Another extraordinary year! Last year, our reflections focused on the many changes…This year, we want to tell the story in a different way - by program and in pencil-point format, to highlight the breadth and depth of research led by members of the Tisch community in AY22. We are proud to support you and inspired by the questions you ask, the connections you make and the values you model!
Because the HEAR US awards are designed to catalyze a long-term cultural shift, the program supports projects at all phases of completion with multiple levels of mentorship and funding. In 2021-22, HEAR US:
- Received 90 applications, representing 15 academic programs/departments
- Awarded 12 projects (6 undergrad, 6 grad)
- Welcomed 19 professionals, including 11 Tisch faculty, as panelists/mentors
Students are a critical part of the research community at Tisch, and the Tisch Initiative for Creative Research (TCR) has been funding graduate student-led inquiry since our inception in 2014. Last year, we welcomed undergraduates to the program by creating a consolidated Student Research Fund (SRF) which:
- Received 33 applications, representing 10 academic programs/departments
- Awarded 9 projects, (4 undergrad, 5 grad)
Since 2015, the Tisch Initiative for Creative Research has partnered with Catwalk Institute to offer residency opportunities for alumni, faculty, and staff. Catwalk provides a unique, low-tech environment for artists and scholars from the Tisch community to write, reflect, and create on Catwalk’s 70-acre property in Catskill, NY. Last year, our Catwalk Residency program:
- Received 34 applications, representing 6 academic programs/departments
- Made 17 nominations, resulting in 13 residencies
In 2019, the Research Working Group focused on developing a small number of proposals that would be competitive for the University's Mega Grants Initiative. By providing some “incubation,” we hoped to create a pipeline of projects able to attract significant external funding to support research at Tisch. In 2021-22, Lynne McVeigh submitted Tisch’s first proposal to the NYU Mega Grants Initiative and was awarded seed funding to help her prepare a multi-million dollar request to the National Institutes of Health!
Other TCR Activities
Catalyzed by visionary alumna, Sharon Chang, the Future Imagination Fund supports interdisciplinary and inter-sectional research and collaborations among artists, scholars, entrepreneurs, image makers, filmmakers and others, through fellowships, residencies, scholarships, convenings, and other programmatic elements. In 2021-22, the Fund supported:
- Future Imagination Collaboratory, with its second annual cohort of Fellows (whose collaborative publication will be released in Spring 2023)
- *This Is Not A Drill*, the first project to emerge from the Collaboratory
Collaborative for Creative Practice and Social Justice
The Collaborative for Creative Practice and Social Justice includes twenty-one arts and cultural organizations working over three years to explore the impact of the arts in and with communities through themes of justice and equity, relationship building, sustainability, and social impact. Last year, the Collaborative:
- Published The Power of Many, a reflection on and celebration of five years of co-creative learning and engagement
- Secured $2m grant from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust to continue its work through 2023-24