2023-2024 CCA Grants
Nidaa Aboulhosn
Nidaa Aboulhosn and Jessica Bardsley explore how people construct and deconstruct the world. Where Aboulhosn contemplates the structures of perception and the status of reality, Bardsley explores unconscious worlds that take on a reality of their own.
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Rene Benda
A collective art exhibition consisting of current MFA students showcasing their final projects.
Xak Bjerken
A performance with the leading classical saxophonist, Steven Banks, and Cornell’s Wind Ensemble, including a performance of his work Comes As You Are, based on spirituals and gospel tunes.
Mia Brown-Seguin
Terra is a handbound artist’s book that will be published and editioned in 2024; this work will be exhibited in a student-curated exhibition, Dewey Decimal System, continuing the tradition of book exhibitions developed by Marsha Taichman in 2020.
Skylar Bush
An exploration of the techniques used to depict abortion in feminist artwork.
Laura Cetilia
An interactive installation will give the Cornell community the unique opportunity to act as DJs, remixing music (originally composed by Laura Cetilia) produced on custom made lathe cut records.
Jackson Chapin
Nouns is an exhibit curating a group of eclectic objects in order to deconstruct our habituation of them.
Andrew Colpitts
A one-day coalition and celebration for the world to bring together arts workers, sustainability specialists, land-centered stakeholders, and the public to imagine what a more ecological culture might feel like for our community.
Coral Douglas
A documented network of offline books centered around local conversations and mementos, inspiring the premiere of a new piece of music. This piece will utilize the philosophy of free speech alongside Robert Greenleaf’s servant leadership to create meaningful community-based art.
Experimental Sound Series at Cornell
The ESSC residency with TAK Ensemble, culminating eight new music premieres in Barnes Hall in Fall 2023.
Seare Farhat
Cornell doctoral composers, visiting PMA faculty member Danielle Russo, and dance students will collaborate to create and perform new dance-musical works addressing the complex relationships between communication, language, and creative practice.
Thomas Feng
Over two days, a series of concerts and talks celebrating the legacy of Ethiopian composer and nun Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru – in commemoration of her 100th birthday on Dec. 12.
Jason Gama Bezerra de Albuquerque Jr
The Sunshine Village Project photo book sheds light on the impact of tropical storms on low-income communities and intertwines art, architecture, and urban planning to spark dialogue on climate change.
Kylie Gillen
The design and creation of two garments inspired by my Western and Eastern heritage. The garments will be presented at Cornell’s annual fashion show.
Denise Green
A curated exhibition that explores how symbolic speech and expressive conduct through fashion and art have shaped and revealed the limits and possibilities of freedom of expression.
Emily Hernandez
A mural that retells the history of the Gayagohono nation in the Fingerlakes region, from the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign to the present day. The mural highlights the colonization and decolonization of the land and the history of the Gayagohono people.
Natasha Holmes
This project uses digital and print media to represent the diversity of who does physics and what physicists do.
Julianne Hunter
An exploration and hands-on investigation in paper and clay as they relate and embody craft, community, art and dissolving boundaries.
Ariana Kim
3-day residency removing the boundaries between folk art and fine art at the intersection of jazz, rock, folk, and Western art music traditions. Hosted by the Dept. of Music, the 9 Horses Trio is a cross-genre collective featuring mandolin, fiddle, and bass; jam session, open rehearsal, and show.
Seare Farhat
Cornell doctoral composers, visiting PMA faculty member Danielle Russo, and dance students will collaborate to create and perform new dance-musical works addressing the complex relationships between communication, language, and creative practice.
Seare Farhat
Cornell doctoral composers, visiting PMA faculty member Danielle Russo, and dance students will collaborate to create and perform new dance-musical works addressing the complex relationships between communication, language, and creative practice.
Seare Farhat
Cornell doctoral composers, visiting PMA faculty member Danielle Russo, and dance students will collaborate to create and perform new dance-musical works addressing the complex relationships between communication, language, and creative practice.
Seare Farhat
Cornell doctoral composers, visiting PMA faculty member Danielle Russo, and dance students will collaborate to create and perform new dance-musical works addressing the complex relationships between communication, language, and creative practice.
Seare Farhat
Cornell doctoral composers, visiting PMA faculty member Danielle Russo, and dance students will collaborate to create and perform new dance-musical works addressing the complex relationships between communication, language, and creative practice.