Projects & Participation Kick-off
Join us for a general information session where you can explore various ways to participate in PMA's live and mediated productions. Meet faculty and student directors who will share insights about their projects and casting requirements.
Wednesday, January 22, 7:30 pm, Kiplinger Theatre
Festival 24 features an array of plays written, directed, rehearsed, and performed by students in just 24 hours!
Saturday, January 25, 7:30 pm, Get Tickets
Class of '56 Dance Studio Theatre (SB10)
Call for Actors: Film Thesis Projects
The audition details will be announced soon. Please visit our website in January for updates.
Wednesday, January 29, Time & Location - TBA
LeRoy Neiman: The Life of America's Most Beloved and Belittled Artist
A book talk by Dr. Travis Vogan, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Department of American Studies, University of Iowa.
The untold story of an American hustler who upset the art world and became a pop culture icon, cutting a swath across twentieth-century history and culture.
Moderated by PMA Chair Samantha N. Sheppard.
Wednesday, February 5, 5:00 pm, Film Forum
Chats with the Chair
"Chats with the Chair" invites PMA majors, minors, and those interested in the department to join the chair for food and fellowship. Come learn more about the department, give feedback, and talk about everything performing and media arts at Cornell and beyond! Lunch provided!
RSVP by March 4th to pma@cornell.edu.
Thursday, March 6, Noon - 1 pm, Room 220
PMA Presents: An Evening with John Cameron Mitchell
Moderated by Professor Nick Salvato
Friday, March 7, 6:30 pm in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
Formerly known as the Centrally Isolated Film Festival (CIFF), is organized by the Phi Chapter of Delta Kappa Alpha (DKA). The festival celebrates and connects emerging filmmakers. Currently accepting submissions from students from the U.S. across various disciplines, including narrative, documentary, animation, and experimental films, with a runtime of under 20 minutes.
Saturday, April 12, 10:45 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, April 13, 10:45 am - 6:45 pm
Film Forum
Chats with the Chair
"Chats with the Chair" invites PMA majors, minors, and those interested in the department to join the chair for food and fellowship. Come learn more about the department, give feedback, and talk about everything performing and media arts at Cornell and beyond! Lunch provided!
RSVP by April 15 to pma@cornell.edu.
Thursday, April 17, Noon - 1 pm, Room 220
Dance Showcase
An end-of-semester showcase of predominately student-devised dance works, specifically featuring Cornellians in PMA Dance Studio courses this spring semester.
Friday, April 25, 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 26, 7:30 pm
Kiplinger Theatre
Finding God in All the Black Places: Sacred Imaginings in Black Popular Culture
A book talk by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade, a Professor in film and media at Emory University in Atlanta.
In Finding God in All the Black Places, Beretta E. Smith-Shomade contends that Black spirituality and Black church religiosity are the critical crux of Black popular culture. She argues that cultural, community, and social support live within the Black church and that spirit, art, and progress are deeply entwined and seal this connection.
Moderated by PMA Chair Samantha N. Sheppard.
This event is part of Voices & Visions in Black Media series.
Monday, April 28, 5:00 pm, Film Forum
PMA Studios Film Screening
Followed by a talkback
Join us as we celebrate the premiere of Milkshake Kiss, the first film by PMA Studios! This exciting new collaboration brings together students, faculty, staff and guest artists to write, produce and direct a professional movie. Don't miss this special screening as we showcase their incredible work!
Friday, May 2, 5:00 pm, Kiplinger Theatre
Honors Thesis Screening
Followed by a talkback
Join us for an exciting screening of Honors Film Projects by the Cornell Senior class. Experience outstanding storytelling and gain insight directly from the student directors during a Q&A session following the event.
Thursday, May 8, 5:00 pm, Kiplinger Theatre
Student Film Screening
The Student Film Screening will feature unique, empathetic, and collaborative works from students in PMA 3570: Film and Video Production I and PMA 1410: Media Production Laboratory. Let's come together and share a magical evening of storytelling through the language of cinema, 24 frames per second. This event is free and open to the public. First-come, first-served. (Tickets are not required).
For mature audiences only. Films contain material that may be triggering to some audience members.
Friday, May 9, 5:00 pm, Kiplinger Theatre