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 public...
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 Romanenko President 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...
Image courtesy of Caitlin Cherry The Department of Art & Design proudly presents the Visiting Artist Lecture Series and the Design Lecture Series for the spring 2021 semester. Both series are central to the department and feature visiting artists from varying...
Photo Credit: Nick Romanenko Windows of Understanding, a public art initiative that highlights social justice issues and raises awareness about central New Jersey-based community organizations, began planning its fourth year last spring while much of the state was...
Dear members of the Mason Gross community, I am extremely pleased to share the news that Prof. Rebecca Cypess of the Music Department has agreed to serve as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Mason Gross School of the Arts, effective January 19, 2021, for a...
Photo: Left – Adrienne Baker, a member of The Broadway Sinfonietta and a doctoral student at Mason Gross, played in Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical’s orchestra. Photo courtesy of Adrienne Baker. Right – Kevin Chamberlin, a three-time Tony Award...
Dear Members of the Mason Gross Community, I want to take a moment to address the violent insurrection that occurred yesterday in Washington. I offer these remarks not from a partisan perspective or in an effort to shape political views, but rather in light of what I...
Costume design student Ashley Kong has been named a grand-prize winner of the 2020 CosBond Creator Contest for her cosplay replica of the costume worn by the character Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy.