Music school staff awarded Chancellor's Arts Funding Grants
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has launched GO ARTS UCLA, an online portal that aims to showcase the role of the arts at UCLA and their place within Los Angeles' cultural ecosystem.
The portal, launched by the Chancellor's Council on the Arts (CCoA), serves as a centralized digital platform to connect students, faculty, artists, and the public with programs, performances, research, and educational opportunities across disciplines in the arts.
The portal covers a broad scope that includes various art forms represented at UCLA, such as music, theater, visual arts, and interdisciplinary arts projects. It aims to support the university’s commitment to arts education, cultural enrichment, and creative scholarship by providing an accessible, curated gateway to the arts activities and resources fostered and supported by the CCoA.
One of the projects funded by the CCoA is Supeena Adler's research on a folk tradition from Northeast Thailand. Adler, from the Department of Ethnomusicology, will document the tradition, acquire instruments and costumes representative of the tradition, and provide UCLA students with a rare opportunity to explore it through her Music of Thailand Ensemble course.
Another project, co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, is an exhibition titled "Celebrating Black Music in Los Angeles." This exhibition will be the first large-scale exhibition at UCLA to present a comprehensive look at the city's Black music, covering various musical genres, including jazz, gospel, rap, and film scores. The exhibition will feature both well-known figures and those often excluded from history, such as Black women musicians and composers, music educators, and owners of important music venues.
Moreover, Music Education Professor, Lily Chen-Hafteck, will investigate how students in Los Angeles Unified School District elementary schools may benefit from classes designed to teach them the music and cultures of their classmates. Chen-Hafteck's project aims to provide 30 teachers with training and teaching materials designed to increase students' cultural understanding and appreciation, reducing racial prejudice.
The CCoA has expanded its membership to include Darnell Hunt, May Hong HaDuong, Cindy Fan, and David Yoo. The research projects must demonstrate originality and contribute to the university's commitments to sustainability, equity, diversity, and inclusion. The research grants demonstrate the power of the arts within the UCLA community and throughout the world.
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the university's Office for Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) have also received arts research grants from the CCoA. The grants awarded a total of $150,000 to fund relevant arts research projects.
The Chancellor's Arts Initiative and the GO ARTS UCLA website aim to advance the role of the arts as a vital part of the rich and diverse UCLA experience. For more specific usage instructions, features, or recent developments regarding the portal, consulting UCLA’s official CCoA or UCLA Library websites directly would provide the most accurate, up-to-date information.
The GO ARTS UCLA portal, initiated by the Chancellor's Council on the Arts, offers education and self-development opportunities for students, faculty, artists, and the public, across various art forms and interdisciplinary arts projects. The portal supports the university’s commitment to arts education and cultural enrichment, fostering an accessible, curated gateway to the arts activities and resources.
