Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/5/2008 Seniors Ayisha Jaffer and Zack Eastman have really made their mark in Chicago during their time as students at Columbia College. Collectively, they have interned and worked for such companies as Universal Music Group, The Windish Agency, and JAM Productions. The two already manage several local Chicago artists.  We sat down with Ayisha and Zack about their involvement in SPB, their recent trip to the CMJ music conference in New York City, and the advice they can offer to all of us as they graduate from Columbia this year.
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Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/15/2008 Interested in learning more about Manifest or Industry Night 2009? Read all about it here! ... (read more)

Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/13/2008 As a kid, she was a self-described bun-head, but today, senior dance major Emily Miller refers to herself as an emerging Chicago choreographer--and rightly so. At age 22, she has completed five works at the collegiate level and is currently hard at work perfecting her fifth. ... (read more)

Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/15/2008 Calling all student bands! Are you interested in performing live for 30,000 visitors at Manifest 2009? ... (read more)

Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/15/2008 Spectacle Fortuna is Columbia's parade of creativity, wishing good fortune upon seniors and graduate students while celebrating the College's spirit and creative community. Online application due December 15th ... (read more)

Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/15/2008 TICTOC, the performance and street theater component of Manifest, is now accepting proposals from current students and alumni of Columbia College Chicago. ... (read more)

Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/15/2008 Department liaisons- looking for the online application? Check it out here! All departments planning on presenting senior/graduating student work in Manifest are asked to submit their information online. ... (read more)

Date: 11/17/2008 to 12/31/2008 Creative projects are a given during a student’s time at Columbia. Getting paid to complete these projects? Not so much. The Albert P. Weisman Award makes this type of funding a reality. The Weisman Award provides up to $4,000 to a limited number of students in a variety of media who need financial assistance to finish a significant project. ... (read more)

Date: 11/17/2008 to 12/12/2008 Attention student artists and printmakers: The Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces (formerly [C]Spaces) is seeking work for the Global Print exhibition next spring. The exhibition will take place in the Hokin Gallery in conjunction with the 2009 Southern Graphics Council Conference titled Global Implications. ... (read more)

Date: 11/13/2008 to 12/15/2008 Calling all Art Cars – December 15! Students can propose an art car for the Transmission art car show during Manifest May 15, 2009. The show will be visible on Wabash Avenue between Harrison and 11th Streets. Manifest 2009 welcomes back Transmission: an exhibition of environmental thought in the art and practice of transportation. ... (read more)

Date: 11/13/2008 to 12/5/2008 Word 4: Type + Image is the fifth annual D.E.P.S. exhibition celebrating the union of art and the written word. Word 4: Type + Image will explore the ways in which different disciplines use the written word not only to describe, but to convey concrete meaning through elements like layout, scale, color, typeset, and letterform. ... (read more)