Marginalia | The Graduate Blog, Columbia College Chicago

Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts

Greetings from North Carolina

Hey y’all! I’m writing today from Penland, North Carolina. I was lucky enough to be awarded a scholarship to attend a class this summe..

Cinema and Television Producing

ADR

I recently had the opportunity to help out with another Creative Producer’s project. She asked me to do some ADR work.

ADR stands ..

Creative Writing – Nonfiction

Hall Chat: Reading & Writing in Atlanta

It’s been about three weeks since I finished the semester, and I haven’t written a single word. That’s right. I’m admitting it. I have..

Creative Writing – Poetry

Life As A Writer

In the weeks since classes ended, life has, if anything, been more stressful. That doesn’t make sense at all, but as I write this I’m ..

Interdisciplinary Arts and Media

The Long, Slow Goodbye: De-installation

The feeling is déjà vu as I walk the hallway between the Raw Space and the B&P Gallery. It is a short walk I have taken hundreds of ti..

Cinema and Television Arts

They don’t know enough to over think. Catch, run, throw, and hit. That’s all they do. It’s really simple. But if they do it at the right time in the right order they get a hit, or make a great out, or run past home plate. There’s joy behind it.

Business and Entrepreneurship

PLEASE Generate Art and PLEASE Hire Me

Please Generate Art (PGA) is a collection of designers, performers, marketers, music-makers, fundraisers, writers, builders, and planners that span all of the graduate departments. This was the second annual showing for PGA. PGA is an interactive and artfully crafted miniature-golf-like-course.

The next day, I graduated from Columbia College Chicago’s Art, Entertainment & Media Management program. The day had finally come. The room was filled with excitement and nervous energy. Our guest speaker, Lee Flaherty, CEO of Flair Communications Agency left us with two messages—1. Have a “hell yeah” mentality and 2. Be grateful.