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)...