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 endowed 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. Funds will be 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 a play
- supporting student travel to area exhibitions and performances
- purchasing art supplies
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).
Decisions will be made twice annually. To be considered for the Student Art Fund, please submit the above information by 5:00 p.m. on November 1st (fall round) and February 24th (spring round) to James Weissinger, Associate Director of the Hurford Humanities Center, at jweissin@haverford.edu or Stokes 103. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis up until the deadlines.
Students will provide a report to the Humanities Center 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.
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.
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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).
Student Initiated Arts Events
Up to $500 is available for a student to bring an artist/performer/musician/author/poet to campus for a short residency or workshop. Such proposals require a faculty member's endorsement. Awards are made on a rolling, ad hoc basis up to the capacity of the Center's funding line.
Please direct all inquiries to and proposals to Associate Director James Weissinger.
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2008-09
2007-08
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.
The E. Clyde Lutton '66 Memorial Grant For The Performing Arts
Funding for the planning, organization, promotion, and production of performing arts work is available through the Lutton 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: Please complete the Lutton Grant application. 