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New York University professors from a range of disciplines met at NYU Law to honor Professor Anna Deavere Smith, who received this year’s George Polk Career Award for Special Achievement in Journalism. The notion of the truth as something subjective and difficult to define was discussed throughout the event in the context of art, journalism ...
Jan 19, 2013 · Anna Deavere Smith, University Professor in the Department of Performance Studies at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with an affiliated appointment at NYU School of Law, has been named the 19th winner of the prestigious Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. The award, given annually as a legacy from the legendary film and stage ...
NYU Tisch Professor Anna Deavere Smith and Atlantic Magazine editor Scott Stossel will discuss the process of writing her new play "This Ghost of Slavery" for a magazine, as compared to working through the current theatre based play development process.
Jul 11, 2013 · Anna Deavere Smith is a University Professor of Performance Studies at NYU Tisch, an accomplished actress and recipient of the prestigious MacArthur award for her work, which has been described as “a blend of theatrical art, social commentary, journalism and intimate reverie.”
Feb 28, 2018 · Professor Anna Deavere Smith is teaching Personal Narratives, Global Identities in the Department of Art & Public Policy this spring semester. Professor Anna Deavere Smith's acclaimed show, Notes from the Field premiered on HBO on February 24th. It focuses on about criminal justice and the school to prison pipeline.
Anna Deavere Smith is metamorphosing at an alarming rate. One moment she’s a student, the next she’s an inmate. Later she’s a politician, an activist, and eventually a podium-pounding reverend. By the conclusion of her performance in the play-turned-film "Notes from the Field," Smith has dramatized 18 different real-life people affected by America’s school-to-prison pipeline.
May 1, 2023 · Kathy Acker and Karen Finley. APP Professors Karen Finley and Anna Deavere Smith are both featured in The New York Time’s Style Magazine’s Culture issue article, "This Woman's Work: 40 legendary female artists--and the younger women who remind them why they make art". Julia Halperin writes, “Mentor-mentee relationships have nourished ...
