Three Georgia State University TV programs have nabbed nominations for this year’s Southeast Emmy Awards. The awards, which recognize television professionals from all parts of the industry and from markets in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and North Carolina, will air live from the Grand Hyatt Buckhead-Atlanta on June 16.
Craig Drennen, associate professor of drawing and painting and graduate director of the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design in the College of the Arts at Georgia State University, has been awarded a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship in the Fine Arts.
From a Grammy Award–winning musician to the executive producer of “The Walking Dead,” the Creative Media Industries Institute has an impressive crop of artists-in-residence.
Although he’s managed the National Christmas Tree Lighting for more than two decades, Tim McGill (B.A. ’83) still gets nervous when it’s time for the first family to hit the switch.
ATLANTA—Georgia State University Library’s Special Collection and Archives announced that it will acquire the papers of acclaimed Civil Rights leader Lonnie C. King, Jr. The collection documents the rich history of the Atlanta Student Movement between 1960-1965 as well as the Mr. King’s life and work.
Georgia State University’s Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence has been awarded a $125,000 planning grant from JPMorgan Chase to prepare local youth for careers in the burgeoning film, media and entertainment industry in Georgia.
ATLANTA—Georgia State University opened the Creative Media Industries Institute on Thursday, Oct. 19, unveiling an ultramodern facility dedicated to digital media, film and other innovative programs.
ATLANTA—In honor of the Atlanta Jazz Festival’s 40th Anniversary, the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs recently installed a collection of photographs of jazz musicians in storefront windows throughout south downtown Atlanta. The project features 23 striking images of musicians who have entertained festival audiences over the past 39 years, including School of Music’s Dr. Gordon Vernick, Professor of Music and Coordinator of Jazz Studies.
ATLANTA—Georgia State Library’s Special Collection and Archives have acquired the records of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, a collection that documents the rich history of the organization since its founding in 1945.
Sofia Espina won an Emmy for her work on a television adventure series, and the journalism major is just getting started.