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DEAR COLUMBIA COLLEGE COMMUNITY AND FRIENDS,
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oday is Columbia’s shining moment as we place a spotlight on the glorious work of our graduating students–at both the graduate and under-
graduate level–all wrapped in an urban arts festival that captures our creative spirit and celebrates our community. Manifest has emerged as Columbia’s signature event, one of the most impressive festivals you will find on any college campus and a major cultural presence in Chicago. In 2013, Manifest will celebrate its 13th anniversary. Superstition might suggest this is an unlucky year, but we at Columbia understand that one’s destiny is not predetermined, only created. So we have created a magical day for you. Every Columbia building and the adjoining parking lots and sidewalks in and around the South Loop will be filled with energy, art, passion and the creative output of our students. We begin the day with our Great Convergence as we come together to celebrate our creative community, and we are dazzled by the spectacle, theater, dance and music of our faculty and students. The Great Convergence reminds us of the singular and incredible power of our community. To our graduates: Congratulations! To our faculty: Your inspiration is palpable in your students’ stunning bodies of work. To our staff: You have crafted a creative environment for your students. To our alumni: Welcome home. To our parents: Be proud. To our guests: Be amazed. Welcome to Manifest 2013.
This special advertising supplement is published in partnership with The Columbia Chronicle and the Office of Student Communications, a division of Student Affairs. A special Thank you to our publishing team: Heather Schröering, Sophia Coleman, Lindsey Woods, Erik Rodriguez, Sylvia Leak, Miranda Cummings, Michael Fischer, James Foster, Charles Jefferson, Dennis Valera Jr., Alexandra Kukulka, Tyler Eagle, Tatiana Walk-Morris, Katherine Davis, Maria Castellucci, Morgan Mercieca, Kaitlin Lounsberry, Stephanie Goldberg, Jeff Lyon and Chris Richert
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MANIFESTOVERVIEW By Morgan Mercieca Contributing Writer
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hat do you call the yearly celebration of the graduating class’ hard work that draws huge numbers to the South Loop and showcases the Columbia community, all in a 12-hour span? There’s only one word for a party as big as this: Manifest. For the past 13 years, Columbia has taken over parts of State Street and Wabash Avenue to celebrate its graduating seniors. The college is expecting 30,000 attendees at this year’s festival, including creative professionals, students, faculty, staff, parents and community members, said Mark Kelly, vice presi-
dent of Student Affairs. The festival will take place on May 17 and will include 80 departmental showcases of work by more than 2,000 graduating students, as well as other student–driven activities, such as a lowrider carousel. These events will allow graduating seniors to do what Columbia students do best: network with professionals in their industry, such as the fashion industry breakfast in the Arcade, 618 S. Michigan Ave., at 9:30 a.m. There will be 15 galleries of student work, 25 student performances on the street and eight music stages
around campus. This year’s festival will even feature a zip line, where students can glide while wearing either a cap or gown or other costumes, Kelly said. Students will also be able to write a message to their families on a dryerase board and hold it on the ride, while they have their picture taken, he added. The Great Convergence, the precursor to all the bands performing at Main Stage, will be a Columbia-style collision of music, theater and dance. More than 100 students have come together to create this event, which is a main feature of Manifest and one of the most
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highly attended events of the festival. “The Great Convergence represents the moment that we come together to celebrate who we are, our values and our creative community,” Kelly said. Manifest producers have addressed a recent complaint posted on a Chicago Now blog April 6 concerning the noise from the multiple music stages and festival set up, as reported by The Chronicle on April 12. To address this, the festival will be starting later this year than in previous years, Kelly said. Nonetheless, Manifest is bigger than ever this year, with 10,000 more spectators expected to attend the festival
than last year and two additional galleries showcasing student work. According to Kari Sommers, assistant dean of Student Life, students were more involved in the planning process this year than in previous years. “This year, Manifest is a truly student-powered festival, so much more so than past years,” Sommers said. “Students are running the stages and [audio visuals], producing the event, marketing the event, photographing the event; if you find any nook and cranny in the production process, you’ll find that students are completely involved in the creation of Manifest.”
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CON V E RGE NCE By Kaitlin Lounsberry Contributing Writer
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olumbia’s Manifest marks a time of celebration for graduating students to showcase their artistic talents and for returning students to reconnect with the spirit of Columbia following the stress of finals week. The Great Convergence is the festival’s opening event and is intended to highlight Columbia’s identity, mission and community values. This year’s Manifest celebration will kick off May 17 with Convergence at noon, with other Manifest entertainment directly following. Convergence is the only time during Manifest when the attendees will be together as one body. Mark Kelly, vice president of Student Affairs, said this year’s Manifest will feature more than 105 events illustrating graduating students’ bodies of work in the best tradition of Columbia. “[Manifest is] showcasing the graduating student work both at the master’s level and undergraduate level and then wrapped around it is this urban arts festival that captures the grit and glitter of Columbia,” Kelly said. “[Convergence is] a ritual that brings together all of us to celebrate who we are [and] our values in celebration of this creative community.” According to Kari Sommers, assistant dean of Student Life, this year’s theme, “Step Into Your Voice,” exemplifies graduating students’ journey from Columbia into the professional world as well as reminding first year students of Columbia’s creative spirit. “The purpose of ... Convergence is to … be inspired by the immense tal-
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ent of our students,” Sommers said. “[It’s] to feel the presence of our community and the weight of our community and the talent and the creativity of the community.” Convergence will begin at the main stage tent on Wabash Avenue, closing 9th to 11th streets to traffic during the event, according to Kelly. Though a number of students have been producing and rehearsing Convergence, Ann Boyd, a Theater Department professor and teacher of the Creating Performance Seminar, which has been directly involved with the production of Convergence, said this year’s event aims to encourage attendee participation. “There’s this combination of the parade to the site being … very loosely structured so that people can really enter into the parade themselves, and the ideal of this universal dance phrase that they can learn it on the spot,” Boyd said.“There are these scarves, hundreds of scarves, being handed out so that people can really feel like they’re just on the fly part of this huge visual and physical spectacle.” Convergence brings home the message of why students attend Columbia, reinforcing the power of collaboration and passion the college strives to embody, according to Boyd. Kelly agreed, adding, “I think this was true that many in the audience [last year] told me [after the Convergence] that they were brought to tears because of the power of the moment.”
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THE GREAT CONVERGENCE 2013 Step Into Your Voice! The Great Convergence is Manifest’s signature moment, created by Columbia students and guided by the faculty and staff. Using metaphor, pageantry, ritual and theatricality to untether imaginations, it is a grand spectacle that brings Columbia together as a singular community—one Columbia. The community celebrates its creative culture and honors all of the graduates and guests through this event that kicks off Manifest and Commencement Weekend.
PROCESSION Dancers: Movement created by dance faculty Keesha Beckford and Dardi McGinley Gallivan, performed by Dance students
Musicians: Percussion Ensemble, directed by Jarrett Hicks Banjo students, directed by Gregory Cahill Horn players, directed by Carey Deadman & Scott Hall
Main Stage Band: Pop Orchestra, directed by Carey Deadman Repertory Performance Ensemble, directed by Walter Owens & Assistant Director Antonio Ross
Puppet & Costume Designers Designed by Pageantry and the Art of Spectacle Class students Violet Casillas, Nathan Clifford, Emma Gullo, Steven Hiben, Connor Murray, Micah Patton, Delia Ridenour, Elizabeth Scroggins and Josephine Wilson with guidance of theater faculty: Chelsea Warren and Jacqueline Penrod
Puppeteers Directed and performed by theater students with guidance from Creating Performance Seminar students Nathan Clifford, Sherard Howell, Kelly Kabialis, Diane McNulty, Emily Nikfar, Sommer Rodriguez, Keri Schnabel, Ben Wollner and theater faculty Ann Boyd
Inspired by rites of passage ceremonies from around the world, theater, music and dance students, with support from audio arts & acoustics, American sign language and television majors, have developed Step Into Your Voice! as a transformative process of a Columbia education. More than 200 students and 15 faculty have participated in the creation and production of the Great Convergence 2013.
with guidance from faculty members Ann Boyd, Chelsea Warren and Jacqueline Penrod
Convergence Dance Choreography by Keesha Beckford Dancers: Chelsea Brooks, Monica Carrow, Chelsea Crabtree, Marie Fortsch, Nicole Gilbertson, Nora Gustafson, Megan Pavelka*, Jacqueline Pojasek Costumes: Nathan Clifford, theater Shoes: Caitlin Meyers Music: Carey Deadman * denotes assistant to the choreographer
Dance Music “Step into your voice” Composition by Carey Deadman
Convergence Song “When it all comes together” Performed by the Music Department Pop Orchestra Ensemble and Repertory Performance Ensemble, directed by Carey Deadman, Walter Owens and Assistant Director Antonio Ross Composition by Carey Deadman Lyrics by Steve Hadley
Recessional Puppets and minions designed, directed and performed by theater students with guidance from faculty members Ann Boyd, Chelsea Warren and Jacqueline Penrod
CREDITS: The Great Convergence Content Producer: Margi Cole,
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Dance Department faculty
Chorus performed by musical theater students from the cast of “The Photographer”
Content Coordinator: Steve Hadley, Music Department
Music Department Music Director/Composer Carey Deadman
Graduate Puppet and Minions
With special thanks to Music Department Chair Dick
Designed, directed and performed by theater students
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Theatre Department Content Coordinators: Ann Boyd, Jacqueline Penrod and Chelsea Warren, Theater Department faculty Puppet and Spectacle Costume: Violet Casillas, Nathan Clifford, Emma Gullo, Steven Hiben, Connor Murray, Micah Patton, Delia Ridenour, Elizabeth Scroggins and Josephine Wilson Puppet: Taylor Bibat, Elizabeth Breit, Lacy Katherine Campbell and Tara Smith Spectacle: Lindsy Groshek and Liz Meenan Directed by Creating Performance Seminar students: Nathan Clifford, Sherard Howell, Kelly Kabialis, Diane McNulty, Emily Nikfar, Sommer Rodriguez, Keri Schnabel and Ben Wollner With special thanks to Theater Department Chair John Green
Dance Department Dance Department Manifest Coordinator: Dardi McGinley Gallivan Choreography: Keesha Beckford, Dance Department faculty Universal Dance Phrase Choreography: Keesha Beckford and Dardi McGinley Gallivan With special thanks to Dance Department Chair Onye Ozuzu
American Sign Language/English Interpretation Department (ASL) Practicum students Aimee Forte and Patty Casas Staff Interpreter Jenny Day-Catterson With special thanks to ASL Department Chair Diana Gorman and Columbia’s Interpreting Services, Duriyah Wilborn
Stage Manager Diane Ament
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PRESENTATIONS Cultural Studies Forum
Studio A 600 S. Michigan Ave.
Congress Center 33 E. Congress Parkway
Alexandroff Campus Center 600 S. Michigan Ave. Congress Center 33 E. Congress Parkway
Film Row Cinema 1104 S. Wabash Ave.
730 S. Wabash Ave.
Hokin Hall 623 S. Wabash Ave. Classic Studio 72 E. 11th St.
Congress Center 33 E. Congress Parkway Wabash Campus 916 S. Wabash, Lobby
Sherwood Community Library 1312 S. Michigan Ave.
8 am
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Through oral presentations of their capstone thesis projects, Columbia’s cultural studies students showcase the knowledge, skills and expertise they have developed throughout their studies in the Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies program. The forum is a great introduction to the ways in which cultural studies links theory and practice. Sherwood Community Library | 1312 S. Michigan Ave.
Senior Capstone Game Projects
11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Stop by the Interactive Arts & Media Department to play games developed in senior capstone courses. Wabash Campus | 916 S.Wabash Ave., Lobby
Art + Design BA Showcase
11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Columbia’s Art + Design Department presents the work of its graduating BA Art + Design students. Congress Center | 33 E. Congress Parkway
9 am
9 pm 10 pm 11 pm
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When Words Meet Images: Art History and Visual Culture Symposium at Manifest Live Cooking Demo/Luke Palermo
8 pm
Early Childhood Education
7 pm
Marketing Comm.
6 pm
Art & Elementary Teaching
5 pm
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Student Teaching Artists from the Theatre Department’s Teaching Practicum class present a series of mini-performances created with middle school students from Perspectives Charter School/IIT Campus. Witness the outcome of in-depth ensemble and youth development between Columbia students and a delightfully mischievous group of 8th graders as they explore themes of power and authority, themselves as superheroes and the hijinks of classroom mayhem. Classic Studio | 72 E. 11th St.
ASL P.A.S.
4 pm
Mischievous: Stories of Power and Prank
Papermaker’s Garden
3 pm
Art History and Visual Culture Symposium
2 pm
Stories of Power and Prank
1 pm
Art + Design BA Showcase
Noon
Senior Capstone Game Projects
11 am
Cultural Studies Forum
10 am
11:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Come watch the presentation of original research and critical analysis of art and design from graduating capstone students in the Thesis Practicum in Art History. Hokin Hall | 623 S.Wabash Ave.
Papermaker’s Garden
1:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Please join us in the Papermaker’s Garden for papermaking demonstrations using garden fibers, art installations and performances by Interdisciplinary Arts graduate students, including a handmade paper installation by Boo Gilder and Claire Sammons. Also learn more about this summer’s phase two construction in the garden. 730 S. Wabash Ave.
A Show of Hands-ASL Performing Arts Showcase 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. A Show of Hands is an ASL-English Interpretation Department Performing Arts Extravaganza. Presenting an impressive showcase of American Sign Language through vibrant poetry, song interpretation, storytelling, improvisational comedy and more. Performances include a collection of works from Creativity in ASL, ASL Literature, ASL Storytelling, Music Interpreting, as well as personal works from students within the department. Film Row Cinema | 1104 S. Wabash Ave.
MAT Programs – Art & Elementary Masters Teaching Programs Showcase
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. The best lesson plans created by teacher candidates during their 2013 student teaching internships will be on display for review. Congress Center |33 E. Congress Parkway
Marketing Communication Department Showcase
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Marketing Communication students will present their final senior projects. Guests will be introduced to the Marketing Communication Department scholars including the Patricia McCarty Scholar, the Howard Mendelsohn Scholar, the winner of the Media Plan Award, Internship awardees and the winner of the Strategic Partner Award. Alexandroff Campus Center | 600 S. Michigan Ave.
Early Childhood Education Program Showcase
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. This showcase is a gallery exhibit showcasing the capstone projects of undergraduate students in the Education Department. Through interdisciplinary projects, students illustrate the collected memories, joys and challenges of becoming and being a teacher in the ever-changing field of education. Congress Center |33 E. Congress Parkway, Rm 501-503
Live Cooking Demo with Luke Palermo - TV Department
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. It’s the end of the school year, so what better way to celebrate than joining us at Manifest in collaboration with the Television Department to support one of our esteemed faculty members and a great cause? Commemorate this special time with the release party of the second volume of “My Dinners with Sharon.” This end-of-school year event will feature a live cooking demonstration as well as appetizers for attendees to nibble on. So bring your appetite and wallet to purchase the new cookbook, which includes a DVD of Luke preparing some of his favorite dishes. If that’s not enough, no need to fret, be prepared for a much larger event in the fall to celebrate the Sharon A. Palermo Scholarship. Studio A | 600 S. Michigan Ave.
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C101 Gallery 33 E. Congress Parkway
Elephant Gallery 704 S. Wabash Ave.
Senior Showcase Design
ﬔe Elephant Room Gallery
Manifest ﬔesis Exhibition Reception
Launch 2013
Curious Body Experimental Installations
Designers, Directors, and Technicians Gallery
TicToc: Gallery Pixelated
Audio Showcase
7 pm
Center for Book & Paper Arts 1104 S. Wabash Ave.
618 S. Michigan Ave.
1014 S. Michigan Ave.
Studio 404 72 E. 11th St.
Bike Lot 8th St. and Wabash Ave.
Congress Center 33 E. Congress Parkway, Basement
TicToc: Foreclosed Homes
Product Design Showcase & Reception
TicToc: Duck Duck Goose
TicToc: Street Art to Take Home
Design Showcase
Congress Center 33 E. Congress Parkway
Congress Center 33 E. Congress Parkway, Lobby Music Center 1014 S. Michigan Ave., Lobby Congress Center 33 E. Congress Parkway
Bike Lot 8th St. and Wabash Ave.
TicToc: Animal Notes
ﬔe Big Read at Manifest: In the Time of the Butterflies
BFA Fine Art ﬔesis Exhibition at C33 Gallery
TicToc: ﬔe Clothesline Project
BFA Fine Art ﬔesis Exhibition at A+D Gallery
South Michigan Campus 624 S. Michigan Ave.
C33 Gallery 33 E. Congress Parkway, 1st floor
Sculpture Garden S. Wabash Ave. and E. 11th Street
Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D 619 S. Wabash Ave.
Comic cArt
Project Rm
6 pm
Shop Columbia 623 S. Wabash Ave. Project Rm 916 S. Wabash Ave.
Journalism Exhibition
5 pm
Photography Exhibition & Reception
4 pm
Congress Center 33 E. Congress Parkway, 2nd floor
3 pm
Eonian: Activism is Everlasting
2 pm
Hokin Project and Interactive Arts and Media Presents: “Free Lunch”
1 pm
Studio East 1006 S. Michigan Ave., 1st floor Wabash Lot 911 S. Wabash Ave. Hokin Gallery 623 S. Wabash Ave., 1st floor
Noon
2013 MFA Photography ﬔesis Exhibition
11 am
TicToc: Surveillance Art 1
10 am
Glass Curtain Gallery 1104 S. Wabash Ave., 1st floor Wabash Campus 916 S. Wabash, 2nd floor
9 am
Columbia College Library Manifest at the Library 624 S. Michigan Ave.
8 am
Alexandroff Campus Center, Tour Center Windows 600 S. Michigan Ave.
EXHIBITIONS
8 pm 9 pm
Manifest at 10 thepmLIbrary
8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Visit the Columbia College Library during Mani11 pm fest and discover the remarkable story of Columbia and Chicago. Library | 624 S. Michigan Ave.
TicToc: Surveillance Art 1
9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Surveillance Art1 questions the use of surveillance technologies by exposing its function under the guise of an interactive experience. SA1 demonstrates the need to be critical of the technologies we use. Wabash Campus | 916 S.Wabash Ave., 2nd Floor
2013 MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The Photography Department and the Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces present the 2013 MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition featuring new works
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by Nick Albertson, Barbara Diener, Gregory Evans, Josh Poehlein, Jay Turner and Frey Seawell. Glass Curtain Gallery | 1104 S. Wabash Ave., 1st floor
Hokin Project and Interactive Arts and Media Presents: “Free Lunch” 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. “Free Lunch” presents work by graduating seniors of the Interactive Arts and Media Department (IAM). “Free Lunch” emphasizes IAM’s focus on the intersections between art, media and emerging technologies. Hokin Gallery | 623 S. Wabash Ave., 1st floor
Eonian: Activism is Everlasting
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. “Eonian: Activism is Everlasting” is an outdoor exhibition curated by One Tribe, in which artists working in different fields come together to showcase how activism and social change are an essential part of artistic practice. Wabash Lot| 911 S. Wabash Ave., Parking Lot Information from colum.edu/Manifest
Journalism Exhibition
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Come join Columbia’s top journalism students, both graduate and undergraduate, as they share stories and experiences and show off excellent work from the past year. Congress Center | 33 E. Congress Parkway, 2nd Floor, Room 210
Project Rm
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Visit the Interactive Arts and Media Department’s gallery space, Project Rm, to view interactive projects developed by IAM students. Project Room | 916 S. Wabash Ave.
Comic cArt
11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Comic cArt is a showcase of Columbia graphic artists and illustrators. The cart will have printed graphic art for sale
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on a variety of media including (but not limited to) comics, minis, stickers and prints. The Comic cArt will debut the fourth edition of “Linework” along with previous editions. Shop Columbia| 623 S.Wabash Ave.
BFA Fine Art Thesis Exhibition at A+D Gallery
11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Organized by Columbia curator and artist Justin Witte, the exhibition features 30 artists working in a variety of media. Part of Manifest, the exhibition is concurrently running at C33 Gallery, 33 E. Congress Parkway. A catalog with an introduction by Professor Sabina Ott and an essay by critic Jason Foumberg will accompany the exhibition. Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery | 619 S. Wabash Ave.
BFA Fine Art Thesis Exhibition at C33 Gallery
11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. See the exceptional work of Columbia’s graduating graphic design, advertising art direction, illustration, interior architecture and product design students on display. A reception follows at 5 p.m. C33 Gallery | 33 E. Congress Parkway, First Floor
TicToc: The Clothesline Project
Noon – 7:00 p.m. A visual display of t-shirts decorated by survivors of violence, this project is designed to raise consciousness about the issues of domestic and sexual violence. Sculpture Garden | South Wabash Ave. & East 11th Street The Big Read: In the Time of the Butterflies Noon – 8:00 p.m. As part of national arts program The Big Read and Manifest, the Columbia library will showcase artwork dealing with broad themes addressed in Julia Alvarez’s novel, “In the Time of the Butterflies,” including violence against women, political activism, equal rights and the history of the Dominican Republic. South Michigan Campus | 624 S. Michigan Ave.
TicToc: Animal Notes
Noon – 9:00 p.m. A post-it note mosaic of animals that begs visitors to write on its facade and take a piece or two with them when they go. Alexandroff Campus Center, Tour Center Windows| 600 South Michigan Avenue & 1104 S. Wabash Avenue
TicToc: Street Art to Take Home
Noon – 7:00 p.m. Street artist Nino Rodriguez will make miniature spray painted art work for you to take with you. Bike Lot | 8th Street and Wabash Avenue
Product Design Showcase + Reception
Noon – 8:00 p.m. See the exceptional work of Columbia’s graduating product design students on display. A reception follows at 2 p.m. Congress Center, C101 | 33 E. Congress Parkway
Design Showcase
Noon – 5:00 p.m. Columbia’s Art + Design Department celebrates the efforts of its graduating seniors with an exhibition of student work. The exhibition will feature work from students in Graphic Design, Illustration, Advertising Art Direction, Product Design and Interior Architecture. A reception will follow at 5 p.m. Congress Center | 33 E. Congress Parkway
TicToc: Duck Duck Goose
Noon – 7:00 p.m. A sculptural installation by Adam Rust featuring taxidermied water fowl. Music Center | 1014 S. Michigan Ave., Lobby
TicToc: Foreclosed Homes
Noon – 3:00 p.m. A photography installation featuring recently foreclosed homes. These images by Rosetta Argento tell the forgotten stories of the people who once walked through these empty spaces. Congress Center | 33 E. Congress Parkway, Lobby
Photography Exhibition / Reception
1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Columbia’s Photography Department celebrates the work of its graduating students. The gallery space showcases the varied interests of our students, including photojournalism, documentary, fine art photography, fashion photography and site-specific installations. Additionally, the exhibition will feature an intimate book room and multi-media room. The exhibition opens Monday, May 6, and closes Sunday, May 19. Reception following exhibition at 5 p.m. Studio East | 1006 S. Michigan Ave., First Floor
Audio Showcase
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Visitors can experience artistic, technical and research presentations by students in the various concentrations of the Department of Audio Arts + Acoustics: Audio Design & Production, Audio for Visual Media, Live & Installed Sound, and Acoustics. Congress Center | 33 E. Congress Parkway, Lower level
TicToc: Gallery Pixelated
1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Join the Gallery Pixelated Gang to participate in a large interactive art piece which will be eventually featured on Gallery Pixelated‘s website: gallerypixelated.com Bike Lot | 8th Street and Wabash Avenue
Curious Body Experimental Installations
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. The Film & Video Department’s Experimental Film Society curates a show that highlights media installations showcasing and extending the notion of cinema and television into physical environments and 3D space. Work has been chosen that questions the boundaries of the frame, invites you to explore strange moments, the texture of digital video and the role of the audience. Enter the room and explore a variety of displays, both grandiose and intimate, single and multiple channel work. 1104 S. Wabash Ave.
Launch 2013
2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Come see this multimedia fashion event featuring the work of graduating Fashion Studies seniors. The afternoon includes three runway shows, a fashion exhibition and informal modeling! Event will be streamed live. 618 S. Michigan Ave.
Manifest Thesis Exhibition Reception
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. During the campus–wide neighborhood festival and celebration of students’ creative accomplishments, the MFA Thesis exhibition will be open for Manifest to showcase the talents of graduating students from the Book & Paper and Interdisciplinary Arts and Media programs. Center for Book & Paper Arts | 1104 S. Wabash Ave.
Manifest at The Elephant Room Gallery
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Join us for the Closing Reception for “Alter Egos,” an exhibition of colorful mixed media works by Joseph “Sentock” Perez. Elephant Gallery | 704 S. Wabash Ave.
Senior Showcase of Graphic Design, Illustration, & Advertising Art Direction
5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Students graduating from Columbia’s Graphic Design, Illustration, and Advertising Art Direction programs between December 2012 and August 2013 are invited to present tabled portfolios for review by professional guests from the creative community. C101 Gallery | 33 E. Congress Parkway
Designers, Director and Technicians Gallery
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Experience the creations of the Theatre Department’s talented design, theater technology and directing students. Set models, renderings, costumes, lighting, installations and interactive process projects. Come and be dazzled by the collaborative projects from the directing and design projects throughout the years. Studio 404 | 72 E. 11th St.
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Stage Combat
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Getz ﬔeatre 72 E. 11th St.
TicToc: See Alice
New Studio ﬔeatre 72 E. 11th St.
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Wabash Campus 623 S. Wabash Ave.
Classic ﬔeatre 72 E. 11th St.
Getz ﬔeatre 72 E. 11th St.
1312 S. Michigan Ave.
SPB Pop Up Lounge 9th Street & Wabash Ave. Sculpture Garden S. Wabash Ave. & 11th Street
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Getz ﬔeatre 72 E. 11th St. Congress Center 33 E. Congress Parkway
New Studio ﬔeatre 72 E. 11th St.
TicToc: Writer’s Round Robin
Wabash Campus Lobby 623 S. Wabash Ave.
Conaway Center 1104 S. Wabash Ave.
TicToc Performance Festival
Wabash Campus Lobby 623 S. Wabash Ave. First Floor Conference 1104 S. Wabash Ave.
All Campus
Festival Lot 1001 S. Wabash Ave.
923 S. Wabash Ave.
Wabash Campus 1000 S. Wabash Ave. SPB Pop Up Lounge 9th St. & Wabash Ave.
Buddy Guy’s Legends 700 S. Wabash Ave.
SPB Pop Up Lounge 9th Street & Wabash Ave.
PERFORMANCES 8 am 9 am 10 am
8 pm
TicToc: ﬔe Wanderer’s Echo
7 pm
TicToc Ritual No. 1: COUNTING BIRDS
6 pm
City on the Make
TicToc: Watermark
Playwright’s Readings
Musical ﬔeater Choreography
Creative Writing
TicToc: Suspended Between
TicToc: Duet
Trust in Creativity
Tapping
ﬔe Nexus Experience at Manifest
“Victoria/Victoria”
WCRX Radio
Comedy Workshop
TicToc: Sometimes I Dream in Technicolor
5 pm
TicToc: Bake Challah with Columbia College Chicago Hillel
TicToc Jeroquis
4 pm
Art In Motion: A Pedal Powered Experience
3 pm
Great Convergence
2 pm
Manifest: Mainstage
1 pm
TicToc: Bone Stacking
Noon
ﬔe Music Department at Buddy Guy’s
11 am
9 pm
The Music Department at Buddy Guy’s 10 pm
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Music Department presents a variety of student per11 pm at Buddy Guy’s Legends including the Gospel formances and Jazz/Pop Choirs, the Men’s and Women’s Choruses, the Pop Orchestra, the Blues, Pop/Rock, and R&B ensembles all adding up to a day filled with music. Buddy Guy’s Legends | 700 S. Wabash Ave.
TicToc: Collecting Ourselves: Bone Stacking
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. From divergent body histories, a seven-member ensemble collects shared memories and performs them through a combination of spontaneous and established movement practices with automatic writing. SPB Pop Up Lounge | 9th Street & Wabash Avenue
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The Great Convergence
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Follow the Manifest Emissaries and Columbia’s 2013 honorary degree recipients as they lead you to Manifest’s crowning experience, The Great Convergence, an enigmatic and magical Columbia concoction of spectacle, ritual, music, theater and dance. The Great Convergence will re-ignite your imagination, spark your spirit and remind you of the power and beauty of our remarkable community. Prepare to be touched and taken away by our students’ talent. 923 S. Wabash Ave.
Art In Motion: A Pedal-Powered Experience
Noon – 7:00 p.m. Art In Motion (A Pedal-Powered Experience) will engage and entertain college students, their visiting families and
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the entire Columbia / South Loop community with collaborative, interactive and bicycle-inspired opportunities. Festival Lot | 1001 S. Wabash Ave.
TicToc Performance Festival
12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. TicToc is a showcase of time-based work in performance, spectacle and installation. The TicToc artists will be showing work in Columbia’s lobbies, on the street, in storefront windows, in unexpected nooks and crannies across campus and along the Wabash Arts Corridor. This work is risky, challenging, conceptual, funny, political, absurd and stunning. Prepare to be surprised. Columbia Campus
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Noon – 5:00 p.m. Participate in a round robin story installation written by graduate fiction writers. Add a section to this ever– expanding and changing story. Conaway Center | 1104 S. Wabash Ave.
TicToc: Jeroquis
Noon – 5:00 p.m. Come join Gabriel Dib as he mixes and morphs different sounds into an immersive music experience. Conference Room | 1104 S. Wabash Ave., 1st floor
TicToc: Bake Challah with Columbia Hillel
Noon – 6:00 p.m. The braided challah (egg bread) is the Jewish Sabbath and holiday bread. On festive occasions, a blessing is said over two loaves, symbolizing the two portions of the manna distributed to the children of Israel on Fridays, during their Exodus from Egypt. Join us in baking this delicious and meaningful treat and learn what each shape and size symbolizes. Wabash Campus | 623 S. Wabash Ave., Lobby
TicToc: Sometimes I Dream in Technicolor
Noon – 5:00 p.m. Columbia is pleased to announce the presence of dream collector and analyst Dr. Ursula Hausingfraus. Dr. Hausingfraus will be collecting the dreams of all attending Manifest as part of her research and performance piece. This performance is the first component of a multi-phase project in collaboration with artist Greta Bach, a 2014 MFA candidate in Columbia is Interdisciplinary Art Program. Dr. Hausingfraus and Ms. Bach will work together interpreting the dreams and incorporating them into a large multimedia project. Dreams and interpretations will be uploaded into a blog, included in a series of zines and illustrated in mixed media on small canvas panels, which will become an animation and a large accordion book. Wabash Campus| 623 S. Wabash Ave., Lobby
Comedy Workshop
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Come see Columbia’s famed comedy students in their own creation The Da Vinci Chode. New Studio Theatre |72 E. 11th St.
WCRX Radio presents “Taking it to the Street” Broadcast
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. WCRX presents “Job Outlook,” a live radio special focusing on employment opportunities for graduating college students. Radio majors will host and produce this program as part of a month-long campaign highlighting strategies for landing the perfect job. Tune into WCRX 88.1FM or WCRXFM.com or on your mobile device through TuneIn Radio for “Manifest” updates from various venues throughout the campus. Tours of the station’s all-digital studios will also be available. Congress Center | 33 E. Congress Parkway
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The Nexus Experience 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. The NEXUS Experience is a series of spontaneous opportunities for visitors to take creative risks and become the art. Check out the silent disco and Jabberwocky art installation. The NEXUS Experience celebrates interactive, out of–the–box art, entertainment and fun. The Rabbit Hole performance stage on the NEXUS lot features Columbia dance, music and spoken word talent. 691 S. Wabash Ave.
Manifest TicToc: See Alice
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. On the verge of starvation and in need of work, erstwhile entertainer Victoria comes up with a gimmick that quickly makes her the toast of the Paris: posing as a man impersonating a woman. Getz Theatre | 72 E. 11th St.
Tapping
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tap into it! Enjoy this explosion of synchronized sound and movement. Share in the exhilaration of musical theater dance students tap dancing away on the big stage. Getz Theatre | 72 E. 11th St.
TicToc: Trust in Creativity
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. This dance work by Molly Strom and Sara Maslanka explores the paths we choose in life to reach our goals. SPB Pop up Lounge| 9th Street and Wabash Avenue, outside
TicToc: Duet
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. This durational performance piece by Elena Katsulis and Erin Peisert explores humans as wild yet conditioned animals. Sculpture Garden | South Wabash Avenue & East 11th Street
TicToc: Suspended Between
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Through spontaneous movement invention, this dance performance by Molly Hillson explores a sense of self as it relates to our surroundings and one another. SPB Pop up Lounge| 9th Street and Wabash Avenue, Outside
B.A. Creative Writing-Poetry & Nonfiction Student Showcase
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. A movement–based experiential and improvisational performance. Dancers Andy Slavin and Lydia Feuerhelm will take their choreographic cues from the patterns of water drying on the pavement. Wabash Campus | 623 S. Wabash Ave., Outside
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. This group of four hilariously talented improvisers will rock your world with wacky characters, crazy situations, and insane obstacles ... and all they need is a suggestion. Columbia Campus
Stage Combat
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Always a thrilling part of Manifest, watch Columbia theater students thrust and parry in the high energy event of Stage Combat finals. Getz Theatre | 72 E. 11th St.
“City on The Make”
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. A play set with music. 1950s Chicago as seen through the eyes of Nelson Algren: thugs, scammers, sharks and dames. “You may well know lovelier lovelies, but never a lovely so real.” New Studio Theatre| 72 E. 11th St.
TicToc: Ritual No. 1: Counting Birds
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. This piece by ROOMS Gallery features a group of performers simultaneously vocalizing a self referential mantra for three hours. Bike Lot | 8th Street & Wabash Avenue
TicToc: The Wanderer’s Echo
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. A performance art piece by Colin Martinez and Joelle Matilsky illuminating people’s nightmares and dreams of the future. 11th Street Campus
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. A showcase featuring readings by Columbia’s graduating B.A. Poetry and Nonfiction students. 1312 S. Michigan Ave.
Musical Theater Choreography Projects
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Join us for some fantastic student choreography pieces from musical theater students. Tap, jazz and contemporary dance pieces all created by our fantastic student choreographers. Getz Theatre | 72 E. 11th St.
Playwright’s Readings
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Come hear Columbia’s own playwrights reading from their new works. Classic Theatre | 72 E. 11th St.
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1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. The Film & Video Department’s Viva Documentary student group curates and screens a range of non-fiction work from graduating seniors across the college, including personal documentaries, social issue documentaries, Chicagobased documentaries and experimental documentaries, as well as a variety of other films and videos that capture the lived reality of people and emphasize the dynamic interplay between reality, experience and representation. 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Room 504
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Viva Documentary Student Screenings
1:15 p.m.–3:00 p.m. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll give a thumbs up. Come join us for a curated screening of short films by MFA Film & Video students: “Black Ink on Rice Paper” (Thavary Krouch), “After Date” (Cooper Justus), “Blackbird” (Andrew Dena), “(Super)Dan” (Timmy Tamisiea), “Girl with Child” (Maria Abraham), “The Honey Pot” (Hadeel Hadidi) and “Frames” (Zach Mehrbach). 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Room 302
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1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. The Film & Video Department’s Experimental Film Society curates and screens a range of experimental work from graduating seniors across the college. Featuring peculiar found footage, quixotic self-portraits, optically printed films, machinama, dance and movement theater films, and a variety of other films and videos that stretch, push, pull and explode the traditional notions of cinema and television. Three Programs: 1 p.m.—1:50 p.m., 2 p.m.—2:50 p.m. and 3 p.m.—3:50 p.m. 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Room 504
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1:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Catch a sneak peek and provide feedback to students from the Film & Video Department’s Advanced Practicum courses as they present cuts of short films to an audience for the first time. The Practicum is the capstone experience for most graduating seniors before entering the professional world. Media Production Center | 1600 S. State St., Stage One
Animation Production Studio Screening
3:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Animation Production Studio is the senior experience of Film & Video’s Animation program. Students create an animated short from conceptualization through presentation of the final film. A story reel and pre-production art for “Animated to Death,” plus “Nightfall” and “Tea’d Off” will premiere. View art work at 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm. There will be a 4 p.m. screening and a repeat screening at 7 p.m. Film Row Cinema | 1104 S. Wabash Ave.
Manifest: Framework Interviews
1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Four Years in two Minutes: your story, your work. Graduating Film & Video seniors reflect on where they started and how far they’ve come in these student-produced, two-minute shorts. The Film & Video Department will also be on hand in the lobby with popcorn for Manifest guests. 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Lobby
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1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Come to the world premiere of six new music videos made by Columbia student filmmakers for Columbia student musicians under the auspices of Columbia student talent managers. In addition to screening the videos, each of the featured bands will perform, followed by a Q and A with the artists involved. The music and videos range from hip-hop, rock and work of singer-songwriters. These videos were the result of a first-time collaboration between the Film and Video Department’s Music Video Production, the AEMMP Talent Agency in AEMM, the Music Department’s Recording and Performance Ensemble, with the help of costume designers from the Theatre Department and dancers from the Dance Department, representing an exciting new experience for students at Columbia. Quincy Wong Center | 623 S. Wabash Ave.
TicToc: XC3ND: Columbia College Show Choir
1:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Experience the a capella vocals and choreography of the fabulous Columbia College Show Choir. 618 S. Michigan Ave., Lobby
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Jazz Showcase with guest Dave Douglas
3:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Jazz it up with Columbia’s top student jazz ensembles. Featuring guest artist Dave Douglas with the Columbia College Fusion Ensemble, Columbia College Vocal Jazz Ensemble and the Columbia College Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Showcase | 606 S. Plymouth Court
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Radio Department DJ Showcase
1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Five hours of live mixing by various Columbia College Club DJ’s spinning hip-hop, dance, house and more. Sculpture Garden | South Wabash Avenue & East 11th Street
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4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Come watch some Columbia alumni show what they’ve got. Quincy Wong Center | 623 S. Wabash Ave.
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12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Make sure you come chill, relax and listen to some great music at the Student Programming Board Pop-Up Lounge. The Lounge will offer giveaways, music and autographs from performers and more. SPB Pop-up Lounge | 900 S. Wabash Avenue
Composition 4B Recital
7:00 p.m. Student compositions will be performed. Sherwood Community Music School | 1312 S. Michigan Ave.
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Art in Motion: A Pedal-Powered Experience
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he 2013 Manifest Urban Arts Festival on May 17 spotlights the interactive fun going on in “Art in Motion: A Pedal-Powered Experience,” which will start at noon in the Festival Lot at 1001 S. Wabash Ave. Natalie Jalouga, a senior marketing communications major, is in the Events Management Practicum that organizes this event every year, Jalouga said. Unlike last year’s Pedal-Powered Amusement Park, which featured bike-themed rides, this year’s exhibit will be more hands-on. She said. “The term ‘Art in Motion’ was chosen to play up the park’s interactivity,” Jalouga said. This year, we have a lot
of new attractions coming. We’re having a skate park with BMX performers. We’re having a bike race and a zip line. It’s a lot of new, exciting things.” Jalouga and other students from her class are part of the marketing team that is responsible for organizing the event and enlisting its sponsors. Besides making local organizations aware of the Pedal-Powered Experience, she said the marketing team is also trying to increase awareness among Columbia students in order to draw a larger turnout this year. “We’re taking surveys of the Columbia students,” Jalouga said. “[We
want] to see what they knew about the Pedal-Powered Experience last year and if they are planning on attending this year. We want to make sure we have more of a presence in Manifest this year.” A Facebook page has been created for this purpose, and the organizers are still looking for volunteers, according to Jalouga. Those who wish to sign up can do so on the “Art in Motion: A Pedal–Powered Experience” Facebook page. In addition, a special Manifest Twitter account has been created to raise awareness for students, Jalouga said. “We’re going to be doing a trend-
By Katherine Davis Contributing Writer ing topic during the day of the event,” she said. “We’ll have our own hash tag for the Art in Motion exhibit and we’re [planning] for [it] to be #AIM2013.” Jalouga said she hopes the social network efforts raise awareness for Columbia students and encourage them to visit the outdoor exhibit. “Our main goal is for everyone to come in and experience the Peda– Powered Experience,” Jalouga said. “To see [that it is] an event that the students created and put together ourselves. We want to have more of a presence and [for students] to see all the different organizations that came together.”
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n keeping with tradition, there will be three headlining bands at this year’s Manifest: Now, Now, a Minneapolis-based an indie-rock band; Chance the Rapper, a Chicago hip-hop artist; and Electric Guest, a Los Angeles-based indie-pop band. The Student Programming Board, in charge of finding acts for and promoting the main stage, announced Now, Now Feb. 26, as reported by The Chronicle March 9, and Chance the Rapper and Electric Guest on March 21, as reported by The Chronicle April 12. According to Zachary Dessent, a junior marketing communications major and the board’s brand manager, SPB’s executive committee selected Now, Now after meeting with the general board to brainstorm different bands. In light of positive responses from stu-
dents, SPB went forward with selecting the band. “We thought Now, Now would be a perfect fit for Columbia,” Dessent said. “By the response we’ve gotten from people, we can tell students are excited about the selection.” Now, Now, formerly known as Now, Now Every Children, debuted its first album “Cars” in 2008 and has followed up with several albums since then. Composed of lead vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist Cacie Dalager, drummer Brad Hale and guitarist Jess Abbott, the group released its most recent album, “Threads,” in 2012. “What we are aiming for is a band that will make students stop as they walk by the stage,” Dessent said. According to Dessent, the other artists were chosen based on SPB gen-
eral board meetings and enthusiastic response from students. Dessent said SPB wants to present a variety of talent. “Basically, what we were trying to do is create a show that any music lover could enjoy,” he said. “We wanted to have a really good mix up of genres that complemented each other. Having a lineup of Now, Now, Chance the Rapper and Electric Guest will really give something that anyone walking by the main stage at Manifest would love to stop and stay for the show just because everyone is so good.” Chance the Rapper is a 19-year-old rapper from Chicago who has recently been featured on Fake Shore Drive, a Chicago hip-hop website featuring exclusive music news. In 2012, he released his first mixtape, “10 Day.”
Electric Guest is composed of vocalist Asa Taccone and drummer Matthew “Cornbread” Compton. The band released its debut album, “Mondo,” in 2012 and just finished a yearlong tour. Taccone said Electric Guest enjoyed performing at colleges while touring. “Colleges are usually a heck of a lot of fun; that’s usually why I do them,” Taccone said. “Columbia is a great school, too.” Mark Kelly, vice president of Student Affairs, said he was impressed with the artists chosen to perform. “I think [SPB has] done an incredible job,” said Kelly. “I know their goal was to book bands that were about to make their mark and so they’re affordable to us, but they’re going to be right for the students. It looks like they just hit a home run.”
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ach year, valedictorians are selected to address their graduating class during each commencement ceremony. Students are selected for this honor based on sustained academic excellence and other outstanding accomplishments that contribute to life at Columbia, the community or the arts. Let’s give it up for their hard work and many, many accomplishments.
Brett E. King-Ruley Brett E. King-Ruley a Cultural Studies major and Women & Gender Studies minor, has devoted his time at Columbia to expanding and contemporizing the discourse on daytime serials in the United States, often referred to pejoratively as “soap operas.” In particular, he sees great value in questioning representations of queerness, gender and race (and all intersections thereof) and the corresponding messages about these identity groups that are presented to ostensibly conservative audiences. In addition to maintaining a 4.0 GPA, King-Ruley represented the Cultural Studies program abroad, specifically while studying at the University of East London. When not engaged in aca-
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demics, King-Ruley and his husband are active fundraisers and “charity athletes” for Team to End AIDS and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
Stephanie Davern Stephanie Davern is an Art History major and Women & Gender Studies minor from Naperville, IIl. Davern works as a professional birth doula, accompanying mothers to their births and helping them with the physical, mental and emotional aspects of labor and childbirth while advocating for their birth choices. Davern has had the pleasure of combining her passion for art, gender and childbirth in her studies at Columbia, and she plans to continue to write, research and theorize on the intersection of these topics after graduation.
Stephanie Jimenez Stephanie Jimenez is the proud aunt of a little curly haired boy who shares her same love for television. Though Jimenez has many hobbies and interests—from dancing to cooking to photography— she discovered an undeniable passion for editing and production. Her goal is to establish her television career in Chicago. Jimenez has met some of
her goals as she has accepted a position at NBC. She hopes to further develop her skills in this field and share her work with others.
Cassandra Norris Cassandra Norris spent her first 18 years in a small southwest suburb of Chicago, so an escape to the city was inevitable. An actor, singer and writer in high school, Columbia’s artsy vibe seemed like the perfect fit for someone who wanted to do everything. Within months, the journalism major found her new niche on campus with the Student Government Association, and all aspirations to act or sing took a backseat to policy-making and legislation. Though the experiences in the Journalism Department at Columbia were irreplaceable, her time as student body president is what molded her into the student she is; one that’s proudly taking her BA in Journalism to The University of Chicago for a Master’s degree in Public Policy. Between the 3.9 GPA and SGA Presidency, Norris also worked her way through college as everything from a waitress to a beer wench in a castle. She hopes to one day be a valued part of the domestic
policy process, even though in a letter she wrote as a high school freshman, she predicted her future self would be “writing about anything and everything ... except politics. Because that’s such a snore.”
Suzanne Miller Typical for a Hoosier, this girl loves basketball. The only thing she loves more is advertising, so she skipped the cornfields and hit the big city. Graduating with a B.A. in marketing communications and a minor in web development, Miller plans to work as an art director in Chicago, so she can be around for the next championship and close to her loving and supportive Columbia family.
Jason Piszczor Jason Piszczor is a filmmaker, explorer, nature enthusiast and aspiring skydiver originally from northeast Ohio. He has spent the last four years collaborating with others while documenting the lives of modern day mavericks. Now living in Los Angeles, Piszczor’s goal is to continue to create inspirational digital media that involve adventure sports, nature, science and aviation.
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Waba sh Arts Corridor By Alexandra Kukulka Campus Editor
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rojections of student films on the backs of buildings along Wabash Avenue, in addition to prominently displayed photographs, poems, paintings and performance installations, will become reality over the next five years through the Wabash Arts Corridor, a plan to increase Columbia’s presence in the South Loop neighborhood. Several city officials spoke at a March 13 presentation held in the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave., including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Michelle Boone, commissioner of the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Bonnie Sanchez-Carlson, president of the Near South Planning Board. Emanuel said he believes the Wabash Arts Corridor has grown beyond Columbia by incorporating business, art and education. He said he hopes the corridor will show the city’s other communities that creating a cultural energy encourages a vibrant atmosphere citywide. “This corridor is a heartbeat for the city,” Emanuel said. “This is not just
[Columbia’s] corridor, it is the city’s corridor, and it thrives with energy and excitement.” During both meetings, administrators, faculty and students presented new developments, including expanding the Papermaker’s Garden, 750 S. Wabash Ave. According to John Kavouris, associate vice president of Facilities & Operations, the garden, which grows plants to be used to make paper in the Center for Book & Paper Arts, will undergo a full transformation, including replacing the chain link fence and incorporating a new bike rack into the garden. The college hopes to begin construction in June, Kavouris said. Alex Borgen, a graduate interdisciplinary book & paper arts major and creator of the garden, said the college also plans to expand the space by increasing the number of garden beds, adding trees and making it more accessible to the local community. “Ultimately, we hope to further the garden’s collaboration among students
Hilton WAC Project Join us for a dedication of the recent addition to the Wabash Arts Corridor, a series of large-scale photographs gracing the exterior of the iconic Hilton Chicago. The Hilton WAC Project was a partnership with Columbia College Chicago’s photography Department and Hilton Chicago.
May 17, 4:30 p.m. / Corner of 8th Street and Wabash Avenue
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and departments here at Columbia as it relates to art, environmental sustainability, outreach and commitment to this community,” Borgen said. Another proposal presented at both meetings was the Harrison Gateway project, which consists of revitalizing the art on the el train track structure poles on Harrison Street, according to Stephen DeSantis, director of Academic Affairs. The art to be displayed will be selected from submissions that were part of a contest held by the English Department last semester. Students wrote haikus, which were sent to the Photography Department so photography majors could take pictures that would visually complement the poems, DeSantis said. The gateway will also be extended to the façade of the 619 S. Wabash Ave. Building, he added. Jehan Abon, art director for the Creative Services Department, said she appreci-
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ates Columbia’s effort to showcase student work in the Wabash Arts Corridor. Specifically, Abon said she likes that the students who produce written work have a chance to display their effort with the Harrison Gateway project. “With the haikus, I just think it is really wonderful that they are offering an opportunity for a non-visual discipline to share their talents, which is often under-presented in these kinds of opportunities,” Abon said. Robin Bargar, dean of the School of Media Arts, presented the Media Glow project, which will fill empty spaces around campus with large screens to project student work, Bargar said. Media Glow can also project on the walls of buildings located around campus, he said. Because many community members walk down Wabash Avenue, the college could use the projectors to
screen films related to topics in which the community may be interested, such as Chicago history, Bargar said. “The fact is that there can be a lot of ways that we can use the building space that is in the Wabash Corridor to illuminate the kind of experiences that people would like to have [by] knowing more about what is going on in the city,” Bargar said. Boone congratulated the college and South Loop community for collaborating to create the Wabash Arts Corridor and said she is pleased with the project because it ties into the Chicago Cultural Plan 2012, which works to make the city a global destination for art. “We are thrilled that the Wabash Arts Corridor will advance so many goals in the cultural plan,” Boone said. “I am excited to see this new cultural hub take shape.”
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ayering is a familiar term for anyone who lives in a city like Chicago. Knowing how to effectively layer clothing can make the difference between being prepared or unprepared for the Windy City’s bipolar weather. For senior art & design major Thumy Phan, the student creative director of Manifest 2013, layering is what drives her concept. Layers, she believes, better describe people than labels. “I feel like a label is just one word, it only describes [people] one way,” Phan said. “So I felt like the word layer talks about how many layers everybody has. With-
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out all of these different elements to this person, they would not be that person.” Phan illustrates this in her Manifest campaign, “I would not be Thumy if I weren’t an artist, an activist, multiracial, a coffee addict and a volleyball player,” she said. She and two other finalists had their campaigns posted to Facebook from Nov. 27 to Dec. 8 for public voting. In Phan’s concept, she layers different media, like photography, illustration and graphic design. The Manifest star, which has typically been a solid star in the past, is
also made up of layered shapes. She named artists David Choe and Charmaine Olivia as influences for the mash-up of different arts media within her work. “[Choe’s] style is really cool and really different,” she said. “He paints on cardboard, wood and anything he can get his hands on.” Phan was born in Vietnam and was raised in Oklahoma City, OK. For her, Manifest was the reason she decided to apply and attend Columbia. “I wanted to go somewhere where I knew that I would get the best type of education that I could possibly get at an arts school.”
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GRADUATE STUDENT MANIFEST SHOWCASE Our graduate students are arts and media professionals and artists who are shaping the discourse and practice of the creative industries. The showcases are not to be missed.
M.F.A Thesis Photography Exhibition Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S. Wabash Ave. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
M.A. Journalism
Converged Newsroom, 33 E. Congress Pkwy. 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
M.F.A. Fiction Writing Manifest Readings The Court, 731 S. Plymouth Court 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
M.F.A. Creative Writing Poetry and Non-fiction Student Showcase Sherwood Conservatory, 1312 S. Michigan Ave. 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
M.A. Department of Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Shift Happens and Research Celebration 624 S. Michigan Ave. 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
M.F.A. Film and Video Screening 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Room 302 1:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Art & Elementary Masters Teaching Programs Showcase 33 E. Congress Pkwy., Room 404 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Interdisciplinary Arts M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition Reception Center for Book and Paper Arts, 1104 S. Wabash Ave. 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
AEMM Department Reception 623 S. Wabash Ave., Hokin Gallery 4:30pm – 5:00 pm
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