Gavin Browning and Jessica Pierson co-produced Columbia University School of the Arts’ 60th Anniversary Alumni Weekend, October 3–4, 2025.
Download the printed program and schedule.
The weekend featured a moderated discussion with lawyers on free speech, a multidisciplinary panel on making art in a time of crisis, a Write-In, film screenings, readings, displays of literary and scholarly books, receptions, networking opportunities, free headshots, tours of Columbia University’s Morningside Heights and Manhattanville galleries and facilities, and more.
Speakers included Alex Abdo, Esteban Cabeza de Baca '14, Fabio Bertoni (JRN '95) (LAW '97), Timothy Braun '02, Carolyn J. Casselman '03 (LAW '03), Lisa Cholodenko '97, Shayok Misha Chowdhury '16, Dean Sarah Cole, Kate Dial '15, Noah Fischer '04, Hugh Hayden '18, Heidi Howard '14, Katrine Øgaard Jensen '17, Tali Keren '16, Christina Macchiarola '13, Chris Maddox '03, Geronimo Mercado '17, Chie Morita, Nathan Xavier Osorio '16, Cha Ramos '21 (CC '12), Greg Schicker-Taubman '13; Professors María José Contreras Lorenzini, Rivka Galchen '06, Gary Shteyngart, and Rirkrit Tiravanija; and work by Dineo Seshee Bopape '10, Deborah Chow '03, Adam Davidson '91, Joan Jonas '65, Déa Kulumbegashvili '18, Greg Mottola '91, and Saim Sadiq '19.
The weekend was hosted by Nako Adodoadji '18, Ron Brown '20, Harty du Pont '76, Kate Flanagan '12, Rita Pietropinto Kit '96, Sanaë Lemoine '15, Kayla Maiuri '16, Alece Oxendine '11, Karlee Rodrigues '20, Mina Seçkin '18, Kim Weild '07, and Shawn Wines '12.