do you do when graduation this spring means completing a thesis you’ve lost your passion to write? How do you find the passion again, or at least find enough of it so that you can satisfy the school’s requirements and even your own? These are questions I would like to provide an answer to, ...

Read: this lovely profile about our Photography MFA ambassador Erica McKeehen's professional, artistic, and educational journey from food service to Arts Management graduate to Photography MFA student:

MAM Alum and MFA Student Erica McKeehen on Choosing the Artist’s Life How a purpose-driven approach has transformed McKeehen’s happiness and her future.

Music Composition for the Screen ambassador Josh Meehan interviews a first year Music Comp student about their time working with a composer-in-residence this semester in his latest Marginalia post (with a bonus splash of St Patrick's day!)

Read more and listen to some first year music cues here:

Chicago is Feeling Luckier than Normal | Marginalia We have reached one of my favorite times of the year. Saint Patrick’s Day is all the more special in Chicago, where we literally turn the Chicago River green. Being Irish, I grew up celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with decorations and a homemade meal of corned beef, potatoes and cabbage, cooked by...

Each year, our Master of Arts Management students have the option to go to SXSW--and it's an experience filled with opportunities to see, do, connect, and thrive. Read more here about what this year's cohort participated in, along with our undergraduates: https://www.colum.edu/news-and-events/articles/2023/SXSW-Not-Your-Typical-Field-Trip #.ZBxiUnbMI2w

SXSW: Columbia College Chicago Students Experience the Ultimate Field Trip Columbia students go where tech, film, music, education, and culture converge and benefit from real-world experiences in the entertainment and media industries.

In her latest blog post for Marginalia, Arts Management student Alex Li outlines the benefits of a morning routine for creating a strong foundation to do great work in graduate school: https://blogs.colum.edu/marginalia/2023/03/09/rediscovering-the-joy-of-morning/

"The process opened me up to a state of child-like play I had not tapped into for a long time."

In their latest blog post, Acting ambassador Gabe writes about the ways their work with the Object has heightened their creative process.

Objects or Clown: Where is my Resonance? | Marginalia Hello again! The middle of the semester is upon us, and the Columbia graduate students at Arthaus are in the final facilitator-led classes. Currently, we are working on two realms of performance: the archetype of the clown and the world of object theater. As we dive deeper into these forms and explo...

"I am drawn to exploring my roles in s*x work and s*xual performance with a camera because they, like image-making, foster unique risk-taking opportunities and create space for all identities and bodies to be fully seen."

Read more about Erica McKeehen's self portraiture and relationship to her work in photography and s*x work in her latest Marginalia post

To Look At You: Twenty Years of Self-Portraits | Marginalia This year, I turn 36. It will be roughly two decades since the summer I saved up enough money from my job at the Dairy Crest (a local, seasonal ice cream shack complete with hand-cut curly fries, plastic aprons with drawings of hot dogs on them, and below-minimum-wage pay for the all-teenaged-staff)...

Tonight! The Hokin Gallery is opening its new show Q***r Futurities from 5-7 p.m. at 623 South Wabash. After you check it out, head over to REVEAL at the Arcade at 618 South Michigan for photography MFA student Erica McKeehen's exhibition and event REVEAL: An Evening of Dialogue and Dance.

Register for REVEAL here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reveal-an-evening-of-dialogue-and-dance-tickets-532385257637?fbclid=IwAR1aP_AUI-x3-ASh_1s-3QKs297YurMEI3r0ua_IFCkWEVHHAFTKtkcPH_w

Reveal: An Evening of Dialogue and Dance Panel discussion and burlesque performances

Just a reminder! If you've been admitted to one of our graduate programs, keep checking your status pages and emails for invitations to our admitted student events! We have current student Q&As, as well as an in-person admitted student event happening next week!

In his latest Marginalia post, graduate ambassador Joshua Meehan outlines a week in the life of our Music Composition for the Screen second year students!

Being Well-Rounded Makes Our World Go Round | Marginalia It is starting to feel like we are back into the grind at Columbia College Chicago. Our weeks as graduate film composers look very similar, so it is easy to not realize the days passing by. Since my last blog, a lot has happened in our day-to-day classes, but not in terms of stand-out events. I figu...

In her latest post, Arts Management student Alex Li explains her role in the Events Management practicum this semester, which involves planning the hip hop stage at the end of year Manifest celebration!

ManiFresh: Towards a Hip Hop Festival | Marginalia Joining the Event Management Practicum this semester has been an exciting and challenging experience for me. The class is designed to provide students with the necessary skills, knowledge, and experience to plan and manage live events. As the Graduate Producer of ManiFresh, I had the opportunity to....

Our User Experience and Interaction Design ambassador Edith prepares for the year ahead in her latest Marginalia post: https://blogs.colum.edu/marginalia/2023/02/14/back-to-chicago-getting-back-on-track/

In their latest post for Marginalia, Acting MFA ambassador Gabe takes us through the Berlin winter into the their new term at Arthaus where they practiced Deep Listening:

Listening to Berlin | Marginalia Hello there, stranger! We meet again! The Fall 2022 semester was super heavy with a lot of learning, creating, performing, and more. I do not know about you, but I really needed this break. As I am writing this new post, we Columbia students at Arthaus Berlin are well into the swing of the new term,...

Tomorrow night at 6 p.m.! Join us for a panel discussion and burlesque performances as part of Photography MFA ambassador Erica McKeehen's exhibition REVEAL. More details and registration at the link below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reveal-an-evening-of-dialogue-and-dance-tickets-532385257637?fbclid=IwAR1aP_AUI-x3-ASh_1s-3QKs297YurMEI3r0ua_IFCkWEVHHAFTKtkcPH_w

Reveal: An Evening of Dialogue and Dance Panel discussion and burlesque performances

Photography MFA ambassador Erica McKeehen recently celebrated the opening of her solo exhibition REVEAL, and in her latest Marginalia post, reflects on her work with collaborator Katina. Read more here!

REVEAL: Putting in the Work | Marginalia I recently celebrated the opening of my solo exhibition, REVEAL, at the Arcade gallery on campus. This exhibition opportunity was awarded to me through the Stuart Abelson Graduate Research Fellowship, which I won in my first year as an MFA candidate in Photography at Columbia. The fellowship funds i...

Tomorrow at 12:30 p.m., the Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series welcomes Poet Laureate Emeritus of Kansas, Huascar Medina. Join us in the Student Center or register online to watch via zoom using the link below!

Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series The Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series at Columbia College Chicago attracts prestigious, award-winning fiction writers, poets and nonfiction writers.

Congratulations to our Entrepreneurship for Creatives MA ambassador Jordyn Jones, who has signed a 2-year distribution and co-management deal for an upcoming record! More details and information in her latest blog post: https://blogs.colum.edu/marginalia/2023/02/07/project-22/

In his latest post for Marginalia, Music Composition ambassador Josh Meehan reflects on the accomplishments of his fall semester and what to look forward to for this spring!

The beginning of the end! | Marginalia It is amazing to be back for a fourth semester at Columbia College Chicago. I spent my break traveling around the country to visit friends and family one last time before the spring semester of grad school and our final summer session in LA. It was fulfilling to catch up with everyone and go to plac...

Tonight from 5-7 p.m., join us for a reception for Photography MFA Erica McKeehen's show REVEAL at the Arcade at 618 S. Michigan, second floor!

In "REVEAL," Erica McKeehen presents two prominent collages of imagery, "Flores Turquesas: Seven Years with Kitty Tornado" and "Days of Rust: Self-Portraits," as separate pieces in conversation.

We hope you can make it tonight! Registration below.

"Erica McKeehen: REVEAL" Reception - DEPS & ShopColumbia Erica McKeehen: REVEAL January 9–March 21, 2023 Reception: Thursday, February 2, 5–7 p.m. In "REVEAL," Erica McKeehen presents two prominent collages of imagery, "Flores Turquesas: Seven Yea...

Congratulations to our alumni Natasha Moustache MFA '21, Ali Georgescu MFA '21, and Emilie Plunkett MFA '22, whose works are currently showing at the Hyde Park Art Center exhibition Ground Floor, which showcases select work by recent graduates from Chicago MFA programs.

This exhibition is on view until March 5, 2023.

Hyde Park Art Center biennial exhibition GROUND FLOOR highlights emerging Chicago artists - Hyde Park Art Center Hyde Park Art Center biennial exhibition GROUND FLOOR highlights emerging Chicago artists December 10, 2022 – March 5, 2023   CHICAGO (September 26, 2022)— Hyde Park Art Center, the renowned […]

Do you come from a theatre, film, TV, or dance background? Are you interested in helping make productions with intimate scenes safe, consensual, and equitable? Then our Intimacy for Stage and Screen certificate might be for you!

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Introduces Intimacy for Stage and Screen Certificate Program | Theatre Department: The Green Room Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Introduces Intimacy for Stage and Screen Certificate Program Posted by Albert Williams Columbia College Chicago, Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, Susan Padveen Acting and Contemporary Performance Making, Intimacy Direction, Theatre, Uncategorized Le...

This is your last week to see photography MFA Micah McCoy's show Minor Prophet at our C33 gallery! The show will close February 1 so go see it while you have the chance.

Micah McCoy: Minor Prophet Micah McCoy: Minor ProphetDecember 1, 2022–February 1, 2023Opening Reception: Thursday, December 8, 5–7 p.m.  Minor Prophet, loosely based on the Judeo-Christian story of Job, witnesses a family faced with existential crisis in a chillingly desperate landscape. This series blurs the line betw...

Congratulations to Krista Franklin MFA'13, whose solo exhibition Excavating the Unconscious at the DePaul Art Museum is on display through February 19!

Excavating the unconscious - Chicago Reader Krista Franklin has a recurring fantasy in which she burns all her journals. “Watching the flames dance in a fire pit glowing from the kindling of my memories,” she writes in “On Time,” one of several lyrical essays included in Solo(s): Krista Franklin, a catalog of visual art and poetry by ...

Columbia College Chicago will be closed to observe Martin Luther King Jr Day today, Monday, January 16. We'll get back to any questions you have tomorrow. If you have a question or concern about your application, this delay will not affect whether you've hit our priority deadline.