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Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
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Innovation Grants for Faculty

Innovation Grants are available for full-time faculty from the School of Art, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre & Dance, Creative Writing Program or Blaffer Art Museum. This annual funding program supports interdisciplinary artistic projects, practice, research or collaborations within and beyond the university. 

Grants Awarded by Season

  • 2023-24 Season

    Cheryl Beckett and Susan Rogers, Columbia Tap Trail: Tracking History, School of Art and College of Architecture and Design

    Teresa Chapman, Narratology for Dance, School of Theatre and Dance

    Nick Flynn, They are Falling All Around Me/Postcards from the Edge of Space: Exploring New Sites of Creativity with Generative AI, Creative Writing Program

    Stephan Hillebrand, Zine Week, School of Art

    Tali Morgulis, Flying First Ward, Moores School of Music

    Sandra Zalman, International Society for the Study of Surrealism, School of Art

  • 2022-23 Season

    Liz Coen, Theatre Scholars Play Sports, School of Theatre and Dance

    Gabriela Estrada    , No More Carmens, School of Theatre and Dance

    Cynthia Clayton, Singing Praxis, Moores School of Music

    Nick Flynn,The Nine Dreams/ Blake & the Apocalypse, Creative Writing Program

    Dijana Handanović, K67, Blaffer Art Museum

    Anna Mayer, Corey Fogel's VITAMIX, School of Art

    David Politzer, School of Art Camp, School of Art

  • 2021-22 Season

    Keliy Anderson-Staley, Raw Materials in Peace and War: Archive, Biography and Visual Culture, School of Art

    Blaffer Art Museum, Loveletter featuring Andre Samsin (DJ Sun)Rob Smith, Take Root, Moores School of Music 

    Nick Flynn, The Nine Dreams/ Blake & the Apocalypse, Creative Writing Program

    Adam Noble, Cloud Tectonics, School of Theatre & Dance