Consortium for the Arts

FOSTERING INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION WITHIN UC BERKELEY
CONSORTIUM
Consortium funding of interdisciplinary projects provides an incentive for collaboration among
the arts on campus. Consortium-supported partnerships have sprung up between faculty composers
and PFA film curators, faculty musicians and visual artists, faculty choreographers and the high-tech
innovators at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, and presenters at the Berkeley Art
Museum and Cal Performances. At the Consortium-supported Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium,
artists and art critics share ideas with computer programmers and engineers. Through its e-mail bulletin
UC Berkeley Arts News and other outreach, the Consortium works to build an audience for its projects,
and to inform the public about the wealth of arts activities on campus
ARTS RESEARCH CENTER
The Arts Research Center supports events that provide an intellectual context for the arts, including
conferences, symposia, and artists' talks. At ARC conferences and other co-sponsored events, artists
and scholars come together to explore topics ranging from art on the internet to cultural transmission
along the Silk Road. ARC conference proceedings are published online at the Consortium/ARC website.

ARTIST'S RESIDENCIES: BRINGING PRACTICING ARTISTS AND UC STUDENTS TOGETHER
CONSORTIUM
There are few experiences more inspiring to a student artist than to be taken seriously by a practicing
artist. The international array of visiting artists whom the Consortium has helped bring to campus to
interact with students and faculty includes Brazilian documentary-maker Vincent Carelli, Taiwanese
playwright Stan Lai, Irish actress Fiona Shaw, French digital artist Valery Grancher, and Indonesian
shadowmaster Tristuti Rachmadi, as well as American composer Steve Reich, theater artist Rhodessa
Jones, and filmmaker Rob Nilsson. While on campus these artists conduct seminars, workshops,
master classes, and studio visits.
ARTS RESEARCH CENTER
ARC sponsors longer residencies during which artists pursue their own creative work (original research),
work on collaborative projects with students and faculty, teach on campus, and present their work to the
public. Participants in the artist-in-residence program include conceptual artists Fred Wilson, Helen Mirra,
Komar & Melamid; musician/composer Henry Threadgill; and performance artist Tim Miller.

ARTS APPRECIATION: INTEGRATING ART & EDUCATION AT UC BERKELEY
Through courses and programs that encourage students to attend arts events, and provide stimulating
intellectual contexts for these encounters, the Consortium and ARC aim to help students develop an
appreciation of the arts that will enrich their lives long after graduation.
CONSORTIUM
The Consortium maintains the Online Handbook of Teaching with the Arts, a resource guide designed
to help faculty and graduate student instructors connect their courses with the arts on campus and
throughout the Bay Area. The Consortium can also arrange highly discounted admission to selected
Cal Performances events for students in courses on related topics.
ARTS RESEARCH CENTER
ARC awards modest curriculum development grants to faculty and graduate student instructors to
develop new courses that integrate the arts on campus, and maintains an online archive of examples
of courses that successfully integrate the arts. Also in development is a graduate seminar that allows
students in the arts to engage in interdisciplinary scholarship.

SUPPORTING RESEARCH IN THE ARTS AT UC BERKELEY
ARTS RESEARCH CENTER
Through its artist-in-residence program, curriculum development grants, faculty and graduate seminars,
and conferences, ARC provides a forum where faculty, graduate students, and artists-in-residence
can engage in dialogue, create new collaborative work, and pursue projects across disciplinary and
departmental boundaries.

ENCOURAGING INVOLVEMENT IN THE ARTS FOR THE UC BERKELEY COMMUNITY
We welcome inquiries and proposals from UC Berkeley faculty, students, staff, and community members.
Major project proposals are reviewed each fall for the following year; requests for support for smaller,
current-year projects are reviewed on an ongoing basis. To learn more other ways you can become
involved - from becoming a benefactor to serving as a student representative - please contact the
Consortium for the Arts and Arts Research Center's office.