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The Consortium for the Arts and Arts Research Center sponsor a number of activities designed to benefit students. Here are some of the ways you can use the Consortium to enhance your educational experience at Cal:
Find Courses that Integrate the Arts on Campus: The Consortium for the Arts and Arts Research Center (ARC) encourage the development of courses that integrate the arts being presented on campus. Check the Consortium website’s Courses section each semester to find out about arts-focused courses that were developed with Consortium/ARC support. These include L&S college courses, arts-focused Freshman and Sophomore Seminars, special short-format seminars on specific artists being presented on campus, and workshops and seminars taught by or with ARC-sponsored artists-in-residence.
Work with Important Artists: One of the founding principles of the Consortium is that there are few experiences more inspiring to an aspiring student artist than to be taken seriously by important working artists. The Consortium’s Arts Research Center (ARC) sponsors long-term artists’ residencies bringing prominent artists in various disciplines to UC Berkeley for visits lasting from one to three months. Artists-in-residence interact with students in various ways, ranging from teaching seminars, workshops, and master classes to involving students as collaborators in their creative work, as well as giving public lectures, performances, etc. Enrollment in courses with Consortium/ARC-sponsored artists-in-residence is generally not restricted by major, and interdisciplinary participation is encouraged. See the ARC website for information on current and upcoming residencies.
Seek Support for Your Special Project: 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. 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). Student-organized projects supported by the Consortium have included conferences, colloquia, exhibits, and publications.
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 or students. For more information and proposal guidelines, please contact Associate Director Michele Rabkin.
GSI’s--Integrate the Arts into Your Teaching: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.
The Online Handbook of Teaching with the Arts is 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 Handbook provides a concise but thorough overview of Bay Area arts institutions and organizations, and highlights free and low-cost resources that these organizations make available, such as guided tours, open rehearsals, artists' talks, and special workshops.
The Consortium for the Arts can arrange highly discounted admission (75% off regular price) to selected Cal Performances events for students in courses on related topics. For information on how instructors can request the Consortium discount for their students, please contact Associate Director Michele Rabkin. A minimum of three weeks advance notice is required; longer lead time is strongly recommended
Each year the Arts Research Center awards modest curriculum development grants to faculty and graduate student instructors to develop new courses that integrate the arts on campus. For more information on criteria and the next application deadline, please contact Associate Director Michele Rabkin.
Keep Informed: All students interested in the arts should subscribe to "UC Berkeley Arts News," the Consortium’s free monthly email newsletter announcing arts events taking place across the campus, many of them free of charge. To take advantage of this valuable resource, simply send an email addressed to: majordomo@listlink.berkeley.edu and in the body of your email message include this text: subscribe artsnews_ucb.
Get the Word Out: If you are organizing a campus arts event that you wish to be announced by the Consortium, please send the details to UC Arts News Editor Laura Paulini at ucb_arts@berkeley.edu by the 25th of the month prior to your event.