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- Park McArthur Named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow
- Nancy Yunhwa Rao elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Rutgers Filmmaking Center makes Variety’s list of top film schools in North America
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- Senior co-founds Rutgers Rainbow Symphony, university’s first collective of all queer musicians and allies
Mason Gross School of the Arts Announces New Dean
We are thrilled to welcome the next Dean of Mason Gross School of the Arts, Jason Geary, to Rutgers!
Students collaborate across disciplines for Senior Solo Dance Concert
The BFA Senior Solo Dance Concert continues through November 4, 2023, with performances featuring new choreographic works by dance majors in collaboration with visual artists, lighting and costume designers, composers, animators, and filmmakers. "Ruminate" (performed...
Rutgers Filmmaking Center ranked #7 among public institutions by TheWrap
Rutgers Filmmaking Center has been ranked #7 among public institutions (and #27 overall) by TheWrap.
Theater alum oversees costumes for LIVE with Kelly & Mark’s Halloween special
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.
Dance Student earned standing ovation for “America’s Got Talent” performance in honor of his mother
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.
Why I Made This: MFA Student Natalie Romero
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.