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Graduating from NYU Tisch in Manhattan’s famous Radio City Music Hall already felt slightly unreal. The scale of the space, the ceremonial atmosphere, the transition it represented—it created the strange sensation of standing both inside your own life and outside of it at the same time. But what made this year’s Tisch Salute especially memorable was hearing Laura Dern speak to the Class of 2026 not simply as a celebrity guest, but as an artist reflecting honestly on uncertainty, intuition, and creative risk.… read more.
The honoree at this year’s 2026 Tisch Gala was Susan-Lori Parks, a playwright whose work is just as alive as her career.
Walking into the Gala, I felt the strange double perspective of being both inside and outside the moment. I was there as a senior at NYU Tisch — weeks away from graduating — but also as a filmmaker and writer watching how an institution honors the artists who have shaped its history.… read more.