Office of Academic Research

Center for Arts Policy. The Center closed on August 31, 2008. For further information, please contact Office of Academic Research Staff. Information regarding Putting the Arts in the Picture or the Teaching Artist Journal can be found in Books and Journals. All Democratic Vistas Profiles and Informal Arts: Finding Cohesion, Capacity and Other Cultural Benefits in Unexpected Places by Alaka Wali, Rebecca Severson, and Mario Longoni are available in PDF format in Research Studies, Reports, and Papers.
Center for Asian Arts and Media. The Center closed on August 31, 2011. For further information, please contact Office of Academic Research Staff.
Center for Black Music Research. The Center documents, preserves, and disseminates information on the world-wide black musical experience and fulfills the need for a consolidated approach to black music research that incorporates the arts and humanities.
Center for Community Arts Partnerships. The Center links the academic departments of the College with diverse communities throughout the city. It brings the concepts of community-based learning, arts-integrated curricula, and reciprocal partnerships into the spotlight.
Chicago Jazz Ensemble. The Chicago Jazz Ensemble is recognized internationally as one of American’s leading jazz ensembles. Founded in 1965 by distinguished composer and conductor William Russo, the CJE has remained dedicated throughout its history to preserving the innovative tradition of American big band jazz music, performing and reinterpreting the classics of big-band repertoire, while promoting the continuing evolution of the art form by regularly performing and commissioning contemporary works. As a professional jazz ensemble in residence at Columbia College Chicago, the CJE is equally committed to education, building new audiences and fostering the next generation of American talent by training and mentoring young musicians.
Columbia College Chicago Press. The CCC Press publishes and disseminates high quality arts related works which foster intellectual and social dialogue and advance the College’s mission of authoring the culture of its times. To do so, the Press publishes works of a pictorial nature which chronicle emerging arts trends of all mediums, the contemporary urban arts scene, and noteworthy social phenomena, as well as scholarly monographs which identify and promote current trends in the humanities, fine arts, arts education, arts integration, teaching artistry and arts policy in general, and works with an emphasis on Chicago and its region. The Press was founded in 1990 as the Center for American Places, which remains an imprint of the Columbia College Chicago Press.
Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media. The Institute works to deepen understanding and appreciation of how issues relating to women, gender, creativity, and community shape social policy, culture, and history. Within this framework, the Institute addresses ideas of access, representation, equity, and participation, as well as race and class, using the arts and media as a central means of research, engagement, public education, and advocacy. The Institute offers a wide range of public programs, including exhibitions, performances, and discussions, as well as fellowships, research residencies, and student-based curriculum intersections within the College.
International Programs. The office of International Programs serves as catalyst and facilitator for the creation and development of international opportunities for students and faculty. The office coordinates initiatives aimed at facilitating cultural and professional exchange by building relationships between Columbia and arts institutions around the globe, including exchange programs, conference participation, and study abroad opportunities in many countries throughout the world.
Library. The Library supports the College and its academic programs by providing access to information resources and teaching students to evaluate and use them. It has a teaching mission, and is committed to preparing our users to be lifelong learners in an information rich society.
Museum of Contemporary Photography. The Museum presents and interprets photography in all its forms from art to journalism, nationally and internationally, from 1936 to the present. It holds 8,000 prints in its permanent collection.