Visual artist Bahar Sabzevari (CRF 2021) has been awarded a 2024 Gottlieb Foundation Grant. The awards “recognize the talents of many individuals around the world who have dedicated long careers to making art,” and aim “to alleviate some of the...
California College of the Arts (CCA) awarded an honorary doctorate degree to artist and scholar Deborah Willis, who serves on Civitella’s Board of Directors, and her son, visual artist and CCA alum Hank Willis Thomas David C. Howse, president of CCA said: “We...
The Jazz Journalists Association have awarded their 2024 JJA Jazz Awards. Civitellians were honored in the following categories. Arranger of the Year: Darcy James Argue (CRF 2017). Duo of the Year: Fred Hersch (DG 2013) on piano and esperanza spalding (CRF 2018) on...
Ayana Mathis (CRF 2017, Advisory Council) has been awarded the Berlin Prize for Fall 2024. The Berlin Prize is awarded annually to US-based scholars, writers, composers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields, from the humanities...
The 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry was awarded to Brandon Som (CRF 2017) for Tripas: Poems (Georgia Review Books), “a collection that deeply engages with the complexities of the poet’s dual Mexican and Chinese heritage, highlighting the dignity of his...
