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Cornish Students Win College Improv Festival
Seattle, WA – This November, Cornish College of the Arts’ improv group, Improvolution, won the Northwest Regional plaque as part of the College Improv Festival, held at Jet City Improv in the University District. Made up of Senior Theater students Richard Andriessen, Jerick Hoffer, Tim Smith-Stewart, Carol Thompson, Sami Detzer and Jessie Underhill, Improvolution has performed locally at Cornish and other venues around Seattle for the last four years.
Cornish was by far the smallest school to compete in the Festival and surprised everyone by winning the regional competition. College Improv Festival notes, “they were a dark horse team not well known in improv circles outside of their school before their victory.”
Cornish Infuses Whole Foods Market with Student Art Work
On Friday, November 13, freshmen in the Art Department at Cornish College of the Arts partnered with Whole Foods Market in an artistic collaboration. As part of the freshman curriculum at Cornish, sixty-eight students in the Foundations program each created one small painting to be hidden in various spots throughout the Westlake Avenue grocery store. Their subtle installation was on display for a five-hour period on Friday afternoon, during which shoppers could “discover” the work.
Members of Cornish Theater Community Recognized with Gregory Awards
Puget Sound Theatre presented the Gregory Awards to recognize local theatre excellence, awarding several within the Cornish community working in Pacific Northwest theater. Awards were determined after Theatre Puget Sound’s 1,400 members voted on theater artists and companies nominated by local drama critics.
Student Work Selected by Northwest Regional Society for Photographic Education
Cameron Nagashima and Leah Messersmith, two seniors in the Cornish Art Department, have had their work selected by the Northwest Regional Society for Photographic Education College Student Exhibition. Pieces were selected after responding to a call for photographic works.
Works chosen for the exhibition were entered into one of two categories - either Exhibition or Merit. Pieces in the Exhibition category will be shown in a slideshow during the Society for Photographic Education’s regional conference as well as in a print exhibition in Seattle during the winter and spring (location and exact dates to be announced). Work accepted into the Merit category will be included in the slideshow at the regional conference.
Theater Students Meet Tony Winning Writer Brian Yorkey
In October, Cornish Theater students were treated to a guest appearance by Tony-award winning writer Brian Yorkey. Brian and his collaborator, composer Tom Kitt, won a 2009 Tony for Best Score of a Musical for the Broadway production of Next to Normal. The show received 11 nominations and won 2 other awards, for Best Orchestrations and Best Actress. Next to Normal’s Original Cast Recording has also been at the top of the Billboard charts and received a record number of downloads on iTunes.
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