grad school | Marginalia

To Look At You: Twenty Years of Self-Portraits

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, sea..

Graduate Admissions

Being Well-Rounded Makes Our World Go Round

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..

REVEAL: Putting in the Work

I recently celebrated the opening of my solo exhibition, REVEAL, at the Arcade gallery on campus. This exhibition opportunity was awarded ..

Music Composition for the Screen

Networking: How to do it and when to start

Networking is a huge topic and also one you hear about all the time. “Your network is everything” “This business is all about who you know..

Photography

Easing the Stress of Final Reviews

Lately, the days have been rushing past me and suddenly I’ve found myself in the final weeks of my first semester of my MFA. “What do thes..

Business and Entrepreneurship

A Semester in Review: Graduate School vs. Undergrad

Me! Right after my May 2021 graduation!

Has it been a few months or a few years since you completed your undergraduate degree? Are you..

Interactive Arts and Media

The Lifelong Friendships We Make in College

Going off to college can be exciting and fun and scary and stressful all at the same time, especially if you are like me and went out ..

Creative Writing – Poetry

Writing Life During the Pandemic

This post was originally going to be a spotlight, highlighting and celebrating the works of two Columbia College Chicago instructors, renowned poets Tony Trigilio and David Trinidad. Both were going to part take in a reading with another phenomenal poet, Aaron Smith, whose work has been assigned by both Tony and David in various class—Aaron’s poetry collection has been well welcomed, well received, and has even become a general fan favorite of many Columbia students in the MFA program (especially in my cohort!).