Art & Art History News - February 27, 2024

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree program offers advanced studio study to a limited number of highly motivated and talented students. The BFA student may choose one area of studio emphasis or an interdisciplinary focus where two or three studio areas are represented. Admission will be l limited not only in terms of capacity but also to ensure the type of record, motivation and the passing of a portfolio review. 

Eligible students must have completed 30 hours of Art & Art History credit.  It is strongly recommended for students to apply before reaching 45 credits in the major.

Application Deadline: March 15 — Spring semester

Link to more information & the BFA application

The Center for the Humanities & the Arts (CHA) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Engaged Arts and Humanities Scholars, in partnership with the Office for Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship. 

This two-year program is for Graduate students in the arts, humanities, and other programs who use the methods/archives of the arts and humanities in their scholarship. Participants will join a community of learners who focus on the co-design of mutually beneficial projects with partners outside of the university in Colorado communities. Students will receive a $5000 stipend over two years and up to $1000 in project funding. 

Application deadline for the 2024-2026 cohort: March 17, 2024

Program Information and Application: www.colorado.edu/cha/eahs

Associate Professor Richard Saxton talks to alumna Amy Hoagland (MFA 2021) about her recent work and her successful art career after graduation.

Read the full interview

The 3rd Annual Celebrating the Indigenous Americas will be a week of virtual and in-person events hosted by the Latin American and Latinx Studies Center at CU Boulder from March 11-15, 2024. All events are free and open to the public.

For five days, Indigenous artists, advocates, community leaders, educators, scholars and professionals will be hosted virtually and in-person at the University of Colorado from different parts of Americas to celebrate the ever-renewed presence of Latin American Indigenous languages and cultures in daily life, activities and professions. The keynote speakers are Emil Keme, Maya K’iche’ Professor at Emory University, and Karyn Recollet, Cree Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto.

More information

The B2 Center for Media, Arts & Performance embraces convivial and interdisciplinary experimentation that co-mingles art, technology, media, science, performance, radical creativity and [insert your practice here]. Located on basement level 2 of the Roser ATLAS Center, the B2 community researches and practices intellectual/creative risk-taking, form-bending, art-making, community building and social engagement.

To further our mission and nurture the community, we encourage current CU faculty, staff, and students (as well as recent graduates) to apply for creative and research residencies for the 2024/2025 academic year, which runs from August 2024 through April 2025.

Submissions for this call will close at 11:59 pm on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Notification about decisions will be sent out after April 5, 2024.

Application and information

Information session on Zoom on Wednesday, February 28th at 3:30pm: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/91541855850

An event with the author of Hollywood Park, musician, and frontman for the band, The Airborne Toxic Event, Mikel Jollett
April 4, 2024, 5:30 PM-7:30 PM

More information and registration