Opportunities

EDI Book Club

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The Arizona Arts Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Book Club will be underway this Fall. The club will highlight one book per semester through small group discussions. The Book club welcomes all perspectives and experiences to foster a respectful and courageous space to grow our individual and collective understanding of EDI principles.

This semester we will meet virtually three times to discuss Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde.

Dates: Wednesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm MST on Zoom
October 26th, November 16th, December 7th, 2022

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.

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.

Deadline (Multiple) : November 10, 2022 for events beginning no earlier than January 20, 2023; April 23, 2023 for events beginning no earlier than June 1, 2023
Award: $1,000

Past Awardees:

• Megan Fox | CCP
• Tioni Collins | TFTV

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: November 10, 2022 with funding available by January 13, 2023
Award: $1,000 – $2,000

2021 Awardees:

• Barbara Selznick | Course Modification – Screen Narratives (FTV 460)
• Jacob Bricca | Course Modification – Editing Fundamentals (FTV 318)
• Jeehey Kim | New Course – Global Indigenous Photography
• Nicole Antebi | New Course – The Borderlands; Animated (ART504)
• Yuri Makino | Course Modification – Fiction Production (FTV 315a)

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:

• Rehearsals in Antiracism Course
• Creative Abolitionist Teaching (CAT) Fellows
• Race/Remix speaker series and podcast

JustArts Fellowship for Student Leaders in the Arts

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The JustArts Fellowship for Student Leaders in the Arts supports and advances equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) by engaging students in the arts identifying challenges and generating novel solutions. Fellows from the College of Fine Arts will design and complete a change-oriented project that educates, inspires, and connects members of the Arizona Arts community.

Read the Call for Submissions >

Deadline: May 15, 2022
Amount: $6,000 + $1,500 execution budget

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: April 15, 2022
Award: $5,000

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: April 15, 2022
Award: $1,500

S.A.L.O.N.

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SALON (Student Artist Live Opportunity Night) highlights the critical scholarship and need for community-building for our underrepresented students in Theater, Film, and Television and the School of Art. 

Event: March 30, 2022
Location: School of Art Patio