A total of 21 local artists were paired with a social justice organization to create artwork on display in downtown business windows in New Brunswick and Highland Park.
See the full list of Mason Gross events at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center for the spring 2020 semester.
The Dance & Parkinson’s program at Mason Gross, uses music and movement to empower them. And a new film from the school’s Documentary Film Lab captures just how moving, and joyful, that process can be.
Art & design student Aaron Lewis had zero dance training— but he chose to transfer to the dance program anyway. On Lewis’s second try, he made it.
Undergraduate sax player Vaughn Stavropoulos is an old soul who grew up in Somerset, New Jersey, playing classical piano. He hails from a family of musicians and is concentrating in jazz performance here at Mason Gross.
Art & Design students and athletes Olympia Martin and Francesca Stoppa were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for the 2018-19 school year.
Clarinet Performance and Music Education undergrad Elizabeth Monkemeier began playing the clarinet at age 12. She is a member of the Kirkpatrick Choir, Marching Scarlet Knights, Pep Band, and Symphonic Winds.
Filmmaking faculty member Danielle Lessovitz is a San Francisco-born writer/director in film and advertising. In 2019, Lessovitz premiered her film Port Authority at the Cannes Film Festival.
Graduating Filmmaking BFA and Honors College student Charles de Agustin recently shared a bit about his filmmaking experiences over the summer, which included a trip to the Cannes and Telluride Film Festivals and a film internship.
Film alum Andrea Pfaff and current student Sam Spencer were involved in the creation of the collaborative “Dance | Parkinson’s” video from the Documentary Film Lab at Rutgers Filmmaking Center.