Student Life The Arts University Art Collection the steps of Low Memorial Library; Three- “Classical Music Suite,” the “Essential Key- Way Piece: Points by Henry Moore, on board Series,” and the “Sonic Boom Festival.” Columbia maintains a large collection of Revson Plaza, near the Law School; Artists appearing at Miller Theatre have art, much of which is on view throughout Bellerophon Taming Pegasus by Jacques included the Juilliard, Guarneri, Shanghai, the campus in libraries, lounges, offices, Lipchitz, on the facade of the Law School; a Emerson, Australian, and St. Petersburg and outdoors. The collection includes a cast of Auguste Rodin’s Thinker, on the String Quartets; pianists Russell Sherman, variety of works, such as paintings, sculp- lawn of Philosophy Hall; The Great God Peter Serkin, Ursula Oppens, and Charles tures, prints, drawings, photographs, and Pan by George Grey Barnard, on the lawn Rosen; as well as musical artists Joel Krosnick decorative arts. The objects range in date of Lewisohn Hall; Thomas Jefferson, in front and Gilbert Kalish, Dawn Upshaw, Benita from the ancient Near Eastern cylinder seals of the Journalism Building, and Alexander Valente, Speculum Musicae, the Da Capo of the second millennium B.C.E. to con- Hamilton, in front of Hamilton Hall, both Chamber Players, Continuum, and the temporary prints and photographs. by William Ordway Partridge; and Clement New York New Music Ensemble. Also in the collection are numerous por- Meadmore’s Curl, in front of Uris Hall. The “Jazz! in Miller Theatre” series has help- traits of former faculty and other members ed to preserve one of America’s most important of the University community. Among the Miller Theatre art forms and includes traditional jazz, bebop, most distinguished portraits are those of the progressive, Latin, and blues in both instru- Reverend Myles Cooper, the second Pres- 116th Street and Broadway (Dodge Hall) mental and vocal styles. The series has featured ident of the college, painted by John Box Office: (212) 854-7799 masters Tito Puente, Terence Blanchard, Singleton Copley, and of the noted physi- Administration Office: (212) 854-1633 Jacky Terrasson, Billy Harper, Charles Brown, Fax: (212) 854-7740 cian and botanist David Hosack, painted by Art Farmer, Ahmad Jamal, Max Roach, E-mail: [email protected] Abbey Lincoln, and Tommy Flanagan. Rembrandt Peale, both of which are on dis- http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arts/miller play in the King’s College Room of the As a platform for literary events, Miller has welcomed Nobel and Pulitzer Prize– Columbiana Collection. Chinese ceramics Columbia University is home to one of winning writers in its “Theatre of Ideas” and bronzes from the Sackler Collections at New York City’s most celebrated centers for series, which has included Nadine Gordimer, Columbia University, which contains works the performing arts—the Kathryn Bache Joseph Brodsky, Amos Oz, Susan Sontag, from the Ancient Near East as well as from Miller Theatre. The Theatre has distin- David Mamet, and Kenzaburo Oe. In addi- East Asia, are on view in the Faculty Room guished itself with diverse programming tion, the Theatre has showcased both estab- in Low Memorial Library. The University designed to enrich the community’s cultural lished and emerging voices like Jeffrey also has the largest single collection of life in music, dance, film, theatre, and liter- Eugenides, Scott Smith, Oscar Hijuelos, paintings by the American Florine Stett- ature. At the Miller Theatre, the art of the Harold Brodkey, Annie Dillard, E. Annie heimer, a selection of which is always on past is seen as the foundation for the art of Proulx, John Ashbery, Edmund White, and view in the Rare Book Reading Room of the the future—it is a theatre of exploration. Susan Minot. Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library. Miller Theatre presents artists from virtu- Several notable sculptures are displayed ally every field of performing arts. Classical on the Morningside campus. Among them and contemporary music have been show- 1998–99 SEASON are Daniel Chester French’s Alma Mater, on cased in such distinguished series as the The 1998–99 season marks the tenth anni- versary of the Miller Theatre. Perennial Miller favorites like the Juilliard String Quartet, Joel Krosnick and Gilbert Kalish, and Ursula Oppens will be joined on the calendar by exciting new series featuring dance, early music, jazz, and a celebration of Goethe’s Faust. TICKET INFORMATION Subscriptions for series events and single tickets are available at the beginning of each semester. Miller ticket prices are among the best cultural bargains in New York City, and Columbia University students receive discounted admission to all events. Ticket prices and detailed event information are published in the season brochure, which is Columbia University Radio in 1941. available at the box office. Student Life LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies 310 Dodge Hall, Mail Code 1806 (212) 854-4065 The LeRoy Neiman Center provides the optimum environment in which to expose graduate and undergraduate students to new techniques in the production of intaglio, litho- graphy, serigraphy, photography, and com- puter imagining. The facilities offer first-rate resources of studios, labs, exhibition space, and personnel to artists, students, and fac- ulty. The works of students and guest artists are on display in the exhibition space. Low Memorial Library Rotunda Exhibitions relating to the University’s his- tory and its current events and activities are held in the Rotunda throughout the year. Various departments and divisions within the University organize the exhibitions, which generally contain books, manuscripts, Asian artwork, Wallach Art Gallery. photographs, and art objects. Recent exhibi- tions have included The Harriman Institute, Fifty Years: 1946–1996; Recent Acquisitions in Photography; and Constructing Low Columbia and across the nation. The pro- are held during the academic year, most of Memorial Library, held in celebration of the gram allows student musicians to showcase them organized by graduate students or fac- centennial of the Morningside campus. their talent and provides free quality enter- ulty members on topics relating to their tainment. current research. Scheduled for 1998–1999 Music Practice Rooms The Postcrypt Art Gallery is specifical- are Hogarth and His Times: Serious Comedy ly designed to exhibit the work of Colum- (Fall 1998), an exhibition of prints and Michelle Aluqdah bia students. The Gallery curates shows drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi Music Department built around a particular theme, so that from the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts 621 Dodge Hall Columbia artists and photographers (212) 854-3825 may display their work and meet fellow Fax: (212) 854-8191 artists and aficionados in an informal Did You Know? There are a total of 12 music practice atmosphere. rooms on the Morningside campus: eight rooms in Schapiro Hall, three in East Miriam and Ira D. In 1967 the Students’ Afro-American Society Campus, and one in Dodge Hall. In addi- tion, Columbia students may access four Wallach Art Gallery rented Madison Square Garden and booked music practice rooms at Barnard on a limit- Schermerhorn Hall, 8th Floor, Mail Code 5517 performers James Brown and the Supremes. ed basis. For more information, please con- (212) 854-7288 tact the Music Department. Top ticket price? $10. Budget for the per- The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery formers? $7,500 per performance for opened in April 1986 as the first museum- James Brown, $10,000 for the Supremes. Postcrypt Arts Underground quality exhibition space on the Columbia (212) 854-1953 campus. Operating under the auspices of The 1967–68 SAS budget listed the poten- the Department of Art History and tial profit of these shows at $162,000. The St. Paul’s Chapel is the site of the Postcrypt Archaeology, the gallery serves to comple- Arts Underground, a student-run organiza- ment the University’s educational mission student riots of 1968 overshadowed these tion that offers a venue for visual, musical, by mounting exhibitions that relate to the plans, however, and the show was canceled. and literary media. The Postcrypt Coffee- curriculum and at the same time are of in- house attracts musicians and poets from terest to a broad audience. Three exhibitions Student Life Library (Winter 1999), and an exhibition C. V. Starr East Asian Library Minor Latham Playhouse of work by M.F.A. candidates in the 300 Kent Hall Barnard College, Milbank Hall Division of Visual Arts (Spring 1999). (212) 854-1505 (212) 854-5638 Other Visual and Galleries at the Interchurch Center Riverside Church 475 Riverside Drive at 120th Street 490 Riverside Drive at 120th Street Performing Arts Venues (212) 870-2933 (212) 870-6700 Bard Hall Players Graduate School of Architecture, Union Theological Seminary P&S Club, Bard Hall Planning, and Preservation James Chapel (212) 304-7925 Avery Hall, 1st and 4th Floors (212) 280-1522 (212) 854-3414 Barnard-Columbia Chorus Barnard College Department of Music Hintersteiner Gallery (212) 854-5096 711 West 168th Street Senior Vote, Class (212) 927-5004 Casa Italiana of 1929: 1161 Amsterdam Avenue Horace Mann Theater (212) 854-2306 Teachers College (212) 854-3408 Favorite movie actress—Greta Garbo, Cathedral Church of St. John Joan Crawford. Favorite magazine— the Divine Macy Gallery Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street Teachers College Saturday Evening Post, American (212) 316-7400 (212) 678-3681 Mercury, The New Yorker. Do you favor Columbia University Orchestra and Maison Française Gallery compulsory attendance at classes?— Chamber Ensemble Buell Hall, 1st Floor Department of Music, 621 Dodge Hall (212) 854-4482 No, 110. Yes, 23. Highest undergrad- (212) 854-5409 uate honor—Chairman of Student Board. Manhattan School of Music Columbia’s Concert Band, Pop Band, 120 Claremont Avenue Do you swear?—Yes, 108. No, 18. Do Jazz Bands, Jazz Quintet, Gospel Choir, (212) 749-2802 and Wind Symphony you dance?—Yes, 114.