Department of Visual & Media Arts
Department of Visual & Media Arts News
The latest faculty, staff, and student news in the Department of Visual & Media Arts. For the latest College news and upcoming events, visit the News & Events section.
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Emerson team wins big at "Sundance of video games"
Participatory Chinatown, a video game co-created by a team from Emerson, was recently awarded Best Direct Impact Game of 2011 by the Games for Change Festival in New York City.
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Recent Emerson graduate wins Gold Student Academy Award
Julian Higgins ’08 is one of 12 students in the United States selected as winners in this year’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Student Academy Awards competition.
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Belkina's work featured at international conference
Visual And Media Arts Assistant Professor Anya Belkina will have her work featured in the SIGGRAPH 2011 Art Gallery: Tracing Home.
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Recent grad's film opens in L.A.
Chris Faulisi ’10 will release his first feature film, A Proper Violence, June 3–9 at the Culver Plaza Theatres, in Culver City, California
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Cooper writes about cyberbullying for the Cape Cod Times
The Cape Cod Times published an editorial about the need to outlaw cyber bullying written by Visual and Media Arts Professor Tom Cooper.
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30th Annual EVVY Awards break attendance records
The 30th Annual EVVY Awards show sold out the 1,280-seat Cutler Majestic Theatre on May 14, attracted an overflow crowd to Emerson’s Bordy Theater, and was watched by hundreds of viewers live over the Web.
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Graduate student wins grant for film on post-Katrina New Orleans
VMA student Matt Hashiguchi has won a grant for his thesis film, The Lower 9.
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Cooper talks to the Boston Globe
Visual and Media Arts Professor Tom Cooper talked with Karen Weintraub of the Boston Globe about the plusses and minuses of media consumption.
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Emerson students will be chronicling their experiences at the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival. Read about their trip to the most prestigious film festival in the world.
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Visual & Media Arts Assistant Professor Diane Lake has written screenplays for Columbia, Disney, Miramax, Paramount, and many independent producers.
