{"id":161536,"date":"2026-03-12T16:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161536\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:52:49","slug":"brooklyn-college-celebrates-guest-artist-ari-fulton-following-naacp-award-win-for-ella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161536\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn College Celebrates Guest Artist Ari Fulton Following NAACP Award Win for &#8220;Ella&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklyn.edu\/theater\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Theater<\/a> was overjoyed when they snagged costume designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVj1tlOj-IC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ari Fulton as a guest artist for their production of FLEX<\/a>. So naturally, they celebrated when \u201cElla,\u201d the Netflix short film featuring costume design by the accomplished artist, won the 2026 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Short Film (Live Action) late last month.<\/p>\n<p>The Image Awards, known for recognizing excellence in film, television, music, and literature, spotlighted \u201cElla\u201d for its powerful storytelling and artistic craft. Among the team behind the film, Fulton\u2019s work stood out for its textured, character-centered approach to costume design, helping bring the story\u2019s emotional world to life.<\/p>\n<p>This semester, Brooklyn College students in theater and design programs had the unique opportunity to learn directly from Fulton during her residency. She collaborated closely with students and faculty, offering a professional lens into the creative, technical, and collaborative processes behind costume design for stage and screen.<\/p>\n<p>Students benefited not only from her artistry but also her generosity as an educator. Working alongside an award-winning designer gave them an invaluable glimpse into the industry as well as a boost of inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn College is deeply honored to have hosted Fulton during such a milestone moment in her career. Her award-winning achievements continue to resonate on campus, reminding students of the impact and possibility of their own creative futures.<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Department of Theater was overjoyed when they snagged costume designer Ari Fulton as a guest artist for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-161536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}