Cornish News
Ellen Forney’s Summer Comics Studio Featured on King 5
Last night, King 5’s “Evening Magazine” featured Ellen Forney’s Summer Comics Studio, part of the Summer at Cornish Art + Design program. You can still register for Ellen’s Comics Studio during the second Summer at Cornish session, which runs July 26 - August 13, 2010.
Cornish Celebrates Dance Icon - The Merce Cunningham minEVENT Project 2010/2011
SEATTLE, WA - Cornish College of the Arts Dance Department has been awarded a major grant from The National Endowment of the Arts to celebrate one of the creative giants of the Twentieth Century, Cornish alumnus Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) as part of American Masterpieces: “Three Centuries of Artistic Genius” - an initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy.
The Merce Cunningham minEvent Project spans the 2010/2011 academic year and includes community events and campus-wide collaborations: performances, a multidisciplinary art exhibition, master classes, lecture-demonstrations, panel discussions, open rehearsals, workshops for youth choreographers, and community outreach activities in partnership with local public schools and cultural institutions. The minEvent Project will commemorate Cunningham’s artistic legacy, honoring his creative partnership with composer John Cage, and their association with Cornish and the Northwest.
Cornish Alumnus Mark Velasquez competes on Bravo’s “The Next Great Artist”
Tune in to see Cornish Alumnus Mark Velasquez (Art ’00), as he competes with 13 other artists to win a solo show in the renowned Brooklyn Museum.
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist
Premieres tonight, June 9th, on Bravo. 11/10 Central
2010 Commencement Ceremony
Cornish’s 2010 Commencement Ceremony will be held at Benaroya Hall on Saturday, May 15th at 1pm.
Bill Evans, choreographer and performer, and Norm Rice, former Seattle Mayor and current President and CEO of the Seattle Foundation, have been selected to receive honorary degrees from Cornish College of the Arts. The lively ceremony will also feature guest speaker Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Cornish College of the Arts
2010 Commencement Ceremony
Saturday, May 15, 1 pm
Benaroya Hall
200 University Street
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BFA Art and Design 2010
Graduating seniors from the Art and Design departments present their individual thesis in the form of an exhibition as they prepare to graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and enter the into the professional artistic community. This exhibition will represent the culmination of each student’s education and experience at Cornish. A wide variety of technical and conceptual skills will be presented to the public in two buildings on the Cornish campus. Artists will be present at the lively, not-to-be-missed opening reception! The Exhibition Catalog can be viewed online.
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