Work Of Art: The Mason Gross Podcast

Work Of Art: The Mason Gross Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 15: Johsian Martinez (Dance)
April 30, 2020

Johsian Martinez, a BFA/EdM Dance Education student, says his experiences at a performing-arts charter school, with teachers who accepted him as he was made all the difference and informed his own choice to become an educator.

Episode 15: Johsian Martinez (Dance)
April 28, 2020

Check out the latest episode of Work of Art: The Mason Gross Podcast. In each episode, we speak with Mason Gross students, faculty, and guest artists, discussing what fuels their curiosity, their passion, and their impulse to make. This week, we sat down

Episode 14: Kirsten Pasewaldt (Filmmaking)
April 14, 2020

Meet filmmaking student Kirsten Pasewaldt who felt pressure to pursue a more-practical path, and inched her way from a major in communications, to a major in cinema studies, and, eventually, to the BFA in Filmmaking program at Mason Gross.

Episode 13: Sana Colter (Music) and Ariana Speight (Dance)
March 31, 2020

Dancer Ariana Speight and flute performance major Sana Colter met as Douglass Residential College students. That rich friendship eventually yielded C.R.E.A.T.E., Cultural Rhythm Expressing Art To Empower.

Episode 12: Lee Savage (Theater)
March 03, 2020

Theater faculty member Lee Savage serves as head of scenic design at Mason Gross. Savage says he believes scenic designers should be committed to their ideas but also flexible enough to collaborate and leave a concept behind.

Episode 11: Windows of Understanding (Art & Design)
February 18, 2020

Rutgers art students and alumni are among those exhibiting work in window displays in New Brunswick and Highland Park, championing social justice issues, including food insecurity; immigration; LGBTQA+ issues; mass incarceration and human trafficking; ...

Episode 10: Vaughn Stavropoulos (Music)
December 03, 2019

Check out the latest episode of Work of Art: The Mason Gross Podcast. Every other Tuesday, we'll speak with Mason Gross student, faculty, and guest artists, discussing what fuels their curiosity, their passion, and their impulse to make. This week, we...

Episode 9: Olympia Martin and Francesca Stoppa (Art & Design)
November 19, 2019

Art & Design students and athletes Olympia Martin and Francesca Stoppa were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for the 2018-19 school year.

Episode 8: Elizabeth Monkemeier (Music)
November 05, 2019

Clarinet Performance and Music Education undergrad Elizabeth Monkemeier began playing the clarinet at age 12. She is a member of the Kirkpatrick Choir, Marching Scarlet Knights, Pep Band, and Symphonic Winds.