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Interdisciplinary Arts and Media

Graduate Lounge as Dance Hall: InterArts YouTube Shindig

The Graduate Lounge at 600 South Michigan is a low-key well-kept secret at Columbia College Chicago. Ambassadors from each graduate de..

Cinema and Television Arts

It’s a Wrap!

There have been lots of great moments and some frustrating moments. I’ve found the frustrating moments is where the learning comes.

Cinema and Television Producing

Post-Production

The Creative Producing students recently began a brand new class: post-production.

Only half a semester long, the post-production c..

Visual Arts Education

Student Teaching- Last Week of the Elementary Experience

Seven weeks have gone quickly by, and I can’t believe that my Elementary Student Teaching has come to an end! Personally, it was a gre..

Photography

Togetherness

One of the things I am most often asked about is how close the grad students are as a unit outside of the classroom setting. This clos..

Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling

The DMT & C Office…What really goes on in there?

I’d like to start by saying congratulations to all of the individuals who have been accepted to the Dance/Movement Therapy & Counselin..

Creative Writing – Fiction

PROSEFORMS: WTF IS AN INSTANCE?

Proseforms is the Story Workshop writing class that you take during your third semester in the program. There is a focus on creative n..

More Than Just Dinner & A Show…

On Friday, March 9 a group of Arts, Entertainment & Media Management students ventured to Second City Studios. Shahin Murray organized at Arts Management Network outing that allowed us to meet with Second City professionals. After the panel discussion, we went over to UP Comedy Club for dinner and a show. We were the first group in the theatre and were able to hang out with one another and order food and beverages. Flight of the Concords’ Rhys Darby made all of us laugh with his silly yet spot-on sound effects, strange on-stage movements and self-deprecating stories.