artsCatalyst Grants 2020-21

This past academic year, the Office of the Vice President for the Arts awarded 58 artsCatalyst Grants to faculty members from across the University. These grants foster arts experiences that enhance classroom experiences for undergraduate students. All of the activities took place in the virtual environment.

2020-21 artsCatalyst Grant Recipients

• An Artist's Life: Diverse Voices and Changing Contexts (ARTSTUDI 19N), Fall 2020
• Starstuff: Space and the American Imagination (AMSTUD 43X/AMSTUD 143X/ARTHIST 264B/FILMSTUD 264B), Fall 2020
• Introduction to Asian American Studies (ASNAMST 100), Fall 2020
• Housing Visions (CEE 33C), Fall 2020
• Cinema and the Real: Italian Neo-Realism and the French New Wave (FRENCH 148/FRENCH 248/ITALIAN 148), Fall 2020
• Concepts in Environmental Communication (EARTHSYS 191), Fall 2020
• Reading and Writing Poetry (ENGLISH 92), Fall 2020
• Tools for a Meaningful Life (LIFE 101), Fall 2020
• Modern Latin American Literature (ILAC 161), Fall 2020
• Migration in 21st Century Latin American Film (ILAC 140, CHILATST 140), Fall 2020
• The Hebrew and Jewish Short Story (JEWISHSTU 147B, COMPLIT 127B), Fall 2020
• Arab Language Classes (ARABLANG 1, ARABLANG 21A, ARABLANG 1A, ARABLANG 395), Fall 2020
• Immigration & Citizenship (SPANLANG 13SL) & Migration, Asylum, and Human Rights at the Border (SPANLANG 108SL/HUMRTS 108), Fall 2020
• Introduction to Creating Electronic Sounds (MUSIC 101), Fall 2020
• Once Upon a Cause: Producing Picture Books for Local Children (PWR 2EE), Fall 2020
• Writing & Rhetoric 2: A Rebel With A Cause: The Rhetoric of Giving a Damn (PWR 2KTA), Fall 2020
• Conjure Art 101 (DANCE 160J), Fall 2020
• Sustainable Cities (URBANST 164/EARTHSYS 160), Fall 2020
• Making Meaning: A Purposeful Life in Design (CEE 32W), Winter 2021
• Specialized Writing and Reporting: Health and Science Journalism (EARTHSYS 177C), Winter 2021
• Contemporary American Short Stories (ENGLISH 177B), Winter 2021
• Nature, Race, and Indigeneity in the U.S. Imagination (ENGLISH 224B), Winter 2021
• WISE: The Novel of Love (ENGLISH 5E), Winter 2021
• Fiction into Film (ENGLISH 190F), Winter 2021
• Contemporary Asian American Stories (ENGLISH 169D), Winter 2021
• Reading and Writing Poetry (ENGLISH 92), Winter 2021
• Leaving Patriarchy: A Course for All Genders (ENGLISH 24Q), Winter 2021
• Performing Race, Gender, and Sexuality (TAPS/ARTSINST/LIFE/CSRE/FEMGEN 150G and CSRE 350G) , Winter 2021
• Visible Bodies: African Female Writers and Politics of Publishing in Africa (HISTORY 41N/ AFRICAST 51N ), Winter 2021
• Jaguars and Labyrinths: A Survey of South American Short Fiction (ILAC 139/COMPLIT 139A), Winter 2021
• Introduction to Creating Electronic Sounds (MUSIC 101), Winter 2021
• Professional Development in Music (MUSIC 6F), Winter 2021
• Radical Acts of Art in Public: Rhetoric and Artivism (PWR1SC), Winter 2021
• Writing & Rhetoric 2: A Rebel With A Cause: The Rhetoric of Giving a Damn (PWR 2KTA), Winter 2021
• On Camera Acting (TAPS 128), Winter 2021
• Stage Management Techniques (TAPS 34), Winter 2021
• Voice for the Actor (TAPS 121V), Winter 2021
• Screenwriting II: Intermediate Screenwriting (FILMPROD 104/304), Spring 2021
• Asian American Film and Popular Culture (AMSTUD 115), Spring 2021
• Empathy Lab (ANTHRO 379), Spring 2021
• Beyond Incarceration (ANTHRO 141/AFRICAAM 142), Spring 2021
• Wild Writing (EARTHSYS 149/249), Spring 2021
• Screnwriting Intensive (ENGLISH 190SW), Spring 2021
• Creative Expressions in Writing (ENGLISH 9CE), Spring 2021
• Introduction to Poetry (ENGLISH 92) & Intermediate Poetry (ENGLISH 192), Spring 2021
• Short Story Salon (ENGLISH 190S), Spring 2021
• Humor Writing Workshop (ENGLISH 90H), Spring 2021
• Third World Problems? Environmental Justice Around the World (ANTHRO 123C/CSRE 123C), Spring 2021
• Laughter and Play for Wellbeing (TAPS 170W/WELLNESS 170), Spring 2021
• Spanish Literature and Language through Comics (ILAC 128), Spring 2021
• Immigration & Citizenship (SPANLANG 13SL) & Migration, Asylum, and Human Rights at the Border (SPANLANG 108SL/HUMRTS 108), Spring 2021
• Music Listening Lab (MUSIC 103/TAPS 103), Spring 2021
• Are We There Yet?: The Rhetoric of Mobility (PWR 2SC), Spring 2021
• Introduction to Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS 1), Spring 2021
• New Play Development (TAPS 175P), Spring 2021
• Screenwriting I: Visual Writing (FILMPROD 101), Summer 2021
• Fundamentals of Computer-Generated Sound (MUSIC 220A), Summer 2021
• Tools for a Meaningful Life (LIFE 101), Summer 2021