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2012 Grant Awards

In 2012, more than 100 students, faculty and alumni will participate in visual art, music, theater and multidisciplinary projects at Brandeis during the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts with grants from the Office of the Arts to produce innovative and artistic work that offers opportunities to create, participate, and learn about the arts. A jury of faculty, staff and students evaluates grant applications on the quality and innovation of the project, and the potential for broad involvement of the Brandeis community during the festival.

Visual Arts

• Sarah Bierman, $150 for Little Copper People
• Victoria Cheah, $500 for Stroke
• Abigail Drapkin, $500 for A Campus Glance
• Kelsey Elverum, $430 for Knuckle Sandwich
• Robert Fitzgerald, $500 for Trail to the Rose
• Ryan Gallant, $500 for Gesture in Blue & White
• Jade Garisch, $100 for Quiet Voices
• Sarah Hershon, $500 for Yarn Bombing at Brandeis
• Kamarin Lee, $400 for Displaced
• Alyssa Lewis, $500 for Color as Optimism
• Chaimae Mechtaly, $375 for Painting Berber Women
• Amira Mintz-Morgenthau $200, for The Wall
• Molly Nathanson, $500 for Imagine
• Sinead Sinnott, $190 for This Is Not a Test Screen

Performance

• Adagio, $100 for Finding Time, a dance performance
• Travis Alford, $320 for Ponder, a site-specific composition for brass
• Josh Gordon, $300 for Mid-Century Modern, cello performance
• Julie Judson et al, $300 for Allegro, a dance performance
• Rachel Klein, $200 for Lucy's Daughters, a dance performance based on the artwork by Kiki Smith
• Christina Koloktotroni, $350 for A Working Collaboration, traditional Korean performance and artwork
• Peter Lane, $600 for Intersections, concert by Brandeis Electro Acoustic Music Studio (BEAMS)

The grant jury for the 2012 festival is chaired by Ingrid Schorr and Scott Edmiston of the Office of the Arts, and includes Yu-Hui Chang (Music), Monique Gnanaratnam (Intercultural Center), Stephanie Grimes (Student Activities), Shawna Kelley (Music), Michele L’Heureux (Women's Studies Research Center), Nera Lerner '12 (Art History), Cathy Messier'12 (Theater), Kristin Parker (Rose Art Museum), Chip Schoonmaker (Theater), and Joe Wardwell (Studio Art).

The Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts is sponsored by the Brandeis Office of the Arts. It is made possible by the generous support of Eric Green, P'07, Sue Nager '55, Rosina Rubin '76, and Jolie Schwab '78 and David Hodes '77.