Meet our new faculty members for AY19-20
Meet some of the new members of the Mason Gross faculty for the 19-20 academic year.
NEWS
Conversation Piece: Public Sculpture Draws on Music, Architecture
Recent MFA graduate artist Will Robinson devoted approximately three months to planning, building, and installing his sculpture, The Conversation–Brutalist Song III, on view through October 1 as part of an outdoor public sculpture show.
Four Questions for “The Tales of Hoffmann” director John Giampietro
Here, director John Giampietro, Co-Head of the Opera program at the Mason Gross School, discusses the work–as well as people’s fears of “not getting” opera.
Teacher and alum Aaron Ramos tackles social justice through dance
In the several classes he teaches at Franklin dance alum Aaron Ramos is working on dances that he says “people need to see and hear,” with subjects including immigration and the #MeToo movement.
MFA theater student Kim Griffin featured on Rutgers Today: From Ringling Bros. to Costume Design
Mason Gross MFA student Kim Griffin shares what life was like as head seamstress for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus two years after the 146-year-old show gave its final curtain call.
Why I Made This: Amee Pollack
The work of mixed-media and book artist Amee Pollack, which she describes as “handmade social commentary,” takes significant political and cultural ideas and presents them on a scale sometimes measured as small as three inches square.
Five Questions for film faculty member Thomas Lennon
Academy Award-Winner Thomas Lennon joined the Rutgers Filmmaking Center in Fall 2018, heading up the Documentary Film Lab. In December, PBS premiered “Sacred,” a global exploration of religious faith by 40 international filmmakers, which Lennon directed.
Episode 4: Valerie Marcus Ramshur (Theater)
“In that risk-taking is where we’re fully alive—we’re fully alive, we’re fully present, we’re open, we’re wide open to chance and opportunity. I tell my students all the time, ‘Take a risk, get messy, try it, turn left instead of right.’” – Valerie Ramshur Check...
Kara Walker Presents: The Colossus of Rutgers exhibit set for May 11–25 at Brooklyn Army Terminal
As a culmination of her tenure as the Tepper Chair, Kara Walker presents an exhibition of works by MFA students and alums who have embarked on an investigative journey with her around themes of Memory, Memorials, and Monuments (MMM).
Opera star Renée Fleming comes to campus to discuss her Sound Health initiative
During a panel discussion at Nicholas Music Center on February 26, celebrated opera singer Renée Fleming spoke about the power of music as it relates to health and the brain.