Archive for February, 2008

Life After the MFA: Independent Publishers’ Panel

Posted by soarats on February 27th, 2008

Life After the MFA
Independent Publishers’ Panel
Tuesday, March 4th
413 Dodge Hall, 8PM

featuring

Rob Spillman
TIN HOUSE BOOKS

Matvei Yankelevich
UGLY DUCKLING PRESS

Martha Rhodes
FOUR WAY BOOKS

Jill Schoolman
ARCHIPELAGO PRESS

Richard Nash
SOFTSKULL PRESS

Also see the attached flyer.

And mark your calendars for our next Life After the MFA event:
Tuesday, March 25th
Dodge 413, 8PM
Panel featuring Editors from Major Publishing Houses
Come gaze on the face of the editor who will publish your best-selling memoir/novel/masterpiece;
editors from Random House, Harcourt, Ecco/HarperCollins, and FSG will be participating, among others.
Independent Press Panel pdf

CU Arts Initiative — Send Notices Their Way!

Posted by soarats on February 14th, 2008

An informative message from our “man on the inside” David Harrington at CU Arts:

Dear SoA Student, Research Arts Student, or Alum,

You’re an artist. You need people to know about your art. The Arts Initiative knows these people.

  • 35000 monthly visitors to cuarts.columbia.edu
  • 1000s of tickets sold at the Ticket and Information Center (TIC) in Lerner and tic.columbia.edu
  • 8500 members of CAAL, The Columbia Alumni Arts League
  • 7000 subscribers to the CUArts weekly e-newsletters
  • 100s of student and alumni arts events posted to TIC and the Alumni Arts Calendar
  • 700 Facebook friends
  • 300 online profiles of alumni in the arts

And the Arts Initiative wants to know you too. Please keep in touch at Columbia and beyond.

The Arts Initiative
www.cuarts.columbia.edu
alumniarts@columbia.edu

Feb 2008 Writing MFA Graduates

Posted by soarats on February 13th, 2008

The School of the Arts takes pride in presenting the list of its February 2008 graduates, who, as of Wednesday, February 13, having met or surpassed the requirements of their respective programs, have thereby been awarded the Master of Fine Arts degree from the Columbia University School of the Arts.

Congratulations to all these students.  We wish them success in all their future endeavors.  Should you be in contact with one or more of them, please take a moment to acknowledge their hard work and to wish them well.

Masters of Fine Arts in Writing:

Justin Daniel Belmont
David Samuel Englander
Christopher John Evans
Michelle Theresa Heinz
Luis Rafael Rodriguez
Sandra Rachel Schmuhl