College of the Arts News

The Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design and College of the Arts congratulate alumnus, Paul Stephen Benjamin (M.F.A. ’13) as the recipient of the prestigious 2019 Hudgens Prize, one of the largest awards given to an individual artist in the United States.

The Signal covers “The Rho” and its modernized adaptation of Aphra Behn’s 1677 play “The Rover” produced by Professor W. Keith Tims.

The colleges and universities are working together on research and teaching to improve understanding of the physical, economic and social impacts of climate change in Georgia.

Associate professor Martin Norgaard studies how jazz improvisation affects the brain.

Georgia State University has named Lee Foster, former assistant director of the Office of the Arts at the Georgia Institute of Technology and operational manager of the Ferst Center for the Arts, executive director of the Rialto Center of the Arts, effective Nov. 1.

As the largest academic film and media program in Georgia, the School of Film, Media & Theatre at Georgia State [...]

WGPB “On Second Thought” interviews Grammy-winning jazz artist-in-residence David Sanchez on his career, Georgia State residency and his new “Carib” record project on the music of the African Diaspora.

The College of the Arts is pleased to announce that Sekeia Harris, Director of Academic Assistance, is the recipient of [...]

Growing up in the sub-Saharan African nation of Uganda, Charlotte Dennison had monkeys in her yard and could see the shores of Lake Victoria from her house.

School of Music instructor Michelle Mercier-De Shon has been honored with the 2019 College Music Society Education in Music Award for her work with the music-in-residence project Sound Learning.

A new semester kicks off at the College of the Arts with several new faculty members in our ranks. Their [...]

Undergrad Jennifer Delgado talks college, career and art conservation in the wake of a transformative internship with the High Museum. [...]

After a successful career in marketing, Steven Lester (B.V.A. ’75) rediscovered his passion for painting. He’s now one of the most celebrated sports artists in the country.

Atlanta’s historic Summerhill neighborhood and its main artery, Georgia Avenue, are in the midst of a renaissance. And it all started when Georgia State bought a Major League Baseball stadium.

Now that the dog days of August have arrived, the Georgia State University College of the Arts, School of Music [...]

Artists Jessica Caldas (M.F.A. ’19) and Wihro Kim (B.F.A. ’16) contribute to a new exhibition on heritage and identity at the High Museum of Art.

Shanequa Gay (M.F.A. ’19) talks with Lois Reitzes about her new exhibition “Lit Without Sherman: A Love Letter to the West End” at the Hammonds House Musuem.

ATLANTA—The College of the Arts at Georgia State University congratulates Pam Longobardi on her appointment as Regents’ Professor, an honor [...]

The United States Sports Academy’s honors arts alumnus Steven Lester (B.A. ’75) as the 2019 Sport Artist of the Year! The recognition reflects his passion for depicting action sports themes that resonate with vibrant life and elicit a visceral and emotional response.

The College of the Arts congratulates Tanya Zuk on being awarded the Provost’s Dissertation Fellowship. The fellowship supports doctoral students [...]

Associate Professor of Art History Dr. Kimberly Cleveland just published a book of research with Cambria Press titled, Black Women Slaves Who Nourished A Nation: Artistic Renderings of Wet Nurses in Brazil. This is the first study to bring together a number of prints, photographs, paintings, and sculptures of this female figure from the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries, from Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and São Paulo, and to not only consider the works in their individual artistic and historical contexts, but also in relation to each other.

On April 15, 2019, liquid blackness, a research project on blackness and aesthetics housed in the College of the Arts […]

The College of the Arts is excited to welcome Zac Brown Band guitarist and School of Music alumnus Coy Bowles (B.M. ’04) as the guest speaker for our master’s commencement ceremony. Here are five things you need to know about the Grammy winner. 

Georgia State film alum Noel Braham (B.A. ’11), recipient of two Daytime Emmy nominations, balances work with community outreach and philanthropy.

Professor Patrick Freer is working to help choral teachers guide boys through the voice change.

For Joyce Lowenstein (B.A. ’19), a framed bachelor’s degree isn’t just a point of pride. It’s the realization of a dream seven decades in the making.

Catherine Rakowiecki was a freshman, hiking the trails of Little River Falls in Alabama when she first heard about Georgia State University’s LEAD with Honors program.

Film and media major Matt Long (B.A. ’19) always knew he wanted to make movies. He finishes his career at Georgia State just as his biggest production yet is set to hit the screen.

College of the Arts 40 Under 40 honoree Susannah Darrow (M.A. ’13) is a vital voice in Atlanta’s burgeoning arts scene. 

Lee Thomas (M.A. ’91), head of the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office since 2011, is a big reason why the state is a top spot for film and TV.

Congratulations to alumna Carra Patterson (B.A. ’06) for a lead character role in Fox’s Comedy Pilot Patty’s Auto,

The commissioned composition, “Frontlash” by Dr. Nickitas Demos, Director of the School of Music, is featured on the debut album Unheard-of//Dialogues by the New York-based Unheard-of//Ensemble.

Georgia State University is part of a national group of leading innovative institutions that has received a $2.4 million grant from the Strada Education Network to redesign the college-to-career pathway.

The School of Film, Media & Theatre production graduate alumna Caroline Rumley’s (M.A. ’18) thesis film, “The Ghost Behind” was recently accepted in the Documentary Short Film category and screened at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

M.F.A, candidate Soude Dadras curates an exhibition in Istanbul, showcasing work by current textiles art & design students and faculty.

The School of Music announces that Marcus Moore (B.M. ’19) has accepted a full-time position as clarinetist in one of the 10 United States Marine Field Bands.

More than 300 members of the Georgia State Panther Band, including alumni, were cast to march and perform in Sunday’s Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show featuring three-time Grammy Award-winning band Maroon 5.

Micah (M.F.A. ’09) and Whitney Stansell — winners of a $45,000 commission — transform a pedestrian bridge in Hapeville into a public art experience to promote Atlanta’s Southside arts scene.

Lee Thomas’s strong leadership has made Georgia the top spot for filming movies and TV.

A new semester brings fresh opportunities to achieve academic success. Georgia State is excited to welcome back all of our new and returning students for the spring 2019 semester.

ATLANTA—The College of the Arts at Georgia State is pleased to present the recipients of the 2017-2018 Faculty Awards for [...]

Art & Design 3rd year MFA candidates prepare for the Aqua Art Miami fair during Miami Basel Week. This signature event is the eighth consecutive year for Georgia State artists to showcase their art.

Music student Samuel Ferreira learns life-changing lessons on 4,500-mile journey to Georgia State.

Film alumnus Christopher Escobar sits down with producer Myke Johns one year after taking ownership of the Plaza Theatre, its progress and what lies ahead.

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Print Email At the inaugural Motion Capture Performance Workshop, participants gained the invaluable knowledge and cutting-edge acting [...]

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Print Email Bravos are apropos for College of the Arts alumnus John Irvin (B.M. '10) who debuts [...]

The Endowment for Clean Oceans (ECO) is pleased and excited to announce Pam Longobardi, Distinguished Professor at Georgia State University, as ECO’s artist in residence. Professor Longobardi’s excellent art work and her early and visionary commitment to using art to educate about plastics in our oceans made selecting her an easy decision. Her 200 exhibits, including those Asia and Europe, speaks to her and our global view of this serious problem.

liquid blackness - "Holding Place, Taking Flight" ATLANTA—liquid blackness, a Georgia State University research project on blackness and aesthetics, and [...]

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Print Email ATLANTA—The College of the Arts at Georgia State has begun a new semester of classes [...]

When it comes to the College of the Arts, all the world’s a stage. During spring and summer breaks, as students take a timeout to recharge, many of our arts faculty pack up and journey to all corners of the world to fuel their ongoing quest for academic growth and excellence.

Georgia State University is ranked the second most innovative university in the nation and second in the country for its commitment to undergraduate teaching in the 2019 Best Colleges edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine.

When it comes to jazz, there’s something in the water at the Georgia State School of Music.

The article takes a new, in-depth view of the relations between a historical keyboard training model and the creative work of eighteenth-century European musicians.

Darren English received a 2018 Global Peace Song Award for his song “Pledge of Peace” in the jury voted jazz music category. English wrote the song in honor of freedom fighter and South African president, Nelson Mandela, and shared the award dedication in memory of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

Distinguished University Professor Pam Longobardi comments on banning plastic straws in Atlanta. Longboardi says she’ll keep working until more people start skipping on straws.

This past Monday, Ernest G. Welch MFA Jack Michael woke up in Bisbee, Arizona, drove to Douglas, AZ, and then crossed into Agua Prieta, a city in Sonora on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Georgia State film students Taylor Dudley and Donovan Stanley film “TOGETHER” was among the film shorts selected by Campus Movie Fest (CMF) and screened during the 71st annual Cannes International Film Festival in France.

The College of the Arts and the School of Film, Media & Theatre are pleased to announce that Moving Image Studies Ph.D. candidate Jenny Gunn is a 2018 recipient of the Provost’s Dissertation Fellowship.

ATLANTA—The College of the Arts at Georgia State University is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Joseph Peragine as [...]

ATLANTA—When Maryam Palizgir moved to the United States to pursue her graduate degree, she little knew that her experiences would [...]

ATLANTA—Notes of Excellence! Music student, Kelene Lee (Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance) strikes all the right chords of determination, dedication [...]

ATLANTA—Georgia State University Director of Bands, Dr. Robert Ambrose, has been elected vice president of the College Band Directors National [...]

ATLANTA—The College of the Arts at Georgia State University is pleased to announce the appointment of Nickitas Demos, D.M.A., as [...]

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.

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Print Email ATLANTA—The College of the Arts congratulates three outstanding faculty members on their receipt of recent [...]

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Print Email Daniel Robin, Associate Professor of Film and Digital Media Production ATLANTA—The College of the Arts [...]

ATLANTA—The College of the Arts (COTA) is excited to announce that the Community Music Programs office is repositioning itself as [...]

ATLANTA— Purposeful singing. Social engagement. Thinking beyond ourselves. That's the essence of the upcoming collaborative concert with the Georgia State [...]

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Print Email ATLANTA - Congratulations to the winners of the College of the Arts School of Music [...]

All exhibitions are held on campus in the Welch Galleries except for the exhibition for the two Welch Fellows, which will be held at Gallery 72 in downtown Atlanta, owned by the Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

Congratulations to School of Music alumnus Henry Cheng (M.M. Orchestral Conducting ’09) who was recently awarded first prize at the inaugural European Union Conducting Competition (January 8-13, 2018) hosted in Sofia and Pazardjik, Bulgaria.

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.

ATLANTA—At the Johnny Mercer Tribute concert on February 11, five newly completed songs made their debut on the main stage [...]

ATLANTA—The College of the Arts and the School of Film, Media & Theatre congratulate Arzu Karaduman on being awarded the [...]

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Print Email ATLANTA— Last December at the Atlanta’s retro Plaza Theatre, the School of Film, Media and [...]

ArtsATL Review: Creative Music in Hapeville has a grand finale with Stuart Gerber and Marc Fleury.

Jazz alumna Carol Albert (B.Mu. ’79) shares her personal journey including her “Fly Away Butterfly” single making Billboard’s Top 10 Smooth Jazz chart.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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The School of Music faculty continues to connect across the globe, this time in South America where Professor of Music, […]

Savvy Painter talks with Professor Ralph Gilbert about his mural art experience and commissioned art projects.

The School of Music and the Center for Collaborative and International Arts (CENCIA) at Georgia State University present a one-night only performance with the GRAMMY award-winning vocal project, Roomful of Teeth on Sunday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Rialto Center for the Arts.

The School of Music's Wind Orchestra teamed up with the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design’s art students [...]

Film alumnus Christopher Escobar (BA ‘08 and MA ‘13) is steadily gaining media momentum as he continues to garner headlines and awards for his contribution to Atlanta’s booming film industry.

The inaugural year of the College of the Arts (COTA) has opened the door for exciting collaborative efforts.

Burnaway reviews “Socially Engaged” citing the group show as,”…both visually and conceptually engaging, not always an attainable combination.”

ArtsATL reviews neoPhonia New Music Ensemble presented tête–à–tête including world premieres, one by French composer Philippe Hurel and School of Music composer Nickitas Demos.

ATLANTA—Davion Alston has been on a hiatus from creating artwork for the calendar year. Since graduating with a degree in studio art from Georgia State University in 2016, Alston has assisted other artists such as Radcliffe Bailey with installation for a solo exhibition and Masud Olufani with the Working Artist Project at MOCA GA.

ATLANTA—The School of Film, Media & Theatre’s liquid blackness research group presents a screening of the documentary Horace Tapscott: Musical Griot on Saturday, October 28 at noon in Kopleff Recital Hall.

ATLANTA—The College of the Arts at Georgia State University continued its commitment to making a difference in Atlanta’s neighborhoods and communities by supporting arts education in local public elementary schools.

ATLANTA-In the November issue of Downbeat magazine, School of Music faculty member Dr. Gordon Vernick (Professor of Music and Coordinator of Jazz Studies) discusses jazz entrepreneurship in the monthly “Jazz on Campus” column. The article also factors in the interdisciplinary role of technology and the new Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII).

ATLANTA — It was a momentous occasion for alumna filmmaker Redelia Shaw (M.A. Film 2004) who proudly joined her fellow producers for the sold out world premier of “Cocaine Prison” (United Notions Film) at the Toronto International Film Festival 2017.

ATLANTA—Congratulations to Associate Professor Daniel Robin (Film and Digital Media Production) whose film, “All The Leaves Are Brown” recently won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Short Film at the 19th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama.

ATLANTA—The College of the Arts kicks off its inaugural year with a sensational Year of the Arts! program that spotlights the arts at Georgia State University for all to enjoy. The program boasts a curated mix of more than 24 arts events that include internationally acclaimed guest artists, exhibitions, concerts, dance performances, artist lectures, theatre productions, and conferences, as well as perennial holiday favorites.

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—The graduate program in Moving Image Studies at Georgia State University presents “Rendering (the) Visible” III: Liquidity,” February 8-10, 2018. Conference panels, film and dance performances, and keynote lecture will explore the concept of liquidity as an innovative critical approach to the image’s relation to space, sensoriality, and digitality, as well as an aesthetic sensibility attuned to the political ontology of motion, form, matter, and noise.

It has been an exhilarating summer for the School of Film, Media, & Theatre’s Professor Daniel Robin, who travelled to Portugal in July to present his new film short “All the Leaves Are Brown” at the prestigious Curtas Vila Do Conde – International Film Festival.

Gearing up for the upcoming Women in Business North American Summit in Atlanta, film and game design student Alyssa Gilmore posts “The Illusion of Inclusion”—individual perspectives of how to change the film and TV industry to include women in more opportunities. Among those interviewed included Jenny Gunn, PhD Candidate in Moving Image Studies.

The Atlanta Mobile Music project aims to connect commuters around shared music tastes, and asks MARTA commuters to take part in a survey on their types of music and listening habits while in transit.

The College of the Arts announces Dr. Greg Smith as founding director for the newly named School of Film, Media, & Theatre at Georgia State University. Dr. Smith brings a wealth of academic and professional experience to establish the new school and achieve its mission and goals. He transitions to the leadership role from Associate Chair at the Communication Department in the College of Arts & Sciences (the former home of film, media and theatre).

ATLANTA – The new College of the Arts at Georgia State University completes its formation as a fully-operating college by establishing the new School of Film, Media, & Theatre.

President Becker unveils the new College of the Arts, along with cover story feature on stuntman alum Philip Dido, and more!

On the Greek island of Lesvos, hundreds of thousands of life vests discarded by refugees fleeing war blanket the shoreline. When art professor Pam Longobardi saw these acres of litter, she found a creative way to bring attention to refugees from many nations.

On the heels of a guest appearance on the hit television series, The Walking Dead, and being featured in Atlanta Ballet’s performance of Carmina Burana, the Georgia State University Singers took first prize at one of the most significant chamber choir competitions in the world – the 15th International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf 2017 in Marktoberdorf, Germany.

GSU’s Sara Santamaria has a solo exhibition at Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery, “Who comes today and stays tomorrow.” She mentioned this and […]

Congratulations to the recipients of the inaugural 2017 College of the Arts Faculty and Staff Awards. The awards recognize faculty […]

Amidst the sea of paparazzi, celebrity frenzy and the high glamour of the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, Das Mahn Bun […]

MFA Alumna Tori Tinsley (2016) uses art to cope with the slow loss of her mother to dementia. Her works […]

Dr. Nickitas Demos, who has been with School of Music for over 20 years, takes over this leadership role from […]

Congratulations to the award recipients, and to all of the students who submitted work for the 2017 GSU Film Festival. […]

Just as her major exhibition “Third Space: Shifting Conversations About Contemporary Art” has opened to positive reviews, Birmingham Museum of […]

Georgia State is finalizing its newest academic unit, the College of the Arts, that will be fully functioning as of […]

This past Friday and Saturday, the Georgia State University School of Music and contemporary music ensemble Bent Frequency presented three […]

Jeremiah Cowan never thought he’d become a photographer. Music is his family’s artistic tradition. His mother and grandmother sang for […]

SoundNOW co-founder Prof. Nick Demos is featured on Creative Loafing’s article about the 2nd annual SoundNOW Festival from April 2-9. 

The Center for Collaborative & International Arts (CENCIA), has been honored by Phi Beta Kappa as an “exemplary local organization […]

Now online…The 6th issue of the liquid blackness Journal “Black Ontology and the Love of Blackness” pivots around Arthur Jafa’s […]

MFA alumna Phoebe Brown (Digital Filmmaking and Fine Arts) and Max Siciliano (studied Film and Video and Anthropology) are part […]

With Grammy nominations, big screen appearances, animated voice overs and write-ups in the New York Times arts section, Georgia State […]

On Friday, January 20 at 8 p.m., new music ensemble Bent Frequency will perform a concert entitled The Sonification of […]

Georgia State University Magazine reader, meet Joyce. Joyce Lowenstein. Georgia State’s absolutely, unquestionably, undeniably finest 90-year-old undergraduate. More.

Congrats to MFA Alumna Tori Tinsley for being among the twenty-five recipients of the 2016 Painters & Sculptors Grant Program […]

Congratulations to Associate Professor Constance Thalken, as The High Museum of Art acquires “Eyes Open Slowly #13” for its permanent photography […]

Congratulations to Georgia State’s Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design 3rd Year MFA graduates for another successful showing at the […]

Congrats to Associate Professor, Dr. Susan Richmond for her published article, “The Sentimentality of Ree Morton’s Signs of Love,” in […]

Eyes wide open, bright smiles and ready to play! Thomasville Heights Elementary School students were treated to a special delivery […]

Congrats to Sr. Lecturer Jill Frank for the Art Forum’s Critics’ Pick review for her MOCA GA “Nothing Ventured Nothing […]

The Georgia State University Singers perform a haunting arrangement of a Bob Dylan classic on “The Walking Dead.”

Christina West’s Buffer is a concise articulation of the Atlanta artist’s figural sculpture at large. The object pushes her recent […]

This Friday, BFA Photography alum (2014) Jordan Stubbs presents his solo exhibition, TOO MUCH AT ONCE? at Downtown Atlanta’s historic Flatiron […]

Larry Walker is known to many in Atlanta as a valued professor who taught generations of students at Georgia State […]

ATLANTA—Dr. Wade Weast has been named the founding dean of Georgia State University’s College of the Arts, a new academic unit that will focus on education in arts and related media, promote creativity and respond to the changing needs of artists, on- and off-campus.

The university’s strategic plan, introduced in 2011, called for the creation of the college, to “increase the competitiveness of recruitment, enhance student interaction with renowned artists and expand community partnerships.”

A little more than two years after earning her Master of Fine Arts degree from Georgia State, Bethany Collins was an Artist […]