Mentoring in the Arts Professions (M.A.P.)
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Are you interested in a creative career? Do you have a passion for the arts? Join M.A.P. for an “ask me anything” conversation with visiting artists and alumni. You will hear exclusive stories, gain insider advice, and connect with artists across campus and beyond. This event series is presented by InVisibility at Arizona Arts, in partnership with Racial Justice Studio, School of Theatre, Film, & Television, and Arizona Arts Live.
Jared Shamberger | Tuesday, Mar. 12, 1-2PM
Learn what it’s like to be a full-time Filmmaker, Actor, Director, Playwright, Theatre Director, and Arts Educator.
Urban Bush Women | Wednesday, Apr. 3, 1-2PM
Find out about activism through performance and the arts from a nonprofit interdisciplinary ensemble.
Brian Lopez | Wednesday, Apr. 17, 1-2PM
Visit with School of Music Alumnus now touring rock star. Get to know a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer.
M.A.P. events will be hosted at Slonaker House Living Room, 1027 E 2nd, Tucson, AZ 85721. Complimentary lunch is included. R.S.V.P. today!
R.S.V.P. on Google Forms
JustArts Fellowship for Student Leaders in the Arts
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The JustArts Fellowship for Student Leaders in the Arts invites CFA students to design and complete a change-oriented project that increases access to meaningful arts experiences.
Fellows identify challenges, generate creative solutions, and collaborate with student peers and Arizona Arts mentors to bring a more just vision of the arts to life. lmpactful projects will educate, inspire, and connect members of Arizona Arts and the broader community.
Meet the JustArts Fellows 2023-24 cohort> Five JustArts Fellows Answer Five Questions.
View slides from the JustArts Information Session> azart.fyi/JustArtsInfo
Submit an application for 2024-25> azart.fyi/JustArtsApply
Deadline: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Amount: $6,000 + $1,500 execution budget
Apply Today
Dean’s Undergraduate Recruitment Award
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The CFA Dean’s Undergraduate Recruitment Award seeks to broaden the number of students in the College of Fine Arts (CFA) from historically underrepresented communities. This award provides a scholarship to aid with college expenses in the first year at UArizona. Prospective students admitted as majors in CFA programs are eligible to apply.
Deadline: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Award: $5,000
Apply at Scholarship Universe
Dean’s Undergraduate Retention Award
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The CFA Dean’s Undergraduate Retention Award seeks to support continuing College of Fine Arts (CFA) students from historically underrepresented communities. This award provides a scholarship to aid with college expenses while attending UArizona. Students currently enrolled as majors in CFA programs are eligible to apply.
Deadline: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Award: $1,500
Apply at Scholarship Universe
Arizona Arts Inclusive Excellence Awards
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The Arizona Arts’ Inclusive Excellence Award recognizes meritorious efforts and impacts toward the advancement of equity, diversity, and inclusion through research, teaching, mentorship, leadership, and service.
This award is given to four individuals annually: 1 staff member, 1 faculty member, 1 undergraduate student, and 1 graduate student.
Recipients will receive a plaque with their name engraved and a $1,500 monetary stipend.
Deadline: TBD
Amount: $1,500 per individual
Nominate Here
Curriculum Innovation Grant
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The Diversity & Inclusion Curriculum Innovation Grant program supports efforts to evolve course content and teaching methods in ways that advance equity, diversity, and inclusion. Continuing, tenured, and tenure-eligible faculty in the College of Fine Arts are eligible to apply.
Deadline (Spring Only): Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 with funding available by May 3, 2024
Award: $1,000 – $2,000
2023 Awardees:
- Barbara Selznick | Film Styles and Genres (FTV 465)
- Elaine Romero | New Directions Festival/New Work Equitable Practices
- Kelsey Nussbaum | Introduction to Music Education (MUS 250)
- Nicole Koschmann | Digital Filmmaking: From YouTube to Netflix (FTV 306)
Apply at CFA Console
Event Co-Sponsorship Grant
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The Diversity & Inclusion Event Co-Sponsorship Grant program supports diverse programming that features artists and subjects representing a wide variety of identities and perspectives. Students, faculty, and staff in the College of Fine Arts and the division of Arizona Arts are eligible to apply.
Fall Deadline: Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 for events beginning no earlier than Dec. 18, 2023
Spring Deadline: Friday, Mar. 29, 2024 for events beginning no earlier than May 31, 2024
Award: $1,000 – $2,000
2023 Awardees
Spring 2023
- Chelsea Farrar | Pulse: Weavings and Paintings by Marlowe Katoney (University of Arizona Museum of Art)
- Edward Goodman | Residency of Kevin Day (School of Music)
- Jackie Glazier | Disability as a Creative Source (School of Music)
- Yuanyuan (Kay) HE | TURN UP Multimedia Festival 2024 (School of Music)
Fall 2023
- Dr. Daniel Linder | 2024 Trester Festival for Latin American Music (School of Music)
- Dr. Elizabeth Schauer | Performance of Terza Messa by Marianna von Martines (School of Music)
- Jaime Elena Abarca | Call to Queer Artists (School of Art)
- Jenna Green | The Place Where Clouds are Formed artist panel (Center for Creative Photography)
Apply at CFA Console
S.A.L.O.N.
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2024 SALON (Student Artist Live Opportunity Night), hosted by InVisibility in collaboration with PAMFAD, is a performance for students from historically underrepresented and excluded groups who have a passion for and dedication to their chosen art form. Students, faculty, staff, and community supporters will come together to create a space of inclusivity and celebration through showcasing their talents and creations.
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 28, 4:00 – 6:00 pm.
Location: Tornabene Theatre
Call for submissions are due Friday, Jan. 26 Apply Today
LEARN MORE ABOUT S.A.L.O.N.
Racial Justice Studio
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Racial Justice Studio (RJS) seeks to amplify the work of Arizona Arts scholars, artists, and educators for whom anti-racism is a core tenet embedded in their professional and personal lives, while also partnering with stakeholders, advocates, and activists beyond the UA campus.
Opportunities Include:
EDI Book Club
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The Arizona Arts Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Book Club club highlights one book per semester through small group discussions. Welcoming all perspectives and experiences, the club fosters a respectful and courageous space to grow our individual and collective understanding of EDI principles.
The last reading for this semester will be Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad. Earlier in the semester we met virtually to discuss Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century by Alice Wong.
Date: Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2023 at 12:00-1:00 pm MST or 4:00pm-5:00pm MST on Zoom
Copies of the book are generously provided for book club members by the Office of Equity in the Arts, Arizona Arts. Arizona Arts faculty and staff, including graduate teaching assistants, are invited to join! Space is limited.