Commencement and Manifest 2022

Columbia Earns Top Spot in L’Oréal Brandstorm U.S. Finals: Team Heads to International Semifinals for Second Consecutive Year

Creative Writing Alum Toya Wolfe MFA '15 Announces Debut Novel

Naperville director makes debut with ‘The Last Victim,’ starring Ron Perlman | Chicago Tribune

Milwaukee's WDJT-TV (Channel 58) names Frankie Jupiter morning news co-anchor | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

‘Everyone failed these young, Black girls’: journalist Jim DeRogatis on his decades-long battle to expose R Kelly | The Guardian

Manifest Urban Arts Festival



Columbia College Chicago's Manifest Urban Arts Festival celebrates the next generation of artists and creative professionals. Each year, the festival offers an explosion of dance, music, and art performances. If you're interested in any of these artistic expressions, this festival is not to be missed.

May 13
12:45 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Wabash Arts Corridor from 9th to 11th Streets
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Lecture in Photography: Drew Sawyer



Drew Sawyer is the Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Curator at the Brooklyn Museum, where he has organized numerous shows, including John Edmonds: A Sidelong Glance (2020); Liz Johnson Artur: Dusha (2019); Garry Winogrand: Color (2019). He is currently working on the first survey on the work of Jimmy DeSana as well as an exhibition on the history of zines by artists. He was previously a curator at the Columbus Museum of Art, where he co-curated the award-winning historical survey, Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989 (2019). Other exhibitions include, I Too Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100 (2018); Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston (2018); Family Pictures (2018); Allan Sekula: Aerospace Folktales and Other Stories (2017); and Lucy Raven: Low Relief (2016). Sawyer holds a Ph.D. in Art History and Archaeology from Columbia University.

May 11
6 p.m.
Ferguson Hall
600 S. Michigan Ave.

Senior Capstone Dance Concert Spring 2022



Senior Capstone Concert Spring 2022 is the culminating performance by graduating BFA students, sharing their original choreography with work by Quintessa Hall, Mj Hawks, Magdalena Naruszewicz, and Grace Triggiano Rogan.

May 12 and 13
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
The Dance Center
1306 S. Michigan Ave. 
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2022 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition opening reception



The 2022 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition features the thesis works of the MFA candidates in Columbia College Chicago’s Art and Art History Department. The exhibition, which includes artists’ books, prints, drawings, sculptures, photography, sound, projections, and installation works, represents the culmination of two years of development on a cohesive body of work for each artist. The reception will feature performances by Samantha Trace Foster, Anna Lipscomb, and Alexander Jose Luis Ramirez.

May 12
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Student Center
754 S. Wabash Ave., 5th Floor
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2022 MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition opening reception

The 2022 MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition features the thesis works of the MFA candidates in Columbia College Chicago’s Photography Department. This exhibition presents photographs, installation, and video works that are representative of the culmination of research and practice these emerging artists have maintained throughout their time in the program. 

Participating Artists: Jes Farnum, Sylvie Harris, Katharine Norton, Emilie Plunkett, Ziru Tang, Fengzhao Xu, and Senjie Zhu.

May 13
5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Student Center
754 S. Wabash Ave., 5th Floor
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