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The Arts Initiative Residential Learning Community

What is the Arts Initiative?

The Arts Initiative RLC was formed, in part, due to ongoing feedback and requests from students for more interaction and enhanced opportunities for cross-programming efforts among the arts-related programs in Living/Learning. The Arts Initiative enhances the ability for students, faculty and staff members involved in the RLC to create opportunities for exploration and outreach involving the arts across disciplines.

The Arts Initiative will be housed entirely in the Living/Learning Center's E-Building and is comprised of nine energetic and diverse Art programs for the 2009-2010 year.

Goals/Objectives:

The primary goals for the Arts Initiative are:

  1. To develop cross-program involvement. Allowing students in one branch of the arts to interact with, learn from and engage with students in another Arts area. The “Artist to Artist: Expanding Your Medium” program is one opportunity for students to pair with each other in order to facilitate strong community connections. This is designed to facilitate students’ involvement in the Arts through one-on-one interactions with a member from a different program.
  2. To enhance access to and interaction with arts-related communities within L/L, at UVM, in Burlington and in Vermont in order to support our creative and conceptual practices.
  3. To support the creative growth of all members through informal and formal discussions, community events, performances and program designed activities.

All students in the Arts Initiative will enroll in a self-paced, one-credit course designed to help them get the most out of their experiences residing in the Arts building of L/L and the wider Arts community. One component of this course is designed to connect students via the “Artist to Artist: Expanding your Medium” program as an outlet for creative exploration and growth. An Artist’s Book will be provided to enable students to individually keep track of their activities and connections throughout the semester. For this course, you will receive either an S (Satisfactory) or a U (Unsatisfactory) based on your fulfillment of specific requirements throughout the semester. Examples of course requirements include attending arts-related events at UVM and in the Burlington area, interactions with other student artists and reflective writing based on your overall experience. Students are expected to enroll in the self-paced, one-credit course in the fall semester.

Students are able to engage at a higher level in the Spring semester by taking another one-credit class that is designed to allow students leadership opportunities in planning programs, Arts Initiative development/out reach and community development committees. This course is designed to offer students the direct opportunity to have a hand in the development and growth of the Arts Initiative RLC.

APPLY: Link to the on-line application form here.

Arts Initiative Programs

The Programs that will be part of the Arts Initiative for 2009-2010 are:

The Programs that were part of the Arts Initiative for 2008-2009 are:

If you have questions about the Arts Initiative feel free to contact Ann Barlow, Director of the Arts Initiative (802-656-7787) or Joe Russell, Assistant Director of the Living/Learning Center (802-656-4200).

Last modified March 04 2009 12:13 PM

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