The goal of the CCA@CCA Faculty Grant Program is to provide faculty with the support and resources needed to implement small-scale, public-facing projects or activations in their courses that aim to improve the learning experience of students and offer learning opportunities that encourage creative activism. All faculty who are actively teaching at CCA are eligible to submit proposals.

We specifically look for projects that directly engage students in connection to the annual CCA@CCA theme, encourage creative activism, spark civic dialogue, put students in contact with working artists and practitioners doing activist work, and/or support CCA’s work related to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. We aim to support projects from all four academic divisions.

Please e-mail exhibitions@cca.edu with any questions. We are happy to provide advice and discuss ideas that are still in the working stage. The submission form is purposely brief. We expect that projects will evolve, and are just asking for just enough details to give us a sense of your course and the proposed project. Your course does not have to focus topically on creative activism, we’ve seen many successful outcomes in introductory, survey, and tools courses.

Creative Citizens in Action at CCA (CCA@CCA) is a college-wide initiative that promotes creative activism and democratic engagement through public programs, exhibitions, and curriculum connections. This grant opportunity is funded by an endowment gift to support The Deborah and Kenneth Novack Creative Citizens Series, an annual series of public programs focused on creative activism that spans the disciplines of art, design, architecture, and writing. A list of past awardees is available here, and we invite you to explore our current Creative Citizens Series as well as archived events from Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, and Fall 2020.