Center for Book and Paper Arts Awarded $50,000 NEA Grant
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO RECEIVES $50,000 NEA ARTS IN MEDIA GRANT TO SUPPORT CENTER FOR BOOK AND PAPER ARTS
Grant from National Endowment for the Arts to Fund Digital Presentation of Artists’ Books
CHICAGO (May 15, 2012) — The Center for Book and Paper Arts (CPBA) at Columbia College Chicago is one of 78 not-for-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Arts in Media grant. The Center, part of the college’s Interdisciplinary Arts Department, received a $50,000 grant to produce mobile tablet apps representing existing artists’ books, and to commission new works in digital media with material counterparts.
The CPBA project, Expanded Artists’ Books: Envisioning the Future of the Book, aims to widen the audience for the under-represented art form, the artist’s book, while encouraging the creation of new work by artists in other media. The project will address the primary challenges of both book art and media art, allowing book art to become more accessible through electronic distribution and media art to gain longevity by creating a physical representation of an electronic work in book form.
“The Center for Book and Paper Arts will be able to create a sustainable new publishing platform for the presentation of a vastly under-represented art form,” said Steve Woodall, director of the Center for Book and Paper Arts at Columbia College. “It will enable artists to explore relationships between traditional and new media, and it has the potential to greatly expand the audience for book art.”
The NEA received 329 eligible applications under the Arts in Media category, requesting more than $36 million in funding. The 78 Arts in Media grant awards total $3.55 million with an average grant amount of $45,513, and support the development, production, and national distribution of innovative media projects about the arts and media projects that can be considered works of art. A complete listing of projects recommended for Arts in Media grant is available at the NEA website, arts.gov.
The Center for Book and Paper Arts was created within the Interdisciplinary Arts Department at Columbia College Chicago in 1993. Its mission is to advance the interdisciplinary practices of the artist’s book and hand papermaking through support of academic programs and research, and to engage the public through publications, exhibitions, lectures, workshops, symposia, and events.
Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution that offers innovative degree programs in the visual, performing, media and communication arts to nearly 12,000 students in over 120 undergraduate and graduate programs. An arts and media college committed to a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, Columbia is dedicated to opportunity and excellence in higher education. For further information, visit www.colum.edu.
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NEA Art Works Grant to Support Story Week 2013
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO RECEIVES $15,000 NEA ART WORKS GRANT TO SUPPORT STORY WEEK FESTIVAL OF WRITERS 2013
Grant part of NEA announcement of 788 Art Works grants and $24.81 million in funding nationwide
CHICAGO (May 15, 2012) — National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman has announced that Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing Department’s Story Week Festival of Writers 2013 is one of 788 not-for-profit national, regional, state and local organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant.
Story Week will receive a $15,000 grant to support “Voices for Change,” its 2013 weeklong literary festival of readings, panels, conversations with authors, performances, and writing workshops, which will explore the power of story to promote understanding among people from various backgrounds.
The 788 Art Works grants total $24.81 million and support the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts.
“We’re thrilled and honored to be recognized by the NEA,” said Randall Albers, the festival’s founding producer and chair of the Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago. “Story Week’s mission is to expose audiences to the widest possible range of voices, to break boundaries and expand thinking. This additional funding certainly will help us further our reach.”
Story Week 2013 plans seventeen author and editor events—all free and open to the public—offered throughout the day and evening during the week of March 17-22. Held at various venues in the city, the festival is also expanding its audience reach through selected podcasts on its website and on Chicago Public Radio’s Chicago Amplified.
The NEA received 1,624 eligible applications under the Art Works category for this round of funding, requesting more than $78 million in funding. For a complete listing of projects recommended for Art Works grant support, please visit the NEA website at arts.gov.
Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution that offers innovative degree programs in the visual, performing, media and communication arts to more than 12,000 students in over 120 undergraduate and graduate programs. An arts and media college committed to a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, Columbia is dedicated to opportunity and excellence in higher education. For further information, visit www.colum.edu.
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President Warrick L. Carter to Retire in August 2013
PRESIDENT WARRICK L. CARTER TO RETIRE IN AUGUST 2013
Warren Chapman Joins Columbia College Chicago as Senior Vice President
CHICAGO (May 8, 2012) – Warrick L. Carter, Ph.D., president of Columbia College Chicago announced today his intention to retire in August 2013. Carter, who took office in 2000, currently has the longest tenure of any sitting college or university president in Chicago.
“Warrick has had a profound impact on our institution, and I am very grateful for the expertise, excellent foresight and responsible planning he has provided throughout his tenure,” said Allen Turner, chairman of the Columbia College Chicago Board of Trustees. “It’s no coincidence that his tenure coincides with the college’s most significant period of growth and maturation into a world class arts and media college.”
“I have accomplished much of what I came to Columbia College to do,” said Carter. “This institution is poised for greatness and positioned for sustainability, and I know that our outstanding faculty and staff will continue to provide students with the most cutting-edge media arts education anywhere.”
To ensure a smooth transition between the current and future administration, Columbia College has hired long-time Trustee Warren Chapman, Ph.D., to serve in an interim role as senior vice president. Chapman will begin his new duties on June 1, leaving his current post as vice chancellor for external affairs with University of Illinois Chicago. He has held that position since 2006. Chapman will also step down from the Columbia College Board of Trustees, a position he has held since 2003.
A nationwide presidential search is underway, noted Turner, and will be led by a special Columbia College Chicago presidential search committee.
Carter is an educator, composer and performer who joined Columbia College Chicago in 2000. Under his leadership, the College’s South Loop presence blossomed as square footage of campus classrooms, offices and residence halls doubled to 2.5 million square feet over the past 12 years. The College during his tenure also reported a record high enrollment of 12,500 graduate and undergraduate students, up more than 25 percent from 1999 before Carter took office.
Dr. Carter successfully launched and oversaw Columbia College’s $100 million comprehensive fundraising campaign in 2010, the first in its 120-year history. The College also completed its first new-construction building, the $21 million state-of-the-art Media Production Center which opened in 2010.
Following completion of the college’s latest strategic plan, Focus 2016, Carter initiated an unprecedented and extensive self evaluation of its programs and operations in 2011. The self study, called Blueprint | Prioritization, is set to finalize recommendations this summer as the process moves into a multi-year implementation phase.
In a letter to the campus community today, Carter cited a need for long-term leadership to guide the implementation ahead of his originally scheduled retirement date of 2014.
“We are reaching the point in our transformation where I believe new leadership should shape the rollout and affect the implementation of Blueprint | Prioritization over the coming years,” Carter wrote. “After reading the recommendations from the community, it became clear that strategic implementation will take a good period of time – and we need to start now and expedite the leadership transition to support implementation before 2014.”
Prior to his tenure with Columbia, Carter served a four-year term as director of entertainment arts for Walt Disney Entertainment where he was responsible for developing global education and live arts programs for the entire corporation. Prior to that, Carter spent 12 years at Berklee College of Music in Boston, serving as dean of faculty and then as provost/vice president of academic affairs. At Governors State University in Chicago, where he served from 1971 to 1984, he began as a professor of music and was promoted to chairman of the division of fine and performing arts.
Carter began his career in higher education as an assistant professor and director of bands at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. He received his doctorate in music education from Michigan State University.
Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution that offers innovative degree programs in the visual, performing, media and communication arts to almost 12,000 students in over 120 undergraduate and graduate programs. An arts and media college committed to a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, Columbia is dedicated to opportunity and excellence in higher education. For further information, visit www.colum.edu.
Columbia College Chicago Presents First “Mayor’s Award For Civic Engagement”
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO PRESENTS FIRST “MAYOR’S AWARD FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT”
Annual Honor for Graduating Senior Established by Board Chair Allen M. Turner
CHICAGO (May 3, 2012) – Graduating senior Ariel Aguilera of Blue Island, Ill., has been awarded the first “Mayor’s Award for Civic Engagement” at Columbia College Chicago. The newly established award honors a senior student who has embodied Columbia College’s mission to serve an important civic purpose through active engagement in the life and culture of the City of Chicago.
The award, which includes a $500 cash gift, was created by a donation from Columbia College Board of Trustees Chair Allen M. Turner.
“We are fortunate to have an incredibly active and engaged student body, and this award is one way we can honor outstanding students who bring our mission to life and encourage other students to do the same,” said Turner, who made the presentation to Aguilera with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel at City Hall on April 27.
Turner added that Aguilera is the ideal recipient because she reaches beyond the campus and uses her talents to make meaningful, positive contributions to the welfare, culture and vibrancy of the city of Chicago and its people. Aguilera has been an active member in her community as a volunteer at local after-school science programs, rehabilitation centers, food banks, community shelters, and various film and music festivals, as well as a volunteer for the National Association for Chicano Studies Conference.
A marketing communications major with a concentration in public relations, Aguilera was awarded the Emerging Leader Award from the Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education earlier this year. She hopes to one day work with an agency or a non-profit organization specializing in Hispanic affairs.
Aguilera is a 2009 graduate of Dwight D. Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, Ill. At Columbia College, Aguilera has been president of Students Helping Humanity, the finance director of the Student Organization Council and served as a member of both the Latino Alliance and the First Year Advisory Board.
Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution that offers innovative degree programs in the visual, performing, media and communication arts to nearly 12,000 students in over 120 undergraduate and graduate programs. An arts and media college committed to a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, Columbia is dedicated to opportunity and excellence in higher education. For further information, visit www.colum.edu.
Manifest Urban Arts Festival To Highlight Graduate Talent
FOUR-BLOCK MANIFEST URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL TO HIGHLIGHT GRADUATES
Free Public Street Festival to Showcase Creativity, Talent & Bodies of Work
for Columbia College Chicago Students in Full Day Celebration
CHICAGO (April 26, 2012) – Summer street fests haven’t started yet, but the South Loop will be buzzing with outdoor activity on May 4, when Columbia College Chicago celebrates the work of more than 2,000 graduating students with its annual urban arts festival, Manifest 2012. From art exhibitions to slam poetry, from original fashion designs to singer showcases, the talent will spill out from Columbia’s South Loop campus and onto the streets of Wabash Avenue, with main stage performances from student bands creating the musical backdrop to the Manifest 2012 showcase.
The 11th annual full day event, free and open to the public, will be filled with engaging, thought provoking and playful art, music and interactive experiences that only Columbia students can create.
For the full schedule of more than 100 showcases and events, visit colum.edu/manifest. For a better idea of what’s in store, check out video highlights from Manifest 2011.
Manifest 2012 highlights include:
The Great Convergence
Noon – 1 p.m.
Student Government Association (SGA) Festival Lot, 1001 S. Wabash Ave.
Follow the Manifest Emissaries and Columbia's 2012 honorary degree recipients as they lead you to Manifest's culminating experience, The Great Convergence is an enigmatic and magical, Columbia-created concoction of spectacle, ritual, music, theater, and dance, that will re-ignite your imagination, spark your spirit, and remind us of the power and beauty of our remarkable community! Prepare to be touched and taken away by the talent of our faculty and students.
Manifest Showcases
Visit colum.edu/manifest for times and locations along Wabash Avenue
Immerse yourself in the music, performance, and art of the next generation. Manifest celebration will consumes the South Loop with more than 75 departmental showcases highlighting the talent and abilities of the graduating classes, from photography and fine arts to dance, film screenings, fashion shows, music and more.
Pedal Powered Amusement Park
1 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Student Government Association (SGA) Festival Lot, 1001 S. Wabash Ave.
Have you ever experienced a Lowrider inspired Bicy-Carousel? Seen a story painted on a 50-foot canvas unfold on a Crankie Bike? Heard a musical composition performed by an ensemble of handmade instruments whose conductor is on a unicycle? Had a smoothie made by a pedal-powered blender, or seen a puppet bike? Join us for some serious playfulness at the Pedal Powered Amusement Park!
PGA Miniature Golf
1p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave.
Columbia’s graduate community makes the PGA their own, asking participants to ‘Please Generate Art’ as they play the classic game of miniature golf through art installations created and curated by graduate students from different departments. Golfers will “power their own reality” through play, touch, sound, color, dance and video brought to life by the talents and dedication of Columbia graduate students.
Papermakers Garden
1 – 5 p.m.
Balbo and S. Wabash Ave.
Papermaking demonstrations and discussions about growing usable papermaking plant fibers kicks off the construction of Columbia’s new papermakers’ garden during Manifest. The garden will produce usable fibers for hand papermaking, art and botany educational purposes, as well as beautify and give purpose to a currently unused space on Wabash Ave.
Main Stage Concerts
Student Government Association (SGA) Festival Lot, 1001 S. Wabash Ave.
5:45 – 6:30 p.m.: Kids These Days
7 – 8 p.m.: Allen Stone
Manifest 2012 is made possible through the contributions of its sponsors, including Blick, a presenting sponsor, and the creativity and gifts of the Columbia faculty and graduating student body.
Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution that offers innovative degree programs in the visual, performing, media and communication arts to more than 12,000 students in over 120 undergraduate and graduate programs. An arts and media college committed to a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, Columbia is dedicated to opportunity and excellence in higher education. For further information, visit www.colum.edu.
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