Center Student Grants fund projects collaboratively designed by CCA students and their community partners. The projects use the arts to address issues of social justice, diversity, community development, and education.
Through a highly selective application process, students' proposals are awarded grants up to $3,000. Fourth-year undergraduates through graduate-level students are eligible. Third-year undergraduates may apply for a project scheduled for the summer before their fourth year.
2005 Projects
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Artistic Justice, Perquin, El Salvador June–July 2005 Grant Recipients: Gardner Goetze, Thia Jennings, Daniel Panko, Christina Samuelson Community Partner: School of the Arts/Open Studio in Perquin, El Salvador |
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… Bird's Landing, CA 94512 June–August 2005 Grant Recipient: Jennifer Durban Community Partner: Advocates for the Arts (AFTA), Fairfield, CA |
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Lacing the Maps of the Body, Quito, Ecuador February–May 2005 Grant Recipient: Ana Fernandez Community Partner: CMSFQ/Escuela deYunguilla project |
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Poetics February–March 2005 Grant Recipient: Myron Hardy, Jr. Community Partner: Out of Site |
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Artists for Social and Political Awareness January–May 2005 |
2004 Projects
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Arab and Muslim Youth Art Workshop January–May 2004 Grant Recipient: Youmna Chlala Community Partner: Inas Elmashi, Arab Cultural and Community Center |
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Binding the Gap: A Book of Messages Project February–April 2004 Grant Recipient: Anne Ngan Nguyen Community Partner: Eastside Arts Alliance, Susanne K. Takehara |
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Yelapa, Mexico Community Mural Project Sin Fronteras June–July 2004 Grant Recipient: Miranda Bergman Community Partner: Pedro Gomez Feria, La Escuela Telesecundaria |
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Quilting Indigenous Plant Life of the Sierra Foothills July–August 2004 Grant Recipient: Maria Rain Ryan Community Partner: Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, Twin Ridges Elementary School District, San Juan Ridge Indigenous Studies Center |
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Terrain Terroir May–September 2004 Grant Recipient: Jenée Misraje Community Partner: Terrain Terroir |
2003 Project
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Chacala Design/Build Partnership June–October 2003 Grant Recipient: Jake MacKenzie Community Partner: Architect and engineer Jose Enrique; town of Chacala, Mexico |
2002 Projects
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"What's This All About?" a Media Literacy Class September–December 2002 Grant Recipient: Aimee Le Duc Community Partner: Far West School, Oakland, CA |
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Hip-Hop Class September 2002–June 2003 Grant Recipients: Unity Lewis, Bayete Ross-Smith, David Battaglia Community Partner: Far West School, Oakland, CA |