The Department of Art is making Experiential Learning funds available for its students who are completing their degrees with a capstone experience such as student teaching or a final show. Experiential learning funds support active learning outside the classroom and are intended to help students be equipped to make relevant learning experiences more impactful and worthwhile. Department of Art capstone funding is specifically designed to allow students to be ambitious in their final exhibition, thesis research, and/or student teaching, and to support them in this final learning experience.
Qualifying students will be graduating within the 2024-2025 academic year, and will be registered for one of the following courses in the semester during which they are applying:
- Art Ed Student Teachers (ARTED 476R/496R)
- BFA (ART 497R)
- MFA (ART 699R)
- MA (ARTED 699R)
$500 of funding is available for BFA and MFA students seeking support for their capstone projects. Funding in excess of $500 must be requested in a separate Experiential Learning funding application. Art Education student teachers are eligible for $900 of support for the semester of their student teaching. Art Education MA students are eligible for $300 of support to assist with the costs associated with having their ETD professionally edited.
Students submitting for senior capstone experience funding must have the support of their advisor (usually the chair of their committee) for their project. Proposals should be approved between the student and their advisor before submission.
Eligibility and restrictions:
- Students must be completing their degree program within the Department of Art, or be a Teaching Licensure student within the Department of Art seeking funding to assist with student teaching.
- Funding cannot be used for equipment purchases such as cameras, software, or tools.
- Some alternative but less-obvious uses of funding beyond the above restrictions include:
- Conference and workshop fees
- Equipment rental
- Research costs (books, database access)
- Subcontractor/freelancer fees for documentation, video editing, one-on-one trainings, framing, construction, design, coding, etc.
- Location-based fees (venues, facilities, and sites)
- Printing and/or publication fees
Applications are reviewed and approved on a rolling basis. You may be asked to revise and resubmit your budget if items are unclear or do not follow the budget restrictions outlined above.
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