Initiatives, Partnerships and Projects

Learn how the University of the Arts supports creative initiatives on campus and across the world.

Campus Initiatives

• Ellen and Ronald Caplan Center for the Performing Arts
  Opened in September 2008, housing Philadelphia's only recital hall and studio theater with a skyline view.
• Corzo Center for the Creative Economy
  Founded by the University of the Arts in 2006, advocates using the creative process as a high-level force for change.
• Anytime–Anywhere Creativity
  All new University of the Arts students use MacBook Pro laptops to create, collaborate, research and communicate 24/7.
• Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage (PCAH)
  Administered by the University of the Arts, comprising seven Pew Charitable Trusts initiatives that assist local cultural organizations in developing public programs.

Academic Partnerships

• The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts (LIPA)
  Encourages students and staff to experience the arts in a different culture and context.
• University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP)
  Gives students from both schools opportunities to explore the connections and contrasts between art and science.
• Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership (PAEP)
  Promotes learning in and through the arts for students in K-12 schools throughout southeastern Pennsylvania.

Student Projects

• Mural Arts Program & Bo De Temple
  Pre-college program students worked with Philadelphia’s Vietnamese community to transform the Bo De Buddhist Temple and Community Center.
• Service Learning
  Each year, Art Education student volunteers teach art in special education classes, elementary, middle school and high schools.

Faculty Projects

• Slavko Milekic
  When he’s not educating future art teachers, this Art Ed professor explores ways to make museums more interactive—and interesting—to children.
• Connie Michael
  School of Dance professor who rallied her students and organized a clothing drive for Hurricane Katrina victims.
• De Angela Duff
  CMAC multimedia professor who captured her African heritage and Alabama childhood for a photography exhibit.
• Toby Zinman
  The Liberal Arts professor enjoyed Africa’s largest performing arts festival and lecture at the international drama conference in Grahamstown, South Africa.