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CAAL NEWS On Friday, October 21st, CAAL presented the 2011 Alumni Artist Exhibit, as part of the Columbia Alumni Association's Innovation: Columbians Break Through panel and reception at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The exhibit highlighted artistic vision and discovery and included works from “CAAL/Columbia Collects” – an online exhibition of art by Columbia alumni artists on www.upriseart.com, as well as works by Jonathan Allen '97CC, represented by Lu Magnus gallery. ___________________________ CAAL welcomes Melissa Smey, the newly appointed Executive Director of Columbia’s Arts Initiative. Smey is also the Director of Miller Theatre, a position she has held since 2009. Continue reading ___________________________ Thanks to a generous gift made by Columbia University Trustee Richard Witten '75CC, donations from Class of 2009 graduates were matched dollar for dollar up to $25,000. ___________________________ For the second consecutive year, CAAL membership donations have been used to match the Gatsby Charitable Foundation's $50,000 Challenge which supports extracurricular student arts projects on campus, student ticket subsidy, and CUarts web development. Thank you for supporting the Arts Initiative! ________________________ ABOUT CAAL MEMBERS
_______________________ CAAL TESTIMONIALS "Alina Girshovich and the CAAL staff have been providing us with marvelous art experiences at MoMA with Director Glenn D. Lowry, School of the Arts Dean Carol Becker and creative artists; the Guggenheim Museum; and the New Museum, as well as art galleries in Chelsea and on 57th Street. They have been highlighting parts of town we thought we knew well, but they have been providing new experiences with special programs and opportunities to meet lots of artists and other creative people. The CAAL events are as delightful as champagne!" -Susan A. Gitelson, '63BC '66SIPA '70GSAS |
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Columbia Alumni Arts League congratulates all Columbians whose work had been selected for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival! This year, the Festival includes 26 films that collectively feature contributions from 32 Columbia alumni, students, and faculty. If you plan to attend Sundance, visit us at the seventh annual CAA at Sundance reception on Saturday, January 21. Read more here. _____________________________ |
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Katori Hall's '03CC latest play The Mountaintop makes recent debut on Broadway The Mountaintop by playwright Katori Hall '03CC made its Broadway debut on October 13, 2011. The Mountaintop stars Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson, and was named "best new play" at the 2010 Olivier Awards. Entertainment Weekly calls it "daring, rousing and provocative." Read more here. ____________________________ |
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Alisa Weilerstein '04CC named MacArthur Foundation Fellow Cellist Alisa Weilerstein '04CC is a recent recipient of the MacArthur Foundation's "genius grant." New York Magazine declares, "Whatever she plays sounds custom-composed for her, as if she has a natural affinity with everything." The New York Times calls her "an exciting and adventurous performer." Read the full article here. ____________________________ |
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Larysa Kondracki '01GS and Eilis Kirwan '04SOA Release The Whistleblower The Whistleblower, starring Rachel Weisz, is showing the week of August 7 at Lincoln Plaza Theaters and other select venues in New York City. Directed by Larysa Kondracki '01GS and co-written by Eilis Kirwan '04SOA and Kondracki, the film is based on Kathryn Bolkovac's book which chronicles the true story of a policewoman who risks her job and safety to expose sex-trafficking in post-war Bosnia. |
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