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Wesaam Al-Badry and Peter van Agtmael

George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design Presents Americas, Part One of Exhibition Series

In collaboration with For Freedoms, Americas explores the work of two photographers looking at contemporary American experience over two decades

24 hour theatre festival

Creativity, choreography, casting: Corcoran students churn out productions in 24 hours

Twenty-four hours before the curtain opened, writers, directors and actors hunkered down in the Leggette room of the Smith Hall of Art on Friday, hoping to craft an original show for their 6 p.m....

Music can be a powerful way for political candidates to connect with voters and convey a message. Here are the songs the New York City mayoral candidates chose.

The Songs of the 2025 New York Mayoral Race

Music can be a powerful way for political candidates to connect with voters and convey a message. Here are the songs the New York City mayoral candidates chose.

Douglas Boyce examines a score at a rehearsal ahead of his concert at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design Friday.

Professor blends convention, ingenuity in latest classical guitar composition

On Friday night, echoes of applause filled an open, intimate and high-ceilinged room as a guitarist prepared to debut the new arrangement of an innovative composer who also doubles as a GW professor.

Neurologist Aaron Berkowitz, B.A./B.S. ’99

Music, Medicine and Mind

A double major in biological sciences and music at GW laid the foundation for Aaron Berkowitz to pursue a career to improve neurological care in underserved populations.

Sculptural works by Isaiah Aladejobi include one inviting guests to join in the fun. (William Atkins/GW Today)

Exhibition Showcases the Work of 45 Faculty and Staff at GW’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design

Work on display comes from every one of the school’s programs and ranges across disciplines.

Holly Dugan (Program Head, Theatre & Dance)

The Rise of Unlikeable Fragrance: How Women Are Reclaiming Perfume as Power

Quotes Corcoran’s Holly Dugan (Program Head, Theatre & Dance). MARIE CLAIRE

SuLi, “Sun,” 2025. Crocheted monofilament, plastic mesh. (SuLi)

Jung-Sil Lee was featured by The Washington Post in the article “31 artists for 31 visions of Korean American experience.”

“Soaring (Narsha),” an exhibition at American University Museum, gathers contemporary works by dozens of artists in the D.C. area.

Natalie Cheung was featured in Home & Design Magazine for her artwork.

Natalie Cheung was featured in Home & Design Magazine for her artwork.

DC Artist Natalie Cheung explores the endless options of photography sans camera.

Art and Empire

Art History Faculty and Alum Collaborate on New Anthology

Art history professor Clement Akpang contributed an essay to “The Routledge Companion to Art and the Formation of Empire,” edited by Corcoran alum Emily C. Burns (MA Art History ’05). Akpang’s...