For Students: The Arts
The Student Arts Fund
In order to respond to the significant interest in the arts among Haverford's student body, a new fund has been established to support a strong co-curricular arts program on campus. The goal of this fund is to help students pursue creative interests that build upon, complement, and go beyond the offerings of our formal curriculum. The Hurford Humanities Center and the Office of Student Activities jointly steward the fund, each supporting projects in keeping with both the spirit of the fund and their respective missions. Funding is granted across a range of projects, including but in no way limited to:
- bringing guest instructors, performers, and artists to campus
- supporting the mounting of small exhibitions
- funding production costs for performances
- supporting student travel to area exhibitions and performances
- purchasing art supplies
The Office of Student Activities and the Humanities Center will prioritize proposals that work toward a specific vision, creation, or performance beyond the normal scope of already-supported activities.
To Apply
Please submit the following for consideration:
- A written proposal of 500 words or less that describes your concept for using the Student Arts Fund;
- A budget proposal which identifies and outlines how the grant will be utilized;
- Any supplementary materials that you wish to be considered as part of your application for the grant (strongly encouraged but not required); such materials could include drawings, slides, audio or video clips, visiting artist CVs, etc.
Deadlines: Decisions are made on a rolling basis each semester up until two specific dates. To be considered for the Student Arts Fund, please submit the above information by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 (fall round) and Friday, March 5th, 2010 (spring round) to James Weissinger, Associate Director of the Humanities Center, at jweissin@haverford.edu or Stokes 103. Applications may be reviewed and approved prior to these final deadlines.
Students are expected to provide a report about their funded experience, to be shared with the donor along with a copy of the funded proposal.
Interested students are encouraged to contact the College's Student Activities Coordinator Jason McGraw at jmcgraw@haverford.edu or the Humanities Center's Associate Director James Weissinger at jweissin@haverford.edu for more information.
2008-09
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A Sound Installation at James House, March 2, 6 PM. Created by Scott Muller, Jack Meaney, and Hannah Jaenicke. Rediscover the ghost in the machine. Sponsored by the Student Arts Fund. -
An art show in James house featuring work by Allyn Gaestel. Opening April 30th, 8:30pm - 10:30pm. Show runs until Friday, May 15th. Supported by the Students Art Fund. -
A Make Art Happen group mixed media show opening in James House on Friday, April 17th 2009, from 7:30-11 PM. The show features movies, paintings, poetry, stories, collages, projections, installations, music, and other types of displays created by Haverford students.
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Dax, an undergraduate film student at NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts, will be screening some of her recent work and leading a conversation about every student’s predicament in reconciling her or his changing interests with her or his chosen major. Organized by Student Arts Fund Grant Recipient Goda Trakumaite '10. -
A student production of Hamlet, sponsored by the Student Arts Fund.
Related: Funded Under the Former Student Initiated Arts Event Initiative
2008-09
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Senior Justin Dainer-Best and James House brought poet John Rybicki to Haverford on October 22nd through a grant from the Humanities Center's Student Initiated Arts Fund. View photos and learn more.
2007-08
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Adam Subhas '09 brought jazz-rock guitarist and Berklee College of Music instructor David Fuze Fiuczynski to campus for a fantastic 30-student strong master class; his trio, the Screaming Headless Torsos, performed later that evening.
2005-06
Brendan Wattenberg '06 organized a short residency with poet John Rybikci, incorporating a class visit, poetry workshop, and public reading.
Dialogues on Art
Students attend a variety of Philadelphia cultural events throughout the year as part of HHC's Dialogues on Art initiative. "Dialogues" are interdisciplinary excursions that bring together students and faculty to visit exhibitions, performances, and screenings of contemporary art in the greater Philadelphia area, continuing their conversations over dinner.
TO APPLY: The fall Dialogues on Art schedule is TBA. 
For more information, or if you have an idea for a possible Dialogues trip, contact Associate Director James Weissinger.
Past Dialogues Contract All | Expand All
2007-08
- September 7 — the Wooster Group's production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones" as part of the Philadelphia Live Arts & Philly Fringe Festival with Professor Rob Scarrow (Chemistry).
- October 7 — the Stephen Sondheim musical "Assassins" in conjunction with the Musical Theater Student Seminar, participating in a special talkback discussion with the cast.
- April 25 — "Mike's World," a retrospective of performance/video/installation artist Mike Smith at UPenn's Institute for Contemporary Art with Professors Owen Schuh and Rebecca Robertson (Fine Arts) and Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow John Muse.
2006-07
- October 12 – "Saving Faces: Portraits of Facial Reconstructive Surgery" by Mark Gilbert at the Klein Gallery with Professor Carol Schilling (Writing Program).
- November 3 – Philadelphia Mural Arts Tour with Pankhuri Agrawal '06, CPGC Haverford House intern with the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.
- December 6 – "My Children! My Africa" at the Wilma Theater with Professors Laura McGrane (English; Africana & African Studies) and Craig Borowiak (Political Science).
- February 21 – "Look Again: African American History is American History" at The Rosenbach Museum & Library with Professors Willie Williams (Fine Arts) and Israel Burshatin (Spanish/Comparative Literature/Gender & Sexuality Studies).
- April 26 – Berthold Brecht's "The Life of Galileo" at the Wilma Theater with Professors Marianne Tettlebaum (German; Mellon Fellow 04-06 and Dialogues on Art founder) and Richard Freedman (Music; Humanities Center Director)
2005-06
- November 4 – Professors Gena Zurowski (English) and Rob Scarrow (Chemistry); an exhibition of work by multimedia artist Rodney Graham, Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.
- November 8 – Professors Jill Stauffer (Philosophy), Jim Ransom (English), and Maud McInerney (English); an exhibition of Eugène Atget's photography, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- January 20 – Professors Alyssa Hartz (Comparative Literature), Sue Benston (English), and Kim Benston (English); an exhibit of paintings by Beauford Delaney, Philadelphia Museum of Art (organized by Emma Chubb, the Humanities Intern at PMA for Summer 2005).
- February 10 – Professors Stephen Hock (English), Mark Scandera (Mathematics), Dorian Stuber (English), and Marianne Tettlebaum (Comparative Literature and Music); a screening of Michael Haneke's film "Caché".
- March 31 – Professors Darin Hayton (History) and Jeff Tecosky-Feldman (Mathematics); Gunther von Hagens' "Body Worlds" exhibit at the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia (organized by students Britta Volz and Katrina Schwartz).
- April 14 – Professors Raji Mohan (English) and Kaye Edwards (Center for Peace and Global Citizenship); a tour of public mosaics and art by Isaiah Zagar on South Street, followed by dinner with the artist (organized by student Pankhuri Agrawal).
2004-05
- November 4 – Professors Gena Zurowski (English) and Rob Scarrow (Chemistry); an exhibition of work by multimedia artist Rodney Graham, Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.
- November 8 – Professors Jill Stauffer (Philosophy), Jim Ransom (English), and Maud McInerney (English); an exhibition of Eugène Atget's photography, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- January 20 – Professors Alyssa Hartz (Comparative Literature), Sue Benston (English), and Kim Benston (English); an exhibit of paintings by Beauford Delaney, Philadelphia Museum of Art (organized by Emma Chubb, the Humanities Intern at PMA for Summer 2005).
- February 10 – Professors Stephen Hock (English), Mark Scandera (Mathematics), Dorian Stuber (English), and Marianne Tettlebaum (Comparative Literature and Music); a screening of Michael Haneke's film "Caché".
- March 31 – Professors Darin Hayton (History) and Jeff Tecosky-Feldman (Mathematics); Gunther von Hagens' "Body Worlds" exhibit at the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia (organized by students Britta Volz and Katrina Schwartz).
- April 14 – Professors Raji Mohan (English) and Kaye Edwards (Center for Peace and Global Citizenship); a tour of public mosaics and art by Isaiah Zagar on South Street, followed by dinner with the artist (organized by student Pankhuri Agrawal).
The E. Clyde Lutton '66 Memorial Fund For The Performing Arts
Clyde Lutton loved Haverford for its beauty, its academic rigor, and its ever-present but evolving focus on honor, dignity, and worth. He loved the College community for its ability to generate true dialogue, and as a forum that encouraged individuals to share their unique ideas and talents with other.
Clyde Lutton also loved theatre and the performing arts. Whether as actor, director, lighting technician, stage hand, or set designer; whether it was theatre, dance, or choral work, Clyde seized every opportunity to participate. Performance allowed him the freedom to grow and develop as a complete person, to try new things, to succeed and to fail, and to try again.
Funding for the planning, organization, promotion, and production of performing arts work is available through the E. Clyde Lutton '66 Fund and the Humanities Center. This grant is open to performers, technicians, directors, creators, designers, mixed-media installation artists and anybody else who may be interested in producing crisp, challenging performing arts at Haverford.
TO APPLY: he next application deadline is Friday, March 19th. Please review the Lutton Fund application 
for more information, or contact the College's Student Activities Coordinator Jason McGraw at jmcgraw@haverford.edu or the Humanities Center's Associate Director James Weissinger at jweissin@haverford.edu.
Past Performances
2008-09
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Service, a play written and directed by Jesse Paulsen '09 for this year's E. Clyde Lutton '66 Memorial Fund For The Performing Arts, premiered on Thursday April 16th at 8 p.m.