The Consortium for the Arts and Arts Research Center sponsor a number of activities designed to benefit arts faculty as well as scholars in other disciplines whose interests include the arts. Here are some of the ways the Consortium can support your research, teaching, and extracurricular interests:

Instructional Support and Curriculum Development: The Consortium for the Arts and Arts Research Center have a number of programs designed to increase the integration of the arts into the undergraduate curriculum on campus.

Special Project Support: Each year the Consortium allocates funds to campus arts departments and presenting units to support collaborative, interdisciplinary arts projects that advance the Consortium’s mission. Consortium co-sponsorship often makes possible projects that home departments could not otherwise support. We are looking for projects that enhance the vitality of the arts on campus and provoke intellectual conversation about the arts. Projects may involve bringing one or more visiting artists to the campus, or may be collaborations between campus artists, producers, and scholars (see Current Events for some examples of recent sponsored projects). Each fall the Consortium Executive Committee solicits project proposals from campus arts faculty, curators, and producers. Major proposals are reviewed annually for the following year; smaller requests are reviewed throughout the year. While major proposals must be submitted by Department Chairs, both large- and small-scale proposals are often originated by individual faculty members. For more information and proposal guidelines, please contact Associate Director Michele Rabkin.

Artist-in-Residence Program: In addition to the short-term artists’ residencies sponsored by the Consortium for the Arts, the Arts Research Center sponsors long-term artists’ residencies bringing important artists in various disciplines to UC Berkeley for visits lasting from one to three months. Visiting artists pursue their own creative work while also interacting with Berkeley students, faculty, and the general public (please visit the Arts Research Center page for information on recent and upcoming visitors). We seek to bring to Berkeley artists who will benefit from the resources the University has to offer, and whose presence will stimulate artistic, intellectual, and interdisciplinary activity in the campus community. Faculty who wish to suggest future artists-in-residence should contact Associate Director Michele Rabkin .