Main USC news site published by the University Public Relations office. http://uscnews.usc.edu/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:10:44 -0800 Typically known for its on-air programming, USC's award-winning television station Trojan Vision took home two top honors from this year's American Video Association (AVA) Awards, which recognized work by the station’s special productions unit. The international awards competition, which celebrates audiovisual projects created by advertising agencies, film production studios and]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/trojan_vision_strikes_platinum_and_gold_awards.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/trojan_vision_strikes_platinum_and_gold_awards.html#72620 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:05:00 -0800 Nearly 60 members of the USC Thornton School of Music’s Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra performed nine concerts in seven Chinese cities on a 13-day tour that began in late December. The orchestra was led by USC Thornton faculty member Suli Xue and orchestra manager Michael Powers. The orchestra]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/usc_thorntons_debut_orchestra_tours_china.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/usc_thorntons_debut_orchestra_tours_china.html#72616 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:11:25 -0800 Just for a hoot, M. G. Lord and a group of friends rented a mid-century modern house in Palm Springs for Memorial Day weekend five years ago. Lord, who had taken a box of Elizabeth Taylor movies, popped in a DVD. “We were expecting an evening of camp,” said author]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/behind_those_violet_eyes.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/behind_those_violet_eyes.html#72601 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:45:14 -0800 If you need to see something very small, but it's in another city or country and you want to see it blown up to a theatre-sized screen, USC School of Cinematic Arts research associate professor Richard A. Weinberg can help. Weinberg is project leader of a team that will receive]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/extremely_tiny_and_incredibly_far_away.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/extremely_tiny_and_incredibly_far_away.html#72591 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:20:00 -0800 USC has announced the establishment of the Robert A. Day Professorship at the USC Roski School of Fine Arts, which supports the teaching and practice of transformational fine arts faculty at the university. Day, a noted philanthropist, community leader and arts patron, is chairman and president of the W. M.]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/usc_roski_school_of_fine_arts_announces_robert_a_day_professorship.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/usc_roski_school_of_fine_arts_announces_robert_a_day_professorship.html#72539 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:13:59 -0800 For the 12th consecutive year, the USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) attended the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Thirty-two USC alumni were featured in 18 films, with an additional four alumni and three films showcased at the Slamdance Film Festival. "Each year, Sundance reaffirms the true power]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/sca_marks_banner_year_at_sundance_festival.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/sca_marks_banner_year_at_sundance_festival.html#72575 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:07:39 -0800 Four international artists paid a recent visit to the USC School of Theatre to share their work and experiences as playwrights and artistic directors from the modern Black Diaspora, which describes the migration and settlement of black people away from their ancestral homeland. The guest artists were invited to campus]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/artists_share_a_glimpse_of_the_black_diaspora.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/artists_share_a_glimpse_of_the_black_diaspora.html#72544 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:30:46 -0800 The seventh annual Louis Galen Artletics Exhibition, a showcase of artwork by 15 Trojan student-athletes created in USC Roski School of Fine Arts classes, will be on display in the Galen Center's Hall of Fame from Feb. 1 to March 12. The free exhibition will be open during USC athletic]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/artletics_exhibition_to_open_at_galen_center.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/artletics_exhibition_to_open_at_galen_center.html#72535 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:20:00 -0800 The vast collection of industry correspondences and effects of the late television and film executive Brandon Tartikoff is being donated in its entirety to the USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) by his widow, Lilly Tartikoff. The renowned executive was an architect of NBC’s rise to the top on prime-time]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/brandon_tartikoffs_letters_coming_to_sca.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/brandon_tartikoffs_letters_coming_to_sca.html#72457 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:04:34 -0800 Watching the film Godzilla with classmates, USC senior Elton Keung initially saw the scaly creature as nothing more than a monster stomping through the streets of Tokyo, Japan. Keung was surprised to learn that the creature, created by Japanese film director Ishirō Honda in 1954, symbolizes more than a fantastical]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/a_fantastical_take_on_reality.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/a_fantastical_take_on_reality.html#72371 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:12:44 -0800 Oliver Mayer was 16 years old when he attempted his first novel about Niccolò Machiavelli - the famed Florentine philosopher, politician and writer of the Renaissance era. And although the 125 pages of his unfinished book helped him get into Cornell University, Mayer eventually scrapped the idea. “I probably revisited]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/playwright_bringing_machiavelli_to_usc_stage.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/playwright_bringing_machiavelli_to_usc_stage.html#72333 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:30:00 -0800 The authors and screenwriters of A Dangerous Method, The Descendants, Jane Eyre, Moneyball and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy have been named finalists for the 24th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award. The winning writers and screenwriters will be announced at a black-tie ceremony to be held Feb. 18 in Doheny Memorial]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/finalists_named_for_24th_annual_usc_libraries_scripter_award.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/finalists_named_for_24th_annual_usc_libraries_scripter_award.html#72255 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:41:42 -0800 Last fall, in addition to the traditional classes, the USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) launched "Reality Ends Here," a 15-week alternate reality game that stressed collaborative production. The game, which resulted from a cross-divisional committee created by dean Elizabeth M. Daley, was a creative new way for students to]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/post_1.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/post_1.html#72242 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:50:03 -0800 Violinist Midori, chair of the strings department and holder of the Jascha Heifetz Chair in Violin at the USC Thornton School of Music, will receive the Crystal Award on Jan. 25 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The award recognizes Midori’s commitment to community engagement worldwide, including her]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/midori_to_accept_community_award_in_switzerland.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/midori_to_accept_community_award_in_switzerland.html#72148 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:40:45 -0800 Sporting industrial-looking costumes and a Victorian era script, 40 scholar-artists of the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI) Theater Workshop performed an adaptation of A Christmas Carol at the Mudd Hall of Philosophy. The goal of the workshop is to “go beyond the limits of a traditional classroom to inspire a]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/nai_scholars_present_a_christmas_carol.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/nai_scholars_present_a_christmas_carol.html#72097