Each spring, the division recognizes achievements and professional service along with supporting future creative endeavors and research.
Creative Arts Awards
Soprano Sarah Brailey Wins Grammy Award
The world premiere recording of composer Dame Ethel Smyth’s 1930 masterwork, The Prison, released on Chandos Records, has won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. The recording features soprano and doctoral student Sarah Brailey and bass-baritone Dashon Burton as soloists, and is conducted by James Blachly with his Experiential Orchestra and Chorus. The producer is Blanton Alspaugh and Soundmirror.
Division of the Arts Announces 2021 Creative Arts Award Recipients
A two-year long photographic essay project by Darcy Padilla (Art Department) examining the profound economic and social disparities experienced by Americans caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A contemporary art exhibition by Roberto Torres Mata (Art …
Division of the Arts Announces New Graduate Student Creative Arts Award
Through the Creative Arts Awards, the Division of the Arts provides research support to faculty, staff and students in the arts. The 2021 call for applications and nominations is now open. The Division has established a new award …