Blog Mar 27, 2019 Grant Spotlight: Adams State University Social Practice Residency Adams State University (ASU) is located in Alamosa, Colorado, and with the help of Challenge America funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the university is expanding that program to include social practice artists working in theater, mus...
Blog Mar 20, 2019 In Utah, Dance and Learning Move Side by Side Using movement to explore concepts like the water cycle, the Side-by-Side Dance Residency Program from Tanner Dance at the University of Utah adds an entirely new dimension to elementary school curricula, bringing academic topics to life while introd...
Blog Feb 28, 2019 Grant Spotlight: At the Intersection of Theater and Trauma with Everett: Company, Stage and School We spoke with Aaron Jungels, co-artistic director of Everett: Company, Stage and School in Providence, Rhode Island, about his theater company's work to help participating artists and audiences heal from PTSD.
Blog Nov 30, 2018 Crystal Bridges Turns the Spotlight on Contemporary Indigenous Artists Crystal Bridges Curator Mindy N. Besaw—one of three co-curators of the exhibit "Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now"—is adamant that the story of American art is incomplete if it doesn't include indigenous voices.
Blog Nov 09, 2018 Moving Veterans Toward a Place of Healing Over the past three years, more than 500 veterans in the Los Angeles area have participated in the Veterans Project. In March, this pool will expand when DIAVOLO brings the initiative to Kansas State University, whose student body includes a large po...