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Two Argentine Artists Unite for Joint Exhibit at CCNY Center

Argentine artists Florencia Fraschina and Andrea Cukier will have the first joint exhibit of their works in 15 years at The City College of New York’s Center for Worker Education. Titled “Inner Environments: New Paintings from Florencia Fraschina and Andrea Cukier,” it features 25 paintings and runs November 10 through January 25.
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CCNY Film Professor Pens Two Books While on Sabbatical

Andrzej Krakowski, City College professor of film and video, apparently spent little of his 2010-2011 sabbatical playing golf or lying on the beach. The Hollywood screenwriter, producer and director has two books coming out next month, including one written in his native Polish that is being made into a movie and stage play.
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Drawings by Alumnus Capture Life at CCNY in Bygone Era

A new exhibit in the Morris Raphael Cohen Library Archives Gallery featuring sketches by City College alumnus Marvin Gettleman, ’57, offers a view of City College in a bygone era. “CCNY - An Era Sketched in Time: The Drawings of Marvin Gettleman, Class of 1957” runs through October 28. The Gallery is located in CCNY’s North Academic Center (NAC), 160 Convent Ave., Manhattan.
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CWE Hosts Colloquium on Hispanic Literature in New York

Latino Artists Round Table (LART) and The City College of New York Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CWE) will present the first international colloquium on Hispanic literature written in New York in Spanish, October 14 and 15 at CWE, seventh floor, 25 Broadway, Manhattan.
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Faith Ringgold to Receive CCNY’s First Cultural Arts Award

Faith Ringgold, the renowned artist, author and quilt maker has been selected to receive The City College of New York’s First Annual Cultural Arts Award. An alumna of City College, she will be honored at a ceremony Thursday, October 6, at CCNY’s Aaron Davis Hall Center for the Performing and Visual Arts.
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CCNY Mambo Legend Wins Top Latin Music Award

Mambo legend Ray Santos, the long-time leader of The City College of New York’s Latin Band, is a co-recipient of The Latin Recording Academy’s 2011 Trustees Award. He’ll be honored November 9 with fellow luminaries Manuel Alejandro and Jesus “Chucho” Ferrer at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas during the Latin GRAMMY® Awards celebration.
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Academics Weigh New Field of Study on ‘Spanish Caribbean’

After close to a year of groundwork, nearly 100 academics representing some 50 institutions from around the world will gather July 25 - 27 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, for an academic conference titled “The Spanish Caribbean: Toward a Field of its Own.” The scholars will discuss the creation of a new field of graduate-level study focused on Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico plus émigré populations who trace their ancestry to these lands.
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New Professional Theatre Company to Debut at CCNY

Harlem is getting a new entertainment option this summer. The New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT), a new professional theatre company launched by The City College of New York Department of Theatre and Speech, will offer two productions in its premiere season.
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Two CCNY AD/PR Students Win One Show Merit Awards

Roberto Clemente, a senior majoring in advertising and public relations at The City College of New York, was named a Merit winner in the One Show College Competition for creativity in advertising. Simeon Coker, a CUNY Baccalaureate student, who was mentored and taught by CCNY advertising faculty, also received a Merit award. The winners were announced at a reception May 11 in New York.
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CCNY Music Professor Jon Pieslak Named Guggenheim Fellow

Dr. Jonathan Pieslak, associate professor of music at The City College of New York, is one of 180 scholars, artists, and scientists from the United States and Canada awarded Guggenheim Fellowships for 2011. His project, a study of the music of indoctrination and propaganda in extremist cultures, was chosen from among nearly 3,000 applicants.
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CCNY Hosts 11th Annual CUNY Jazz Festival, May 12 – 13

The 11th annual CUNY Jazz Festival, a gathering of bands and ensemble from across the CUNY system, takes place May 12-13 in Aaron Davis Hall, Theater B, at The City College of New York. Chris Potter, hailed by “Down Beat” magazine as one of most studied saxophonists on the planet, will be the festival’s guest artist.
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