The Next Generation of Philanthropy
With the new Tonika Johnson Scholarship for Photography, Tonika Johnson '03 gives back to Columbia with purpose.
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Photography Professor and MacArthur Fellow Dawoud Bey is highlighted for Night Coming Tenderly, Black, a “magnificently somber, almost spiritual” photographic series featuring large-scale images of both authenticated and purported Underground Railroad sites, exhibiting now at the Art Institute.
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Dance alum Kristin Damrow ’08 is highlighted for her work Impact, a movement performance connecting dance to Brutalist architecture.
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FORWARD
Why Making Hebrew Nonbinary is So Crucial
English and Creative Writing Associate Professor Aviya Kushner writes on the importance of making Hebrew nonbinary.
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Art Exhibit in Chicago Heights a Look at Human Impact on Ecosystems
Photography faculty member and Guggenheim Fellow Brad Temkin’s work is included in “Impact (a social justice show)” at Prairie State College’s Christopher Art Gallery.
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PBS
Accident, MD
Cinema and Television Arts Associate Professor Dan Rybicky’s film Accident, MD premiered on PBS January 28.
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Not Just for Teenagers — Journaling Can Help Relieve Stress, Foster Creativity
Cinema and Television Arts Professor Bruce Sheridan discusses the benefits of journaling for himself and students.
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CHICAGO READER
Bob Odenkirk Returns Home to Second City
Communication alum and star of Better Call Saul Bob Odenkirk returns to Second City to teach a master class.
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Co-directors Michelle Yates and Susan Kerns will use the grant award to help expand the Chicago Feminist Film Festival, now in its fourth year.
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The English and Creative Writing Department presents free literary events featuring award-winning authors; first reading to be held on February 13.
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Spectrum Dance Theater presents Rambunctious 3.0: The Immigrants
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago will host Bessie Award-winning and Tony-nominated choreographer Donald Byrd, who returns to Chicago for the first time in 24 years with Spectrum Dance Theater's production of Rambunctious 3.0: The Immigrants. The performance celebrates the contributions of a group of immigrant composers to the American cultural landscape.
Thursday, January 31 through Saturday, February 2
7:30 p.m.
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
1306 S. Michigan Ave.
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“Racism Untaught” Workshop
The Design Department will host an antiracism workshop titled “Racism Untaught,” facilitated by two visiting graphic design professors, Terresa Moses and Lisa Mercer. Supported in part by a 2018-19 Programming Grant from the Office of Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the goal of the workshop is to assist designers and design educators in identifying and dismantling racialized design, or design that perpetuates elements of racism.
Friday, February 1
10 a.m. — 12 p.m.
Stage Two
618 S. Michigan Ave.
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