UNLOCKED: Manifest 2023

This collective art | collective action project consists of plaster/pulped paper hearts and hands each decorated by the Artist in Society students. On Manifest, guests are welcome to take a piece of their choosing and consider leaving a donation to support the Little Food Library initiative.

This exhibit explores the connections between research and creative outputs.

Trans Fam club curated works that reflect the trans and queer experience.
Trans Fam is a club that brings transgender and non-conforming students together to build a better community. Our mission is to empower trans and gender non-conforming individuals to have an outlet and access to resources, community, and a safe space to hang out.

2023 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition
May 6 – 20, 2023
Shall We Go To The Happy Land? Performed by Young Kim Mon-Fri at Noon
Reception: May 11, 6-9pm with Performance by Young Kim at 7:30pm
The 2023 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition features the thesis works of the MFA candidates in Columbia College Chicago's Art and Art History Department. The exhibition, which includes paintings, sculptures, wearables, sound, performance, and installation works, represents the culmination of several years of development on a cohesive body of work for each artist.
Participating Artists: Young Kim, Ryan Lucas, and Melanie Miller-Silver.
The 2023 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Department of Exhibitions, Performance, and Student Spaces (DEPS), the Department of Art and Art History, and Paul Catanese, Director of Graduate Studies for Art and Art History.

The Concept to Consumer senior capstone course is a year-long experience combining students from Product Development and Merchandising.
These cross-functional teams worked with midwestern fashion businesses: Ellie Day Activewear and Christina Karin to design, develop and merchandise new collections with the goal to expand the product category offering.
Student work will be displayed in the atrium of the Student Center during Manifest!

Columbia seniors who were recognized for national honors with their case study submissions. Senior scholarship winners for the NRF Foundation Student Challenge and Next Generation national competitions as well as the FSF Fashion Scholarship Fund.

'The Huipil: Art/Object' explores the history and artistry of the Huipil. Curated by students in FASH 383: Fashion and Dress Beyond the West, this critical research exhibition draws upon objects from the Fashion Study Collection and aims to 'decolonize' the display of fashion and dress.

Come celebrate the work created by our senior journalism students. The walls in 33 E. Ida B. Wells will feature articles published in the Columbia Chronicle and Echo magazine, along with stories by seniors in Solutions Journalism that were published in local publications, including the Reader and Streetwise. Student radio hosts at WCRX will also be interviewing Echo students about some of their work.

Tour Columbia's very own newsroom with student staff members of The Columbia Chronicle from 9:30am to 12pm in room 224!

Join the audience of Columbia's only live TV news show and watch the final production of TV Newsbeat, the senior capstone course for Photojournalism and Broadcast Journalism students. The show will be filmed in 210 at 33 E. Ida B. Wells. Audience members must be in place by the start of the show and will need to remained seated in the studio during the live taping. Taping starts at 11:00am and is done by 11:30am.

Watch the short documentaries produced by our graduating photojournalism students and view some of their favorite still images captured during their time at Columbia. 2nd floor of 33 E. Ida B. Wells

Cinema and Television Arts' Experimental Film Society curates and presents a range of experimental work by students. Watch how films stretch, push, pull and explode the traditional notions of cinema and television.
Selection 1: Found Footage and Super Cuts
Selection 2: Performance Collaborations & Bric-a-Brac
Selection 3: Experimental Films at the Peak

Cinema and Television Arts' Experimental Film Society curates a show of media installations that showcase and extend the notion of cinema and television into physical environments and 3-D space. The works question the boundaries of the frame and invite you to explore strange moments.

Celebrate short capstone films created in Cinema Directing III during the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters by undergraduate BA filmmakers featuring:

SILENT READING TIME
THE SILENT MAJORITY
NOCTURNAL
PEACE IN DROWNING

College to career! FrameWork video cover letters feature graduating students in Cinema and Television Arts who want to connect with the Industry. These short pieces feature film and media makers' personalities and their work. Watch on workstations.

Graduate student Will Rossi will be conducting an experiment to study user preferences for AR controls.

Be transported into fantastic environments created by our Animation and Game Art students with the IAM greenscreen experience! Pick and choose from a variety of backgrounds and original characters to have yourself photoshopped into digital worlds, and have photos of your experience emailed directly to you, free of charge!

This semester, the IAM Teams and Studio Collaboration class collaborated with Stumble & Relish, an Evanston boutique. The design challenge was to create new developments and designs for the boutique's online presence, to better meet their target audience's needs but also to diversify their user base, while maintaining - but polishing - the brand. Our project took place over the 15-week Spring 2023 semester and involved modernizing the store's social media and website, as well as designing interactive advertisement strategies. By applying user and industry research, as well as the unique creative design talents of students in the class, we established a well-researched case study on internal and external branding and design. Our final deliverable includes the case study, social media guidelines and templates to increase customer engagement and standardize the brand presentation of Stumble & Relish across social media platforms, a revamped Shopify website to improve its user presence and strengthen the Stumble & Relish brand, and an AR interactive advertising experience to provide a new engagement platform to help with diversification of the users. During Manifest, we hope to display artifacts that demonstrate our ideation processes as well as the final deliverables themselves.

Our IAM Indie and Large Team classes present the games they've created this year. Preview them in the lobby of 916 S. Wabash before you play them in room 142!

Renegades eSports hosts a day-long tournament of beloved classic games like Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart.

The Columbia Renegades eSports team will spend a marathon day of live streaming gameplay spotlighting this year's Indie and Large Team capstone games. Every hour will start with a new game, running from 10am CDT until they run out!

Graduating senior Communication Department students showcase the highlights of their 2022-2023 adventure!
This showcase is filled with client work from Agency classes (working with 1871 and non-profits), nationally-awarded competition work, portfolio highlights, and high-profile partnership coursework. Attendees will also celebrate student scholars, including the Elizabeth Frances Calabrese scholarship recipients and the National Retail Federation student scholarship winners. Join us for this student achievement celebration -- and, a lot of entertaining, great work from our future rockstars!

After presentations is a special performance by the Communication Department's very own Audio Drama Club!

FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN Art Gallery provides an open space for the exploration of women's intersectional identities and experiences for the critical and civil exchange of ideas through art. FWBW Art Gallery is a space for women and non-binary artists from our local Chicago community. We welcome art from all women, including trans women and femme/feminine-identifying genderqueer and non-binary artists.

This year's exhibition presents the work of over 50 creatives, across disciplines and media. Through these voices, we challenge social norms and promote positive gender attitudes. We give voice to women with a goal to foster a more inclusive learning environment and to advance a culture of equity, empowerment, and aspiration.

Homecoming transforms the typical American family home setting and ideals into a space that activates healing, understanding, hope, and community. This transformation is created with a collection of artworks documenting Black people's experiences navigating the justice system. Through an artistic and critical exploration of the culture and lifestyles of incarcerated people, we call for the re-imagining of a world that cultivates healing, restorative justice, and humanity.

Graduating seniors present their capstone research projects. Presentations will be followed by a Q&A with the students and a small reception.

Take the red carpet to the premiere screening of short films produced by Cinema and Television Arts students in the BFA Thesis capstone class and see spots made in Producing the Commercial.

LUCILLE
24/7
DISSONANCE
RED RECTANGLE

Join On-Air personalities as they interview bands, organizers, and friends from around Columbia College to celebrate the end of their college chapter and beginning of their next chapter.
Stop by the Radio Station in 33, listen to great music and chat with the student hosts.
Listen Live on WCRXFM.com

Have you been recently admitted to Columbia for Fall 2023? Come on up and join us on the 4th floor of the Student Center for a Manifest Mixer! You'll meet other new admits and current students, plus you'll have a chance to chat with Columbia staff. We'll head out as a group around 12:30 p.m. and hop into the Manifest Parade, which ends at the mainstage for the kickoff concert.

Join AAA Department faculty Dan Dietrich and students from his recording practicum as they walk you through the process of engineering, producing, and mastering tracks from bands who have appeared on WCRXFM's "Sessions @33."
Afterwards, from 2-4:30 p.m. check out some of the Sessions @33 artists and bands performing at the "Sessions @33 Stage," located at 11th and Wabash.

Graduating students! Come pick up your FREE Class of 2023 shirt at the Food Truck Lot just before the Manifest Procession or at the Makerspace starting at 2pm while supplies last!

Display of student projects from the classes involved in the BA in Environmental and Sustainability Studies.

Senior project of Louise Bean, Major in BFA Production Design with a Minor in Environmental Science.
The BLAZE Project seeks to engage our human experience and anxieties regarding fire in the age of climate change and to explore our anthropological and ecological relationship with fire.
The BLAZE exhibit features audio and video art installations and interactive games and activities.

Acoustical Testing II is the capstone and portfolio development course in the Department's Acoustics Program. Through senior projects, students demonstrate their strong passions and academic abilities, and showcase their analytical and synthetic thinking abilities, problem-solving and organizational skills, and writing and presentation abilities. At the end of the course, each student presents a poster following the requirements of the Acoustical Society of America.

Course: AUDI 432. Acoustical Testing II
Faculty: Dr Peter Xinya Zhang

Cinema and Television Arts' Experimental Film Society curates and presents a range of experimental work by students. Watch how films stretch, push, pull and explode the traditional notions of cinema and television: Found Footage and Super Cuts screening

This event is part of the Manifest celebration. As alumni come back to campus to celebrate Manifest, this will be the designated spot for alumni to gather. It will be a lounge on the 3rd floor of the Student Center. There are couches, tables, chairs available for use. We intend to provide music, t-shirt giveaways, balloon decorations, a photo booth/backdrop among other forms of entertainment (videos, tarot card reading for example.)

Need a break from all the excitement? Stop by the MakerSpace to chill, chat, and help to assign and assemble a community puzzle. Blank puzzle pieces and art supplies will be provided. Express your creativity and show us what "piece" of the Columbia community you are.

Calling all students, families and members of our Columbia Community!
Please line up with us at 12:30pm. in the Food Truck Lot next to the Student Center. Our Manifest Procession leaves the Food Truck Lot at 12:45pm and heads to the Main Lot together, in jubilant fashion, towards the Manifest Kick Off!

Witness the creativity and talent of our Cinema and Television Arts students at a screening showcase of the Capstone Fictional Cinema Production projects produced during the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters featuring a diverse range of short films featuring:

PRESS PLAY
RED ENVELOPE
AMERICAN CATASTROPHIC
ROSE TINTED
MUNCHIES
DAD'S SICK
THE VOID
WAIT AND REMAIN
THE SEAHORSE

Seniors present their research on a variety of art history and visual culture topics.

- AUDI 313 Building Circuits for Sound Art I - AUDI 314 New Musical Interface Design - MEDI 481 The Sonic Experience: Broadcasting as a Sonic Art Form - MEDI 482 Music Technology Capstone - COLL 480 Undergraduate Research Mentorship - Holland Sersen: Accelerometer input for Personic

Continuous presentation of this year's work of students of the department best suited to the web format. An enhanced audio and video space to enable on-campus visitors to browse in a relaxed environment is available in the department's studios, in the basement of 33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive.

https://streaaam.colum.edu/manifest/

Cinema and Television Arts' Experimental Film Society curates and presents a range of experimental work by students. Watch how films stretch, push, pull and explode the traditional notions of cinema and television: Performance Collaborations & Bric-a-Brac screening

Showcase screening of short films featuring MFA filmmakers.

The 2023 Photography Manifest Exhibition features the work of Bachelor of Arts Photography undergraduates at Columbia College Chicago. The exhibition represents each artist's development while earning their degrees, culminating in a cohesive body of work from areas of concentration among Commercial, Fashion, Fine Art, and Integrated Photography.
Presented in conjunction with the Department of Exhibitions, Performance, and Student Spaces (DEPS), the Photography Department, and Ross Sawyers, Chair of Photography at Columbia College Chicago.

Columbia's student organizations will be hosting a variety of activities showcasing their interests and talents, and inviting guests to participate in DIY workshops, games, scavenger hunts, and more!

Following the procession of graduating students, join us for the official Manifest 2023 Kick Off featuring distinguished speakers including, President and CEO of Columbia College Chicago, Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim. Featured talent to include the 2023 Manifest Song Winner Tanya Katlya performing "Vas a Ver".

TBD

Deaf Capstone

Come see David Woolley, Fight Choreographer and Instructor guide his students through a rip-roaring, high-paced, full-out display of stage fighting.

Sketch Comedy at it's best. Come join the fun and have a few laughs with this all -female comedy team.

Cinema and Television Arts students create a selection of shorts from different genres inside and outside of the classroom.

The Columbia College Chicago Animation Association is presenting its annual showcase of story reels. Each of these reels contain the story of an animated movie in its pre-production stage. The storyboard is montaged with sound in the reel timeline. It becomes the first pre-production tool of the animated piece, and it shows the sense, rhythm, and aesthetics of the story. Although its production value is modest, the creative value is paramount for production artists, funding, and project pitching. The story reels are highly appreciated by the animation industry, and especially by the animation community of the world.

Come by, enjoy the offerings of different food trucks, enjoy our lounge area and jam out with the Renegades Skateboarding Club.

The Renegades will be hosting their own Skate Park and skating to the tunes of DJ Club's very best. Come and meet new people in Columbia's skate community and learn some new tricks and more!

Featuring a variety of Acts like Alijah Tha Great, Ben Jossi's Retro Collective, Blue Car, Boyneski, Haj, Hemlocke, Ken Howard, and Liam Taylor!
And DJ 3VL6VL, DJ Arwillis Bryant, DJ B├ÿRIS, DJ Evan Dawkins, and DJ Matt Vega leading up to your Manifest Headliner!

Headliner XXX

Students in Taylor Hokanson's Sculpture II (ARTS 340A) class will be out on Wabash Avenue printing oversized 3'x5' carved blocks from plywood into editions of prints!
No specialized skills needed to spectate and watch large prints spring to life with the mechanical help of a large steamroller (or more like a paver)!

Puxatawny Beauty Pageant to Save The Children musical. Come join Columbia College's up and coming comedy troupe as they make you laugh out loud at their lightening paced sketches, songs and mayhem.

ManiFresh celebrates the core elements of Hip-Hop. Visitors will engage with Hip-Hop culture and learn about Hip-Hop history, as they are treated with activities via Vendors and overall talented performances by Columbia Students. In this event, students are given the ability to express their love of Hip-Hop by facilitating, engaging, and performing at ManiFresh .

Donating to this scholarship fund directly supports Hip-Hop students and reinforces P-Lee Fresh's legacy at Columbia. Our goal is to raise $1,500 in donations to Scholarship Columbia to fund an award in memory of Parker Lee Williams, benefiting a Hip-Hop Studies student.

Offer your support by donating to Scholarship Columbia in his memory here: https://giving.colum.edu/s/1871/cf22/crowdfunding.aspx?gid=2&pgid=1296&sid=1871

Donations will also be accepted throughout the entirety of the ManiFresh event.

Cinema and Television Arts' Experimental Film Society curates and presents a range of experimental work by students. Watch how films stretch, push, pull and explode the traditional notions of cinema and television: Experimental Films at the Peak screening

Reading with fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by graduating (undergraduate) Creative Writing majors and English majors. Hosted by the English and Creative Writing department, this is an event anyone can attend. Each reader will be introduced by a professor before sharing work they've written during their time at Columbia.

Interior Architecture students and faculty celebrate another successful year and congratulate the graduating class and announce this years Hollis Sigler Award recipient. The announcement will be made at 2:30pm.

Join us for the Made@Columbia BFA Fashion Design Senior Fashion Show Debut! The runway show is an cross departmental collaborative efforts showcasing talents from Film, Graphic Design, Photography, and Fashion Studies Departments.
All seating's are first come first serve.
The door opens at 1:45 PM

The Columbia College Music department proudly presents its outstanding student ensembles performing contemporary music including Pop, R&B, Latin, Jazz, Gospel, Hip Hop as well as original music composed by students. Two stages, five hours of continuous thrilling music! Please see the schedule below.

Manifest Schedule - 2023



2:00 - 2:25 Gospel Choir

2:30 - 2:45 R&B

2:45 - 3:00 Gardenia

3:00 - 3:15 Chi Vox

3:15 - 3:30 New Music Ensemble

3:30 - 3:45 Latin Ensemble

3:45 - 4:00 Jazz Pop Choir

4:00 - 4:15 Pop Rock

4:15 - 4:30 Musical Theater Performance Ensemble

4:30 - 4:45 Jazz Combo

4:45 - 5:00 Disco Lemonade

5:00 - 5:15 American Roots

5:15 - 5:30 Gospel Band

5:30 - 5:45 Hip Hop

5:45 - 6:00 Tequila Soda

Celebrating the Manifest work of Photography BA students

WCRXFM's Sessions @33 takes to the road for a true collaborative music extravaganza at Manifest. Come witness the event in-person and find out more about this unique music series that is filmed for airing on YouTube. Featuring talented music performers, as well as a team of behind-the-scenes students filming and recording, these performances will give you a birds-eye-view of the talent at Columbia College Chicago.

Students exhibit larger than life, grotesque cardboard masks made in their Foundation Studio classes, displayed after they have been walked in the Manifest Parade Procession.

Line up for the procession starts at 12pm at the Food Truck Lot next door to the Student center. The Parade steps off at 12:45pm, ending at the Main Stage Lot for the Kick-Off event at 1pm. The masks will be displayed at the Student Center 2pm - 6pm.

Welcome to Advanced Playwriting, led by our instructor, Paul Amandes. Our students have been working hard to refine their skills in the art of playwriting, exploring different techniques and styles. Today they will showcase some of their best work, demonstrating their creativity, and dedication to the craft. We know you will enjoy this experience!

Celebrate short capstone films created in Cinema Directing III during the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters by undergraduate BA filmmakers featuring:

ICE POWERZ
RATZ
WINDOW SHOPPING
INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT
NUCLEAR

Celebrate the FUTURE OF FASHION documentary that tackles the repercussions of how exclusive the fashion industry is by following the progression of Body Haven as they create a safe community for those that have been "othered" from big brands and holds an annual fashion show in order to reclaim styles from the past (Y2K, Old Hollywood).

The lights shine on Cinema and Television Arts capstone Cinematography projects highlighting the work of graduating Directors of Photography.

Faculty, Staff, and Students in Graphic Design come together to celebrate a successful year and announce this years Hollis Sigler Award recipient. The award will be announced at 3:30pm.

In Da Haus is a spot where we bring up and coming artists (preferably RnB and Hip Hop) around to spread their love for music through cyphering upon beats and instrumentals. Except for this space, we give them moments to shine on their own with individual freestyles and verses upon famous beats and instrumentals. It's just them, the beat, and a microphone.

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Step into a world of imagination and creativity with Playwrights Aloud, A fast and fun student produced program featuring a collection of captivating short plays. Each play brings to life a unique story with unforgettable characters created by our talented and dedicated students. Playwrights Aloud offers a diverse range of genres that will leave you on the edge of your seat Join us for an afternoon of entertainment and discovery from the up and coming talent of Columbia College Theater.

Be a part of the immersive environment created by Instructor Steph Shaw and her talented students. you are certain to be impressed by their skills and dedication of the Artists. Each performance showcases the students mastery of the art of Solo Performance.

Come see animated shorts from conceptualization through presentation of the final films. Motion Graphics, Visual Effects, BFA Animated Solo, and Animation Production Studio films at various stages of production will be screened. Please join us as we showcase the work of our talented students!

A juried festival of student projects produced in the Cinema and Television Arts Foundations courses. Finalist films featured:

EFFORT by Lottie Eldridge
WRONGS OF OUR WORLD by Joel Meisinger
HOME by Eliza Harris
ROSE by Justin Graham
ROCKY START by Robert Celestine
SKY by Emma Snyder
YIN WASTER by James VanSlander
DANCE OF THE SUN CONURE by Dieu Vy
COOKIES by Zaven Rutman

The 2023 BA Fine Arts Showcase features the works of fifteen candidates of Columbia College Chicago's BA Fine Arts program from the Art and Art History Department.
Participating artists: Derek J. Bedell, Syd Bereny, Katie Brake, Mats Dahlberg, Kenise Gaston, Micaela Mercy, Mo Pagano, Cate Rocha, Jackson Shane, Liam Tunney, Chase Williams, Raven Bowlin, Dani Johnson, Journey Taylor, and Kas Chavez.
2023 BA Fine Arts Showcase is presented in conjunction with the Department of Exhibitions, Performance, and Student Spaces (DEPS) and the Art and Art History Department and Friedhard Kiekeben, Associate Professor at Columbia College Chicago.

Join AAA faculty in celebrating the accomplishments of our student body, as we honor our graduating class of 2022, announce this year's AAA scholarship recipients, and recap other highlights from the department. This event is open to the entire college community, as well as families and guests of our graduates and award recipients. We look forward to seeing you there!

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From cutting-edge entrepreneurs to business-minded artists (sometimes both!), students in the Business and Entrepreneurship (BUSE) Department are a uniquely impressive bunch. A small group of BUSE students will present some exciting professional, academic, and personal accomplishments from their time in the department.

The Illustration program presents the 2023 ILLO Awards and Hollis Sigler award announcement. Join Illustration students and faculty during this annual event and celebrate the best of this years Illustrators. The Hollis Sigler Award will be announced at 6pm.

Cover illustration by Kristel Becares / kristelbecaresart.com

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Body Breeze Earth presents the graduate thesis exhibitions of Jessica Hays and Erica McKeehen in Columbia College Chicago's Photography Department. Jessica Hays presents pieces from two bodies of work, The Sun Sets Midafternoon, which combines image, text, and video to explore climate grief and solastalgia through the lens of wildfire, and Horizon Line, a monumentally scaled handmade artist book rooted in experiences of reverence and appreciation for the land while recognizing it as both open and divided concurrently.

Erica McKeehen (who performs as Greta-X) combines imagery from her long-term portraiture projects Secret Mermaid and REVEAL, which profile McKeehen's close friends and fellow burlesque performers and sex workers, Secret Mermaid and Kitty Tornado (respectively), alongside her own self-portraits in Days of Rust, to present nuanced views of femme sexuality, autonomy, and experience.

During the reception on May 12, there will be a poetry reading by Jessica Hays at 5:30 pm, followed by a reading by Erica McKeehen at 5:45 pm.

2023 Undergraduate Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Reception: Friday, May 12, 5-7pm
The Hollis Sigler Manifest Awards will be announced at 6:00 pm

Out of the Basement: 2023 Undergraduate Fine Arts BFA Thesis Exhibition features the works of thirteen BFA candidates in Columbia's Fine Arts program. The exhibition, which includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints, books, garments, video, performance and installation works, represents the culmination of four years of development of a cohesive body of work for each artist while earning their degrees.
Participating Artists: Jacob Ashba, Charlotte Briskin, Daniela Castro, Michelle Goldshmidt, Amairani Martinez, Ariaunna McCloud, emmalyn mueller, Kevin Rivera, Carolina Romo, James Ross, Sofie Way, Cordelia Weatherby, Emma Wilmarth
Out of the Basement: 2023 Undergraduate Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Department of Exhibitions, Performance, and Student Spaces (DEPS) and the Art and Art History Department, and Adam Brooks, Professor at Columbia College Chicago.

Image Credit: Charlotte Briskin, 2023, Fabric Wrinkles Like Skin, embroidery on chiffon, lights, 5' x 5'

Experience episodic television with Cinema and Television Arts MFA candidates. See six episodes of LIVE FROM DES MOINES made in Writing and Producing the Series.

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced writer, Paul Amandes' class offers a supportive and inspiring environment to explore your creativity and take your musical theater writing to the next level

Live performances from the best Acoustic Kitchen acts of the 2022-23 Academic Year. Event will highlight 4-5 student acts in the Acoustic Kitchen space at the HAUS performance space. Hosted by David Dolak, Science and Math

Join us for the Made@Columbia BFA Fashion Design Senior Fashion Show Debut! The runway show is an cross departmental collaborative efforts showcasing talents from Film, Graphic Design, Photography, and Fashion Studies Departments.
All seating's are first come first serve.
The door opens at 5:45 PM

Come see animated shorts from conceptualization through presentation of the final films. Motion Graphics, Visual Effects, BFA Animated Solo, and Animation Production Studio films at various stages of production will be screened. Please join us as we showcase the work of our talented students!

Dance BFA candidates present their work in a fully-produced concert. Five pieces embodying four years of study and practice come together on the Dance Center stage. Celeste Brace, Joy Holder, Tristen Sanborn, Gabby Titolo, and Destina Tokbas represent the department in this exciting showcase.

EKSTASIS: Encounters with Dionysus
A series of site-specific performances inspired by Euripides' The Bakkhai Created by students in the Theatre MA/MFA Cohort.
Important information: This show will involve moving from one location to another, with no walk being longer than 3 minutes. Some locations are outside. This performance includes strobe lights for a total of 10 minutes.

AUDI 211 - Audio Programming and Performance students perform software instruments which they have programmed themselves in Supercollider.

A reception for Honors Program graduates and their guests to celebrate their achievements hosted by the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Office and the Honors Program at Columbia College Chicago.

View the 2022-2023 Honors Graduates here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFalBrfFNw/en4_vaxuV9M8TZo-1wLscA/view?utm_content=DAFalBrfFNw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink

6:00 - 6:45 P.M. | Masters Reception 6:30 - 6:45 P.M. | Welcome Remarks and Class Photo 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. | Masters Student Showcases (various locations)

2023 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition
May 6 – 20, 2023
Shall We Go To The Happy Land?
Performed by Young Kim
Mon-Fri at Noon
Reception:
May 11, 6-9pm
with Performance by Young Kim at 7:30pm
The 2023 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition features the thesis works of the MFA candidates in Columbia College Chicago's Art and Art History Department. The exhibition, which includes paintings, sculptures, wearables, sound, performance, and installation works, represents the culmination of several years of development on a cohesive body of work for each artist.
Participating Artists: Young Kim, Ryan Lucas, and Melanie Miller-Silver.
The 2023 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Department of Exhibitions, Performance, and Student Spaces (DEPS), the Department of Art and Art History, and Paul Catanese, Director of Graduate Studies for Art and Art History.

Body Breeze Earth presents the graduate thesis exhibitions of Jessica Hays and Erica McKeehen in Columbia College Chicago's Photography Department. Jessica Hays presents pieces from two bodies of work, The Sun Sets Midafternoon, which combines image, text, and video to explore climate grief and solastalgia through the lens of wildfire, and Horizon Line, a monumentally scaled handmade artist book rooted in experiences of reverence and appreciation for the land while recognizing it as both open and divided concurrently.

Erica McKeehen (who performs as Greta-X) combines imagery from her long-term portraiture projects Secret Mermaid and REVEAL, which profile McKeehen's close friends and fellow burlesque performers and sex workers, Secret Mermaid and Kitty Tornado (respectively), alongside her own self-portraits in Days of Rust, to present nuanced views of femme sexuality, autonomy, and experience. During the Showcase on May 11, there will be a poetry reading by Jessica Hays at 7:00 pm.

The 2023 Manifest Masters Showcase is our annual celebration of graduate student work. Please join us as we acknowledge our graduate students' essential contributions to our community and their creative industries.

A celebration honoring and showcasing graduate student work within the English and Creative Writing Department. The event will feature MFA Thesis readings of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and cross-genre work.

All are welcome to celebrate Thesis films from the MFA program in Cinema and Television Arts that show off collaboration, creativity and the challenges of filmmaking.

Red Carpet Arrivals 7:00PM
Introductions and Screening 7:30PM
Q&A with the filmmakers follows the screening.

ALONE WITH HER DOLLS directed by Hannah Russell
SPLINTER directed by Brian Schnaare
2389: COMING HOME directed by Kateryna Sazonova
A SWEETNESS OF LAPSE directed by Bashir Aden
STING produced by Doudou Yi
ASTRONIMICAL UNITS directed by Beth Ashby

Join the Business and Entrepreneurship Department for an exciting event celebrating the accomplishments of the Master of Arts Management and Master of Entrepreneurship for Creatives class of 2023. Students will present creative projects, innovative business plans, and academic and personal accomplishments, followed by a hooding ceremony that celebrates their journey and honors their future.

Dance BFA candidates present their work in a fully produced concert. Five pieces embodying four years of study and practice come together on the Dance Center stage.
Celeste Brace, Joy Holder, Tristen Sanborn, Gabby Titolo, and Destina Tokbas represent the department in this exciting showcase.

MFA Thesis Candidate Young Kim will be presenting a special performance of "Shall We Go To The Happy Land?" during the 2023 Art and Art History MFA Exhibition Reception as part of her thesis project.
In this performance, Young Kim sings a Korean folk song, "Let's Go To The Happy Land", without instrumental accompaniment - worn in the Korean traditional custom, hanbok and holds a lantern called Nirvana Lamp.
(This special performance, in concert with the exhibition reception, is in addition to daily performances M-F at noon from May 6 through May 20)

Interior Architecture student presentations. Students will present final projects from their senior studio courses to professionals, faculty, and their peers.
This event is not open to the public.

The Concept to Consumer senior capstone course is a year-long experience combining students from Product Development and Merchandising. These cross-functional teams worked with midwestern fashion businesses: Ellie Day Activewear and Christina Karin to design, develop and merchandise new collections with the goal to expand the product category offering. Student work will be displayed in the atrium of the Student Center during manifest!

Continuous presentation of this year's work of students of the department best suited to the web format.
https://streaaam.colum.edu/manifest/manifest2023/
An enhanced audio and video space to enable on-campus visitors to browse in a relaxed environment is available in the department's studios, in the basement of 33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive.

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2023 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition May 6 – 20, 2023
Shall We Go To The Happy Land? Performed by Young Kim Mon-Fri at Noon
Reception: May 11, 6-9pm with Performance by Young Kim at 7:30pm
The 2023 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition features the thesis works of the MFA candidates in Columbia College Chicago's Art and Art History Department. The exhibition, which includes paintings, sculptures, wearables, sound, performance, and installation works, represents the culmination of several years of development on a cohesive body of work for each artist.
Participating Artists: Young Kim, Ryan Lucas, and Melanie Miller-Silver.
The 2023 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Department of Exhibitions, Performance, and Student Spaces (DEPS), the Department of Art and Art History, and Paul Catanese, Director of Graduate Studies for Art and Art History.

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