Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University

Our Chair of Music, Johnaye Kendrick, wins her third GRAMMY with säje and Nate Smith for “Big Fish,” Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals🥇—so proud to learn from her at Cornish.

Students in Cable Griffith’s Making Murals course turned the Cornish café into their studio — pitching ideas + painting three large murals based on the theme Ecosystems of Place. Idea → pitch → execution. Students got hands-on experience taking a mural from vision to reality!

Our first Cornish Theater production of the season, The River Bride, closed last weekend — and we’re still feeling the magic. Rooted in Brazilian folklore & Indigenous oral traditions, brought to life by a Latine cast and creative team, directed by Johamy Morales. Thank you!

As we begin Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month, SU is proud to affirm and celebrate the diverse cultures and traditions that shape Native American and Alaska Native Heritage. To our Indigenous students, faculty, staff, and alumni, we see you and we honor you.

Congratulations to Cornish alum Anthony White on being named a 2025 Joan Mitchell Fellow! 🎉 One of just 15 artists nationwide, his work continues to earn national recognition. Learn more: joanmitchellfoundation.org/journal/announ…

And just like that, our newest Redhawks have landed for the academic year 📦

We had an outstanding first day of classes with all of our new and returning students! Wishing you a great fall semester at Cornish College of the Arts at @seattleu.

Welcome home, new students! 🏠 Over the weekend, Cornish Commons got its newest residents, and our SLU campus is already buzzing. Orientation continues for first-year students this week!

Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University move-in 2025 ✅

Our Summer@Cornish 2025 students just wrapped four weeks of creating, performing, and collaborating. From stage to studio to screen, they brought their best work to life. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate their final exhibitions! #VisualArt #teenartist

Whimsy meets wartime in Alice by Heart, brought to life by Performance Production students Ruby Carter & Roxy Orkney. Their costumes transform in real time—blending fantasy, grief, and childhood nostalgia into one surreal world. 🎭💫 bit.ly/40HAqVR

Last chance! 👀 Shop current Cornish College of the Arts merch before it’s gone—available until July 31. New styles coming soon to the Seattle U Merch Store. shop.cornish.edu

Always supporting my fellow Cornish College of the Arts alumni!!!!!!!!

Cornish is back at the 2025 #SeattleArtFair—this time with our own booth! 🎉 See work by #CornishAlum Casey Curran at Cannonball Arts + meet Cornish artists July 17–20 at Lumen Field Event Center. More info in the replies! #CornishCollegeoftheArts #SeattleArt #SeattleArtists

Limited-edition tees by Cornish Illustration student Luci Boschwitz (@ illucistration on IG) were a hit at the @seattleu x Cornish block party! If you snagged one, you’ve got a piece of campus history. Big thanks to Luci + Cornish Design chair Lorena Howard-Sheridan! ❤️

Did you catch #CornishAlum Jinkx Monsoon make her Tony's debut over the weekend? We loved watching her perform as Ruth in “Sail the Ocean Blue” and “Washboards” during the annual awards show. Catch Jinkx on Broadway in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical” through July 27th! 🏴‍☠️

The time has come 🏴‍☠️ Thrilled to be making my #TonyAwards debut this Sunday, June 8th with our incredible company I love so much. Tune in on CBS or Paramount+

Cable Griffith, Chair of Art at Cornish, recently created Bitstreams—5 glass mosaics at Sound Transit’s Downtown Redmond Station. Inspired by the Redmond Watershed, they abstract PNW landscapes into digital glyphs. Fabricated by Tieton Mosaics, commissioned by @SoundTransit

Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University is here, marking a new chapter combining Cornish’s century-long legacy of innovation as an independent arts college with SU’s deep commitment to academic rigor and educating the whole person. Read more: seattleu.edu/newsroom/2025/…