Tisch News
Every day someone from Tisch School of the Arts makes news. Here's where we share with you the incredible achievements of our students, alumni, faculty and friends.
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2026 Guggenheim Fellows
Thursday, Apr 16, 2026
Congratulations to the 9 alumni and Tisch faculty who were named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows!
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Maggie Rogers '16 Launches Foundation & NYU Scholarship
Thursday, Apr 2, 2026
Maggie Rogers '16 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) launched a foundation on the 10th anniversary of her viral video with Pharrell Williams. The first project funded by the foundation is an NYU Tisch scholarship for students studying music production.
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Wafaa Bilal Illuminates the Politically Absurd
Thursday, Apr 2, 2026
Bilal, who is an Arts Professor in Tisch’s Department of Photography and Imaging, has long positioned his practice at the crossroads of performance and technology.
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Announcing the 2026 Tisch Creative Research Faculty Publishing Grant Recipients!
Monday, May 4, 2026
The Tisch Initiative for Creative Research, in collaboration with the Center for Research and Study, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Tisch Faculty Publishing Grant.
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Elinor Kry ('26) nominated for a National Magazine Award!
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2026
New York Magazine is being honored by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) with ten National Magazine Award nominations. In these nominations, DPI Alum, Elinor Kry, received recognition for her project "The 25 Young(ish) New Democrats to Watch".
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Stevia Ndoe ('25) featured at SPECTALiA
Wednesday, Mar 4, 2026
Stevia Ndoe (DPI class of '25) has work in the upcoming SPECTALiA Biennial. The Every Woman Biennial, the world’s largest women and non-binary biennial, presents its 6th edition - SPECTALiA - this spring. SPECTALiA will feature art and performance by over 400 artists at its new location Pen + Brush, the non-profit organization that has been an advocate for creating equitable opportunities for women and gender-expansive visual and literary artists since 1894.
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DPI Professor, Wafaa Bilal speaks at ICP
Thursday, Feb 19, 2026
ICP, Ward Gallery and The Road to Nowhere present: A Lens on Diaspora – a photography salon focused on image-makers from the diaspora. The event centers stories of identity, belonging, migration, home, and cultural hybridity, exploring how these experiences shape visual practice. Presenting lens-based work from four diaspora artists, this salon reflects on communities across borders, inherited histories, hybrid identities, and the idea of home as something remembered, imagined, or constantly renegotiated.
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DPI SPOTLIGHT: THE FALL 2025 FACULTY EXHIBITION
Tuesday, Oct 14, 2025
The Department of Photography & Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts, invites you to view the works showcased in our Fall 2025 Faculty Exhibition. On view are images and books employing a variety of approaches to the medium, ranging from duratran, mirror, and glass to archival inkjet prints.
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DPI Presents Reflections in Black: A Reframing Book Launch
Monday, Sep 8, 2025
Join the Department of Photography and Imaging as we celebrate the release of Reflections in Black: A Reframing, the 25th anniversary edition of Dr. Deborah Willis’ internationally acclaimed publication Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present.
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DPI Chair, Dr. Deborah Willis featured in Vogue for her new book Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers: 1840 to the Present
Thursday, Sep 4, 2025
Read the Vogue article "Deborah Willis Celebrates 25 Years of Reflections in Black" by Folasade Ologundudu in the Arts section of Vogue.
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DPI Alum Danny Arensberg Featured in The Cut - New York Magazine
Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025
DPI Alum, Danny Arensburg, photographs the No Kings protest for The Cut - New York Magazine.
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DPI Chair, Deborah Willis, Featured in GENERAL CONDITIONS Exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery
Monday, May 19, 2025
The exhibition offers a sustained reflection on the social and political climate of our time by considering how we respond—individually and collectively—when many of the most basic components of public life can no longer be taken for granted.
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DPI Chair, Deborah Willis, featured in "Gathering: A Photographer's Collection" Exhibition at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Monday, May 19, 2025
Gathering: A Photographer’s Collection presents a wide-ranging selection of photographs from the personal collection of Portland, Oregon-based photographer and curator, Christopher Rauschenberg.
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