Rapper IDK is launching a music business program at Harvard University for students of color.
IDK's No Label Academy, a 10-day program, will take place August 21-31 on the school's campus in Boston and will help students kickstart careers in the music industry. Applications opened this week and students who are accepted will receive free tuition.
"I decided to create this program for the purpose of letting people in the BIPOC community know that a job in the arts is a lot more realistic than what society makes it seem these days," IDK, 29, said in a statement.
IDK is partnering with Nike and other brands to launch the comprehensive program. Brian K. Price, clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School and director of the Transactional Law Clinics, said he's accepted the invitation to serve as an adviser for the new program "because education is key to launching and maintaining a successful enterprise."
"Anyone aspiring to do music as a business must think like and excel as an entrepreneur. There must be a foundation of knowledge and how to apply that knowledge. Learning from experience is one way; learning from 'the experienced' is another," he said. "I'm happy to support initiatives that help learners understand how to make wise decisions."
NYU Tisch Opens the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center
NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, in collaboration with Lux Machina and AbelCine, announced the much-anticipated launch of The Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center at Industry City in Brooklyn. The fully functional Virtual Production stage will serve as a training platform for post-graduate NYU students and a cutting-edge commercial Virtual Production studio for the film and advertising industry.
The center was made possible by a significant donation, announced in 2021, from the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundations by Mellody Hobson, co-CEO of Ariel Investments, and filmmaker George Lucas. In addition, the gift funds the Martin Scorsese Institute of Global Cinematic Arts, Tisch’s Department of Cinema Studies, and scholarships. It is the largest gift in the history of the Tisch School of the Arts.
“We are thrilled to be able to honor our dear friend Martin Scorsese. Through this gift in his name, the Scorsese Institute of Global Cinematic Arts deservedly highlights his legacy as a quintessential American filmmaker and will inspire generations of diverse, talented students. Through time-honored scholarship and hands-on instruction on the state-of-the-art digital technology at the Institute, artistic vision will come to life where storytelling meets innovation,” shared Mellody Hobson and George Lucas in a joint statement
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Rosanne C. Limoncelli, sr. director of filmmaking technologies at NYU Tisch, the internal driving force for the project, explained, “The reason I really wanted to do this program is that I kept hearing from designers, directors, and cinematographers that there are not enough people with experience in Virtual Production that we can hire. We aim to help bridge that gap and introduce new talent into the... Read More