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May 16, 2023


Congratulations, Class of 2023!

Check out video and photo highlights from commencement weekend and let the celebration continue.

Manifest 2023
Relive the day or experience it for the first time by watching the video.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Columbia Alums Have Films Showcased During Cannes Film Festival
The prestigious annual international festival presents important professional opportunities for filmmakers.
IN THE NEWS

George Clark III Built His Career as a Music Exec by Trial and Error | HYPEBEAST
RCA Records’ newest VP of Marketing and A&R and Columbia Music Business Alum George Clark III '16 details his “relentless pursuit” in the music business.

Columbia College Chicago Awards Honorary Degree to Tribune Theater Critic Chris Jones | Chicago Tribune
Columbia College Chicago awarded an honorary degree to longtime Chicago Tribune Theater Critic Chris Jones as part of the college's 2023 commencement ceremonies.

The Wabash Arts Corridor Nominated for Best Arts District | USA Today
Columbia's Wabash Arts Corridor has been nominated for Best Arts District of 2023 by USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Travel Awards. 
EVENTS

2023 MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition


Body Breeze Earth presents the graduate thesis exhibitions of Jessica Hays and Erica McKeehen in Columbia College Chicago’s Photography Department. Jessica Hays presents pieces from two bodies of work, "The Sun Sets Midafternoon," which combines image, text, and video to explore climate grief and solastalgia through the lens of wildfire, and "Horizon Line," a monumentally scaled handmade artist book rooted in experiences of reverence and appreciation for the land while recognizing it as both open and divided concurrently.

Erica McKeehen (who performs as Greta-X) combines imagery from her long-term portraiture projects "Secret Mermaid" and "REVEAL," which profile McKeehen’s close friends and fellow burlesque performers and sex workers, Secret Mermaid and Kitty Tornado (respectively), alongside her own self-portraits in "Days of Rust," to present nuanced views of femme sexuality, autonomy, and experience.

Through May 20
Student Center
754 S. Wabash Ave., Floor 5
RSVP here

"Bai Bautista-Buckingham and James Ross: Trust Visions" Exhibition

"Trust Visions" depicts the delirious optimism and haunting paranoia of being caught in delusions of grandeur. The lines that define this harsh reality soften and blur until all that’s left is blind confidence, a million good bad ideas, invincibility, a message from God, and a Birkin with a can of Red Bull and three lip glosses inside.

Bai Bautista-Buckingham and James Ross are recipients of the Pougialis Fine Art Award which is a yearly competition sponsored by the Art and Design department that offers promising fine art students at Columbia College Chicago an opportunity to study as an apprentice with an established artist of national and international standing for one semester, a cash award, and a two-person exhibition at The Arcade.


Through August 1
The Arcade
618. S. Michigan Ave., Floor 1 
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Shift: Music, Meaning, Context Exhibition

"Shift: Music, Meaning, Context" explores how music changes in form and interpretation as it moves across time, bodies, and place. Folk songs are used for propaganda, pop hits are deployed as tools of torture and cultural origins are erased – or reinvested – in particular songs, instruments, and genres. At the same time, music can also become a site of play, serendipity, and healing. The exhibition combines video, sound, and photography to transform the museum’s galleries into a unique choral mélange.

Through August 6
Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S. Michigan Ave.
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