2020 Grant Awards

The Arts Engagement office in the Division of Creative Arts awards grants to Brandeis faculty, staff, students and alumni to support innovative new work for the Festival of the Arts that offers opportunities to create, participate, and learn about the arts.

A jury of faculty and staff evaluates grant applications on the quality and innovation of the project, and the potential for broad involvement of the Brandeis community during the festival. The following proposals received funding for the 2020 festival:

• Billy A.F. ’21, $300 for untitled painting and sculpture project

• Haia B'chiri ’20, Rose Freudberg’20, Rachel Greene ’20 and Caitlin Crane-Moscowitz ’20, for staged reading of "John Proctor Is the Villain"

• Zoila Coc-Chang ’19, GSAS, $250 for untitled painting series

• Anna Cass ’21, $80 for “Paper Planes” (sculpture)

• Marek Haar ’20, $250 for “Our Day Will Come” (musical theater)

• Jenny Ho ’20, $225 for “Finding the Way Home” (painting)

• Sam Ho ’20, $200 for “Nanjing Story” (documentary film)

• Claudia Kim (GSAS), $300 for “Where Do Dreamers Live?” (sculpture)

• Scott Lerner (GSAS), $200 for “Printing History” (sculpture)  

• Jaspreet Mahal (staff), $240 for “Reclamation of Humanity” (mixed media)

• Cyril Ojilere ’21, $350 for “The POC Cultural DiversiTree” (photography)

• Rebecca Strauss (staff), $400 for “Rooted Vessels” (sculpture)

• Olivia Peterson (GSAS) and Evan Robins ’20, $225 for “Abandon the Route” (painting, handmade book and percussion)

• Ruthi Wasserman ’23, $225 for “Faces and Stories”  
• Marie Wheeler (GSAS), $225 for “Ballerinas and Broccoli” (painting)

• Charles White (GSAS), $200 for “In C--in EDM” (music performance)

• Aida Wong (Fine Arts faculty), $300 for "Seeing Chinese Calligraphic Aesthetics Through Etching" (lithography)
• Ashley Young ’22, $250 for “From the Ground Up: A Newcomer's Look at Rap” (printmaking)