The Department of Arts & Humanities is offering funding grants for events and activities scheduled during the 2024-2025 academic year that support diversity, community, and social justice. These $300 Micro-Grants will support Micro-Interventions (strategies "for addressing microaggressions that move beyond coping and survival to concrete action steps and dialogues that targets, allies, and bystanders can perform." (Sue et al., 2019, p. 128)) or Micro-Affirmations ("small acts, which are often ephemeral and hard-to-see, events that are public and private, often unconscious but very effective, which occur wherever people wish to help others to succeed." (Rowe, 2008, p. 46)
We are looking for proposals that will creatively engage members of the Arts and Humanities Department and foster a sense of community and belonging through in-person and virtual environments. Micro-Grants are open to all current Arts & Humanities students and staff.
To learn more and submit a proposal, please use this google form.
The Arcane
Aidan Yu, Arts Administration
The Arcane is a student-composed opera workshop that showcased the significance of the renowned ancient Chinese female poet Xuanji Yu (c. 840–c. 868), who lived during the late Tang Dynasty. Her poetry exemplifies a distinct quality that highlights magnificent independence in the context of humanism. The event sparked an in-depth discussion between the composer and TC students on literature, history, and the character.
Doctoral Book Club
Allyson Montana, Erika Vogt, E.Y. Zipris, and Tara Fernandes
Doctoral students Allyson Montana, Erika Vogt, E.Y. Zipris, and Tara Fernandes came together under a shared mission to invite fellow students and colleagues to read literature, share ideas and curricular insights, and build bridges across departments. The books they read include The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates, James by Percival Everett, and Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Rebirthing The Unwanted
Sophie Collinet
Sophie Collinet (M.A. Arts Administration) organized a two day group exhibition, Rebirthing The Unwanted, in the East Village. The exhibition brought together emerging and mid-career artists who explored the impact of mainstream value judgment on individuals, in today’s advanced stage of capitalism.
Urgencies // Possibilities: Cultural Workers in Dialogue
Giovanna Querido
Urgencies // Possibilities: Cultural Workers in Dialogue is a two panel discussion with arts administrators from diverse fields such as film, performing arts, and visual arts. Esteemed participants—including Thelma Golden (Studio Museum in Harlem), Ayesha Williams (Laundromat Project), Den N. Quinsay (Bronx Documentary Center), and others—bring alternative perspectives and practices that are transforming the cultural landscape. Initiated by students in the Master’s Program in Arts Administration, the project comprises a dynamic website featuring interviews with cultural professionals and a one-day event hosted at Teachers College, Columbia University.