Arts Council

The Arts Council fosters the creation and presentation of arts across the University through both direct grant opportunities and independent initiatives. Its goal is to make the arts part of the life of every member of the campus community.

Since its establishment in 2001, the Arts Council has provided more than half a million dollars in support for campus arts activities through five grant programs. Funded projects have ranged from hip-hop performances to literary journals, film festivals to puppetry workshops, summer fellowships to new course development.

Members

Mary J. Harvey
Associate Provost, Arts Council Chair

Niall Atkinson
Assistant Professor, Art History

Thomas Christensen
Professor, Department of Music and the College; Associate Dean and Master, Humanities Collegiate Division

Heidi Coleman
Director, University Theater; Director and Senior Lecturer, Theater & Performance Studies

Elizabeth Davenport
Dean, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel

Theaster Gates
Director of Arts and Public Life, Office of the Provost

Anthony Hirschel
The Dana Feitler Director, Smart Museum of Art

Amy Iwano
Executive Director, The University of Chicago Presents

William J. Michel
Executive Director, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

Srikanth (Chicu) Reddy
Assistant Professor, English and Creative Writing

Barbara Schubert
Senior Lecturer and Director, Department of Music; Conductor, University Symphony Orchestra and New Music Ensemble