Projects
Kenan Institute for the Arts
Projects
The Kenan Institute for the Arts strengthens our creative community by acting as a catalyst for innovative ideas, developing strategic partnerships and building artists’ capacity to generate, lead and sustain their work. Our programmatic work is focused in three strategic directions: Creative Leaders, Creative Campus, and Creative Community.
Certificate Program
The Creative Catalyst Certificate program offers a cost-effective, flexible and innovative continuing education experience that allows artists of all disciplines to translate their intrinsic skills and creative practices into new experiences and professional opportunities. Public cohorts begin in January 2020.
Funded Fellowships
Competitive, paid Creative Catalyst Fellowships with Kenan Institute partner institutions
will be awarded each year to a diverse group of emerging artist leaders, entrepreneurs
and innovators. Fellowships will provide practical experience, and will include admission
to the Creative Catalyst Certificate Program.
Artivate Summit
The Creative Catalyst Artivate summit will bring together artist leaders, entrepreneurs
and innovators from around the country to share knowledge, build and expend networks
and strengthen creative communities through conversations and dialogue, hands-on workshops
and opportunities for community engagement.
Happy Hill Partnership
The Kenan Institute for the Arts, along with the UNCSA School of Dance, work in partnership with the Happy Hill Neighborhood Association to present Happy Hill Arts, a place-based arts and cultural initiative in a historically African American community that neighbors the University.
Sunnyside Project
The Kenan Institute is working with UNCSA administration and community partners to
create and implement a vision for University-owned property on Sunnyside Avenue.
Faculty Enrichment Grants
These small grants support the efforts of UNCSA faculty to augment student learning by subsidizing ticket and transportation costs to attend
off-campus performances, exhibits and screenings.
Creative Campus Grants
These grants give UNCSA faculty extraordinary opportunities to explore new approaches to creative learning challenges; impact student learning outcomes; foster the capacity of faculty to lead; engage diverse stakeholders; and produce creative ideas, analysis, strategies and initiatives for further study or implementation. Grants are used to develop and implement innovative ideas that advance creative learning on campus and beyond.
Creative CoWorks
Creative CoWorks is a satellite UNCSA campus located in the Don Flow Building at 500
West Fifth Street in Winston-Salem dedicated to encouraging creative entrepreneurship
in the UNCSA student-body and local community.
Creative Community Lab
The Creative Community Lab is a 2500-square-foot leased space in the historic Railroad
Building on South Liberty Street. This innovative facility offers programmatic, office
and "blue sky" meeting space for Kenan fellows, guest artists, partner organizations
and others.
Arts Enterprise Lab
The Arts Enterprise Lab is a partnership between the Kenan Institute for the Arts
and the Center for Creative Economy that encourages our creative community to collaborate
and develop and grow their ideas. The Lab provides creative entrepreneurs with training
and coaching sessions that target business and product development.
Kenan Arts Research Fellows
Kenan Arts Research Fellows are innovative research-based artist residency programs that support teaching and learning in arts entrepreneurship and social enterprise at the UNC School of the Arts.
And So We Walked
Cherokee actress and writer DeLanna Studi dreamed of one day following the footsteps her ancestors were forced to travel along The Trail of Tears and then finding a way to share their tragic yet triumphant legacy with audiences around the country.