BFA Costume Design & Technology alum Tori Sterling’s costume work is all about impressive tricks and visual treats, from a full-body Velcro suit to a candy-colored re-creation of roller-skating Barbie. As Resident Costume Designer for The Walt Disney Company/ABC Television’s LIVE, Sterling oversees a variety of special episodes, including LIVE’s Halloween special. Sterling takes us behind the scenes of LIVE’s most-viewed show of the year.
Donovyn Diaz recently struck a nerve with America’s Got Talent viewers – and judges – with his heartfelt performance of a dance he choreographed in honor of his mother, who is battling cancer.
Filmmaker, media, and performance artist Natalie Romero’s photo series Transitions I, II, and III, made in collaboration with CUNY theater and performance PhD student Melissa Flower-Gladney, explores the connection between humans and the natural world. Photos are arranged on a wall above a semicircle of fresh soil. The images depict fallen trees and free-flowing hair; subjects stand with their feet in the sand or in a bathtub. One photo was taken in the wake of the devastation that Hurricane Maria wrought upon Puerto Rico; another was taken moments after the birth of Flower-Gladney’s child.
Art & Design alum Marissa Paternoster has been named one of the 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by Rolling Stone. Paternoster is the co-founder of the rock band Screaming Females, which was formed in New Brunswick in 2005 while Paternoster was a student....
Composer and pianist Courtney Bryan, who earned a master’s degree in music from Mason Gross School of the Arts, was named today as member of the 2023 Class of MacArthur Fellows. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has administered the prestigious awards,...
Artwork by five Mason Gross Art & Design BFA students is featured in an exhibition at the new home to the Mexican Consulate in New Brunswick–its first headquarters in New Jersey.
Rutgers University is presenting a solo exhibition by Jason Baerg, MFA Department of Art & Design alum, in the second iteration of our annual exhibition series featuring Contemporary Indigenous artists.
Three Music alumni are performing in pit orchestras this fall: Mariana Ramirez plays electronic percussion and midi keyboard for SIX: The Musical on Broadway; Mikayla Bertelsen plays an array of orchestral percussion instruments with the Broadway Sinfonietta on a...
Disha Basu spent her childhood bouncing around the globe. Each time her father relocated the family for work – India, Malaysia, Singapore, London and New Jersey – Basu learned to adapt to a new school, new friends and a new culture. The only constant in her life –...
The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers–New Brunswick is presenting Alonzo Adams: A Griot’s Vision, a show of the Art & Design alum’s paintings on view from September 13, 2023, to February 25, 2024. The exhibition features nearly 25 works, including six oil...
