Art & Design MFA alum Aaron Turner was commissioned to create the March 2021 cover of The Atlantic. The photo illustration accompanied the cover story “We Mourn for All We Do Not Know”. His photography also accompanied an article in the issue by...
Photo: Victor NechyAfter a historic 15-month shutdown, Broadway shows are steadily reopening throughout September. Mason Gross alumni Ben Jeffrey (The Lion King), Rachel Zatcoff (Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, pictured), musicians John DiSanto and David Ashton, and...
In the spring, faculty from Mason Gross and the School of Public Health were brought together to share research ideas as part of a “speed networking” session. Through funding provided by both schools, $10,000 MGSA-SPH Collaborative Seed Grants were awarded...
On October 15, Mason Gross kicks off its second season in downtown New Brunswick as a partner company at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC). The fall semester will feature contemporary dance, as well as jazz and various film showcases. Watch this space...
Shaniyah Bernabela has been leading a double life for the last five years as a National Guard reservist working toward her BFA in filmmaking from Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Yerko Difonis is the first student born blind and partially deaf to pursue a master of music in piano performance at Mason Gross School of the Arts. A process developed by Rutgers to transcribe music to braille for the prodigy will open doors for other musicians with disabilities.
Actor, director, and educator Cameron Knight has been named director of the Mason Gross School’s highly competitive BFA acting program. Knight, scheduled to begin work at Mason Gross this fall, replaces longtime BFA acting head Barbara Marchant, who is retiring.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick has joined the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru), which encourages leading research universities to integrate the arts into the pursuit of knowledge in other disciplines.For Rutgers’ flagship, a leading...
Dear Members of the Mason Gross Community,Recent months have seen a dramatic rise in violence and harassment against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the country. The murders in Atlanta last week of eight individuals, including six women of Asian descent,...
Photo: Nick RomanenkoPresident Holloway has announced that all Rutgers commencement/convocation ceremonies for the Class of 2021 will be held virtually this semester. After careful discussion with the chancellors over the past several weeks, I am writing to inform you...