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Lucy Fitz Gibbon, center, interim director of the Cornell Voice Program, performs at the 2019 Marlboro Music Festival.

Cornell Concert Series works to keep the music playing

April 15, 2020December 8, 2020

Social distancing measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 canceled the last two shows of the spring 2020 Cornell Concert Series, challenging organizers to connect performers with fans in new ways....

Writer, emeritus professor James McConkey dies at 98

October 28, 2019December 8, 2020

Acclaimed writer James McConkey, the Goldwin Smith Professor of English Literature Emeritus and mentor to young writers at Cornell for nearly four decades, died Oct. 24, 2019 at his home in Enfield. He...

The Aizuri Quartet, from left, Ariana Kim, Karen Ouzounian, Ayane Kozasa and Miho Saegusa.

Ariana Kim, Aizuri Quartet win prestigious M-Prize

May 15, 2018July 19, 2021

The Aizuri Quartet, with violinist and assistant professor of music Ariana Kim, took the grand prize May 6 at the M-Prize Chamber Music Competition held at the University of Michigan in Ann...

Writer Andrew Boryga ’13 earns Undergraduate Artist honor

March 7, 2013December 7, 2021

Described by Cornell faculty in English as a major literary talent with great career potential, Andrew Boryga ’13 has been selected the Undergraduate Artist of the Year for 2012-13, the...

Stephanie Owens is the new director of the Cornell Council for the Arts.

Stephanie Owens, CCA Director 2011-14

September 9, 2011December 7, 2021

Stephanie Owens, an artist, writer, curator and a visiting assistant professor of art in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), has been named director of the Cornell Council...

CCA Grants: 25 Years

June 29, 2011December 7, 2021

CORNELL COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS: 25 YEARS OF GRANTS In 2011, the CCA created a catalogue to document and give highlight to its Grant Program. The book includes over 1,700...

Bobby McFerrin. Photo by Carol Friedman.

The Arts + Mental Health: The Impact on the Human Spirit

June 2, 2011December 7, 2021

A panel discussion, moderated by Cornell President David Skorton, and performances by Cornell faculty and guest artists including Bobby McFerrin, on the general topic “The Arts + Mental Health” will...

JAMES SIENA: Eissner Artist of the Year Award 2009-10

April 16, 2010December 7, 2021

JAMES SIENA (BFA '79): 2009-10 Eissner Artist of the Year Award recipient THE EISSNER ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD is presented annually to honor an alumna/us who has achieved national and/or...

DORIAN BANDY: Undergraduate Artist Award Recipient 2009-10

October 27, 2009December 7, 2021

DORIAN KOMANOFF BANDY (BFA MUSIC '10): 2009 Undergraduate Artist Award recipient THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD is a monetary citation presented annually to an undergraduate in arts and...

CCA Fall Poster 2009 CREATE | INNOVATE | ENGAGE

August 1, 2009December 7, 2021

Fall Poster 2009: CCA Artist Grants | CCA Cornell Public | CCA@NYC | CCA Undergraduate Artist Award | CCA Cornell Eissner Alumni Artist of the Year Award

JON WONG: Undergraduate Artist Award recipient 2008-09

April 2, 2009December 7, 2021

Jonathan Wong '08, winner of the 2008-09 Undergraduate Artist Award from the Cornell Council for the Arts, will present a collaborative performance piece, "The Same Dance 4 Times," April 8...

JUNOT DIAZ: Eissner Artist of the Year Award 2007-08

January 21, 2009December 7, 2021

Díaz, a professor of creative writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and fiction editor of Boston Review, will be presented with the Cornell Council for the Arts' annual Eissner...

CCA Emerging Artist Exhibition 2004

January 1, 2004December 7, 2021

Feathergill - Katsumata - McDougal - Pash - White - Zane Every four years the Cornell Council for the Arts curates an exhibition that displays the very best quality and...