Manifest 2008

Manifest is an annual celebration of Columbia’s graduating undergraduate and graduate student body of work. This urban arts festival occurs on our vibrant South Loop campus and showcases the talent, celebrates the community, and engages the imagination while realizing the full potential of our students.

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Kicks off with FASHION COLUMBIA ( Wednesday, May 14 ), the recognized student-produced fashion show that highlights the best work from the Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management and Fashion Design programs.
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Introduces INDUSTRY NIGHT ( Thursday, May 15 ), lending professionals and employers the chance to sneak preview the talent emerging from Columbia
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Displays the STUDENT WORK of more than 2,000 graduating Columbia College Chicago students
screenings, lectures, gallery exhibitions, Web casts, performances, radio and television broadcasts, and more – and it’s FREE and open to the public.
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Draws 30,000 guests and is a vehicle for more than 75 SHOWCASES.
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Features our first art car festival TRANSMISSION, an environmentally mindful street exhibition of the most green and provocative auto and auto-inspired art by the Columbia community and beyond.
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Celebrates the TICTOC performance art festival that shares site specific, time-based performance art with the Wabash Arts Corridor.
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Exhibits the SPECTACLE FORTUNA, a parade and vision that reveals the work of Columbia’s puppetry students, mobile music installations, object theater, costumes, and Columbia’s signature brand of school spirit, within the recycling-inspired theme. The 2008 focus is SALVAGE DREAMING:

RE-CREATE CHANGE. DANCE IT. SHOWCASE IT. RECORD IT. EXPERIENCE IT.

MAKE IT: MAY 16, 2008




Check out the video for 2006....http://cms.colum.edu/cspaces/manifest/film2/
(youtube had really shitty quality)


I really wish I was in Chicago for this. I'll miss it by 13 days. =[