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Undergraduate Open House

March 3


Come visit us in Chicago’s South Loop, take it all in, ask questions, get answers, and find out if Columbia is the right school for you.

Open House

"I Am Columbia"

Meet Our Students, Faculty, and Alumni


Columbia College Chicago is an international leader and recognized pioneer in arts and media education. Discover why through this video narrated by TV journalist Bill Kurtis.

"I Am Columbia"

Brian Dettmer (BA '97)

A Real Bookworm


This Atlanta-based artist transforms the pages of old books into new masterpieces. In the process, he asks us to consider how books are endangered by new media.

Brian Dettmer 

Columbia Hits Park City

During Sundance Film Festival


Columbia College Chicago had a big presence in Park City, Utah, January 20-23, including a presentation with Len Amato (BA '75), president of HBO Films.

Len Amato 

Bob McNamara (BA '66)

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist


As a Columbia student, this seasoned storyteller says working professors showed him the path to success: "These were folks who knew what they were doing because they were doing it every day."

Bob McNamara 
Month-long program features cultural events, screenings and discussions celebrating diversity and identity.
Celebrating African Heritage Month
Month-long program features cultural events, screenings and discussions celebrating diversity and identity.
Chicago Cabaret performers and Musical Theatre students present a night of music to raise scholarship funds.
Cabaret event raises scholarship funds
Chicago Cabaret performers and Musical Theatre students present a night of music to raise scholarship funds.
 Driehaus Foundation helps fund Columbia College Chicago Press publication, “Architecture of Segregation,” a volume of essays focused on the relationship between place and race.
CCC Press Receives Driehaus Grant
Driehaus Foundation helps fund Columbia College Chicago Press publication, “Architecture of Segregation,” a volume of essays focused on the relationship between place and race.
Musicians Meshell Ndegeocello and Christian McBride visit Columbia for student interactive discussion and performance with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble.
All That Jazz
Musicians Meshell Ndegeocello and Christian McBride visit Columbia for student interactive discussion and performance with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble.
Funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble will support residencies and new works.
NEA Awards Grants to Columbia
Funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble will support residencies and new works.
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Events at Columbia
February 2, 2012
January 26 - March 1, 2012 UNDRESSED: Women’s Unmentionables of the’50s and 60s is a glimpse at the sometimes provocative, often uncomfortable, and always intriguing under ...
February 3, 2012
Black Gossamer
9:00 am
Black Gossamer will feature contemporary black artists who use fashion, textiles and dress to articulate their ideas on the revolution of black identity over the last decade. Curated by ...
When is a photograph no longer just a photograph? To find out, join the Museum of Contemporary Photography for its new exhibition, “Limits of Photography.” The exhibition’s title ...
February 4, 2012
On Saturday, February 4, 2012, Columbia College Chicago will present An Evening of Cabaret: Journeys and New Beginnings, featuring veteran and emerging Chicago-area cabaret artists, ...
February 8, 2012
Is THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT a glorious feast celebrating the diversity of the American family or a shameful attempt to undermine the traditional definition of marriage? A screening of the film ...