ARTS INITIATIVE
FIRST YEAR FUNDING REQUEST
OVERVIEW
What follows is a proposal for funding for the 2005-6 “start-up” year for the Arts
Initiative. The proposal centers on three types of projects: research grants and
programs tied to the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts; high-visibility,
campus-wide events; and curricular and residential enrichment. The proposal
also includes start-up funds for staff and office.
The range of programs is ambitious. Each illuminates, in a different way, the role
of creativity in a Stanford education. Each is also designed to demonstrate the
impact of the Arts Initiative upon all aspects of campus life. The programs
expand on the three themes of the Arts Initiative: Creativity and the Arts; Arts,
Sciences and Technologies; and the Arts in a Global Society.
Our approach is systemic. We hope to affect University life in all its dimensions:
at a curricular level, through residential programs, and in research.
In addition to the various projects listed below, we will dedicate next year to
creating the infrastructure for future programs and to long-term strategic
planning.
We will devote the 2006-7 year to explorations of the topic of “Conflict and
Resolution,” highlighting the role played by creativity and the arts. We expect to
do this in coordination with the other three Initiatives.
ARTS INITIATIVE
OBJECTIVES FOR 2005-2006
1. Create “high visibility” events as well as other activities that demonstrate
the transformative role of the arts in University life
2. Invite the Inaugural Fellows of the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the
Arts and establish programs and agenda for the Institute
3. Develop community and faculty “buy-in” throughout the University
4. Collaborate with Lively Arts, CCRMA and other campus organizations to
convert visiting artist events, already planned for 2005-6, into extended
stays and classroom visits when appropriate
5. Develop task-forces for Arts Initiative goals tied to the curriculum,
residences, departments, and programs
6. Develop infrastructure for collaborative faculty-initiated projects
7. Build infrastructure for SICA
8. Consolidate arts-related information on campus through new website,
inset to Stanford Report, and restructured Ticket Office
9. Begin planning for the 2006-7 themed year: Conflict and Resolution
10. Prepare for Initiative Launch and other major “roll-outs” in 2006-07
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ARTS INITIATIVE
FIRST YEAR FUNDING REQUEST (2005-06)
RESEARCH GRANTS AND PROGRAMS
SICA Inaugural Fellows
12 faculty leaders pursuing multi-disciplinary work in the humanities,
sciences, engineering, medicine, law, business and education. Each
Fellow will receive a grant of up to $10,000 for arts-related projects.
Collaborative projects will be encouraged. Meetings of the SICA Fellows
will occur on a regular basis, with special SICA Evenings punctuating the
year.
SICA Affiliates
Integrate the many extant Stanford arts-organizations into the Arts
Initiative agenda (Humanities Center, Humanities Lab, Institute for
Diversity in the Arts, Media-X, CCRMA, Design Center, SLSQ projects,
Medical Humanities, etc). Solicit proposals for specific projects and
matching-fund opportunities
Artist in Residence Programs
Grants to bring artists whose work supports and complements curricular
and departmental objectives to campus. Examples of such opportunities
include:
a. Department/faculty proposed artists
b. Lively Arts artists for academic classes and extended residential
stays
c. Artists supported by and working with student organizations
Faculty Collaborative Research Projects
Arts-related projects that address one of two topics: creativity or “Conflict
and Resolution.” The former stands as the central and on-going concern
of the Arts Initiative, while the latter forms the theme for the 2006-7 year.
Projects must involve collaborative work across disciplines and should
have at least 2 of the following 3 components: student participation,
curricular tie-ins, and community component. Selection begins in 2005-6
for projects commencing in the 2006-7 academic year.
Innovation in the Arts Grants to Departments
A matching-fund grant extended to departments and programs for projects
with an arts-component that allow departments to pursue new intellectual
directions, to experiment with alternative departmental goals, or to
transform already-extant agendas. Particular emphasis on the Initiative’s
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themes—creativity and the arts; the arts, sciences and technologies; and
the arts in a global society—will be encouraged.
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SPECIAL PROJECTS
Creative Moments Series
A year-long series of events, coordinated with Lively Arts, CAC and other
arts organizations, that highlights creativity in a variety of venues across
campus. At least two of these events will be high-visibility activities that
engage the entire Stanford community, not unlike the “Encounter: Merce”
activities this past spring. Others will be more local and small-scale in
nature. We are already in discussion, for example, with Oskar Eustis, the
new Director of the Public Theater in New York, about a week-long festival
in the spring, 06, that would bring to campus several of the playwrights at
the Public Theater (Tony Kushner, David Henry Hwang, Anna Deveare
Smith, and Suzan-Lori Parks) for an exciting series of events organized
around the theme of “Creativity.”
International Arts Workshop
Seminars, workshops, performances and exhibitions that bring together
local, national and international artists to explore collaboratively the
changing nature of the arts in a global society. Tie-in with the
International Initiative.
The Arts and Technology Forum
The equivalent of a “faculty seminar,” designed to bring together artists,
scientists and engineers in regular contact to explore new developments
in fields of shared interest: computer animation, design, sonofication,
robotics, digital imaging, etc. Tie-ins with Bio-X and the Environmental
Initiative on topics concerning medical imaging and sonofication, genetic
research, geophysics, and the representation of complex data. Tie-ins with
computer science, engineering and design for work on human-computer
interfaces.
National Conference of Arts Initiative Leaders
A 2-3 day symposium bringing together directors of Arts Initiatives and
Creativity Centers from around the country. The symposium will coincide
with a major arts event on campus. The goal is twofold: to “network” with
other Arts Initiatives, and to help gain visibility for the Stanford Arts
Initiative.
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CURRICULAR INNOVATION, RESIDENTIAL ENRICHMENT AND STUDENT
PROGRAMS (in conjunction with the Office of the VPUE)
The Creative Classroom
Grants to faculty and departments for curricular innovation involving the
arts, including the purchase of equipment, visits from artists and scholars,
and opportunities for hands-on arts experience.
The High Noon Series
Weekly performances at a fixed time and place (Wednesday, noon, White
Plaza, for example) by campus arts organizations, or individual
performers. The goal is provide high visibility for student arts
organizations and to send out the message across campus that “Art
Happens.”
Freshman Orientation
In collaboration with student organizations, the Dean of Freshman, and
the arts departments at Stanford, we want to create programs for the week
of Freshman Orientation that provide the arts with high visibility and send
the message that arts activities are a vital part of a Stanford education.
Planning in 05-06 for September, 06.
Sophomore and Honors College
Underwrite arts related activities and workshops, working over time
towards the creation of a multi-disciplinary Arts Honors College, beginning
as soon as Sept, 06.
Student Arts Organizations
Support for tours and equipment, and underwriting for performance and
exhibition costs
Art in the Residences
Grants for Residential Education projects for arts equipment, facilities and
events in the residences.
Apprenticeship/Internship Opportunities
While developing a more extensive network of internship opportunities for
the 2006-7 academic year, we hope to begin immediately in 2005-6 with
internship placements. We will also initiate discussions with faculty and
deans about arts-specific apprenticeship programs in New York and Los
Angeles, as well as with arts centers such as the Banff Centre for the Arts,
Alberta, Canada.
Off the Farm
We hope to sponsor two sorts of arts-related field trips: (1) student travel
to Bay Area events tied to sets of subscriptions to the opera, symphony,
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and other arts venues, and (2) occasional travel to arts-events of national
significance for selected groups of interested students.
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APPENDIX A
SUMMARY:
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
FACULTY AND FELLOWS
SICA Fellows
Faculty Collaborative Research Grants
Artist in Residence Fellowships/Programs
INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS
SICA Affiliates (IDA, SHC, CCRMA, Design Center, Lively Arts, etc)
Innovation in the Arts Grants to Departments
Curricular Development
“Conflict and Resolution” (with the International Initiative)
“Mainstreaming” (Arts enrichment in IHUM and core courses)
Sophomore/Honors Arts College
STUDENT GRANTS
Arts Organizations Support
(touring, equipment, performance)
Art in the Residences
(facilities, equipment, events)
Apprenticeship/Internship Programs
Freshman Orientation Arts Package
Off the Farm
National arts events
Subscriptions to local events (The Magic School Bus Project)
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APPENDIX B
SUMMARY
STUDENT PROGRAMS
The Creative Classroom (course enrichment)
High Noon Series (Weekly Performances)
Arts Organizations Support
Apprenticeship and Internship Programs
Sophomore/Honors Arts College
Freshman Orientation Programs
Art in the Residences
Off the Farm
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