Newsletter Archive

• Emerging Creatives Student Summit 2022 Recap
• a2ru Ground Works at Trans-Generatives 2030
• Member Spotlight: UIUC’s Arts Impact Initiative Issues First Research Brief
• Events
  • Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Creative Placemaking Summit
  • Impactful Actions for a Sustainable Future through Art & Science Conference
  • CripTech Incubator Meet the Artists
• Arts News
• PolicyLink Releases New Creative Placemaking Resources
• Jobs
  • Director of Smith College Office of the Arts

• Emerging Creatives Student Summit 2022
• a2ru Ground Works Offers One-on-One Consulting
• Member Spotlight: Dartmouth College’s New Arts Initiative Funds Nine Inaugural Projects
• Events
  • ICFAD Conversation: Data Driven Environments and the Arts (Free for a2ru members)
• Arts News
  • NOAH Core Curriculum Now Available
  • NEA Research Grants: Guidelines Released
  • PolicyLink Releases New Creative Placemaking Resources

• Emerging Creatives Student Summit 2022
• a2ru.org Members Section
• 2022 and 2023 Annual Conference Host Opportunity Available
• a2ru Ground Works
  • Collaborates with Crip Tech Incubator
  • Receives CELJ Honorable Mention
  • Call for Proposals
• #Learning Planet Festival
• Job Postings
  • UFHealth Shands Hospital Director
  • Imagining America Managing Director
• Special Issue: “Inequities in the Arts”

• Emerging Creatives Student Summit 2022
• a2ru.org Members Section
• 2022 and 2024 Annual Conference Host Opportunity Available
• Call for Papers: Ground Works
• Call for Papers: National League of Cities
• Job Postings: UF Health Shands Hospital Director

• Executive Committee Nominations
• Emerging Creatives Student Summit 2022
• RISD and York University Join the Network
• “Unfolding the Genome” on a2ru Ground Works
• 2022 and 2024 Annual Conference Host Opportunity Available
• Leonardo/ISAST Announces CripTech Incubator’s 2022-2023 Inaugural Cohort of Six Artists
• Call for Submissions: Share Your We-Making Story – University of Florida
• Job Opportunity: Director of the School of Visual, Performing, and Designing Arts – Oregon State University

• Sharing Stories: The Case for Art Schedule Released
• Emerging Creatives Student Summit 2022
• Call for Papers: Community Change Journal
• NOAH Conference, special a2ru member discount
• SNAAP Research Symposium
• University of Houston Innovations in Arts and Health
• Looking for Something to Watch? Emmanuel Pratt 2020 Conference Keynote

• Steps Towards Change Call for Participants
• Early Bird Registration Open
• Call for Papers: Engaging Arts and Culture to Build Vaccination Confidence
• a2ru Member Spotlight: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• a2ru Seeks New Executive Committee Members
• Looking for Something to Watch? 2020 Steps Towards Change Series

• 2021 Annual Conference Steps Towards Change Call for Participants
• 2021 Annual Conference Schedule Preview
• a2ru Seeks New Executive Committee Members
• Looking for Something to Watch? 2020 Steps Towards Change Series

• a2ru 2021 National Conference: Thank You for Your Submissions
• a2ru Seeks New Executive Committee Members
• a2ru at INSciTS
• Partner Spotlight: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
• Upcoming Event: Arts and the Public Good: The Resilience of Creativity and Community In Detroit Part II

• Calls for Artists/Proposals: a2ru 2021 Annual Conference, Trans-Generatives 2030, SNAAP Survey
• a2ru Receives Support from U-M Arts Initiative
• Partner Spotlight: Princeton University
• Upcoming Event: Arts and the Public Good: The Resilience of Creativity and Community In Detroit
• Looking for Something to Watch? Adrienne Keene 2020 Conference Keynote

• Calls for Proposals/Artists: a2ru 2021 Annual Conference, Leonardo CripTech Incubator, Creative Responses to the Pandemic, UNESCO Chair
• ICFAD/RIT/a2ru Arts & Design Curriculum session
• a2ru Partners Awarded NEA Grants
• Artivate Journal Announces Tenth Year
• Partner Spotlights: University of Maryland, Tufts University

• Calls for Artists/Proposals: a2ru 2021 Annual Conference: Sharing Stories; Trans-Generatives 2030; Leonardo CripTech Incubator
• Partner Event Recaps: VCU Qatar Workshops; Funding Webinar Series, Part 1; Inaugural a2ru Connects Conversation; Boston University Panel: Arts Integration Across the Curriculum
• Partner Spotlight: Rutgers University
• Upcoming Events: Ground Works Ask-an-Editor; Funding Webinar Series, Part 2; ICFAD Roundtable Presentations Spring 2021
• Job Opportunity: UNL Carson Center: Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts in Virtual Production

• Today is Giving Blue Day
• Call for Proposals: a2ru Ground Works Vibrant Ecologies
• Upcoming Webinars: Envisioning a Post-Pandemic Future; Funding Arts & Design; Ground Works Ask an Editor
• Partner Spotlight : University of Maryland
• Job Opportunity: ICAT Multimedia Designer

• Upcoming “Publishing Arts Online: An Editor’s-Eye View” Webinar – 2/26 at 1pm
• Ground Works Call for Submissions
• Imagining America Call for Case Studies
• Sound Health Network Launch
• National Endowment for the Arts Funding Opportunities
• Job Opportunity: Hyundai Research Collaborative Project Manager

• New a2ru Executive Committee
• a2ru and Grantmakers in America Continue ArtPlace Work
• American Academy of Arts & Science Call for Stories on Arts Education
• New Arts & Culture Website
• Partner Spotlight: Johns Hopkins, University of Michigan, and University of Wisconsin-Madison

• a2ru Executive Committee Election
• Ground Works Special Issue Call for Proposals
• Sherry Wagner-Henry Memorial Video
• Partner Spotlight: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Arts in Public Health Webinar

• Ground Works New Submissions and Call for Proposals
• Annual Conference Recap
• a2ru Executive Committee Election
• Partner Events and News
• Call for Proposals

• Still Time to Register for This Year’s Conference
• Don’t Miss Our Steps Towards Change Conference Sessions
• Arts in Public Health: Pedagogy, Practice, Research and Policy Online Symposium
• Partner Spotlight: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
• a2ru Executive Committee Nominations Due November 1

• Land & Equity: A Message from Executive Director Maryrose Flanigan
• a2ru 2020 Conference Registration Rates
• Sponsor the 2020 National Conference
• a2ru Seeks Host for Emerging Creatives Student Summit
• Navigating Online Arts Instruction Series Wrap-Up

• a2ru Engagement Survey
• Annual Conference Updates
• Job Openings
• Partner Spotlight
• a2ru Call for Executive Committee Nominations

• a2ru Engagement Survey
• Annual Conference Updates
• Partner Events
• a2ru Call for Executive Committee Nominations
• Upcoming Webinar Series

• Letter from the Executive Director: Black Lives Matter
• In Tribute: Sherry Wagner-Henry
• a2ru 2020 Virtual National Conference, Land & Equity
• a2ru 2020 Conference: Limited Proposal Calls
• Upcoming Webinar: Navigating Online Arts Instruction Part 1

• Letter from the Executive Director
• Join the a2ru Research-to-Practice Listserv
• a2ru Implicit/Explicit Card Deck Now Available
• Partner Spotlight: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
• a2ru Engagement Survey

• Call for Proposals: a2ru 2020 National Conference, Land & Equity
• a2ru Conversation Series: Teaching the Arts in an Era of Closed Studios
• a2ru’s 2018-2019 Annual Report Now Available for Download
• The Arts Engagement Project: Student Impacts of Collegiate Arts Experiences
• Art, Altruism, and the a2ru Community

• Spring Town Hall Surveys
• a2ru Research Team Releases New Book
• a2ru 2020 National Conference, Land & Equity
• Upcoming Webinar: “The Arts Engagement Project: Student Impacts of Collegiate Arts Experiences”
• Emerging Creatives Experiences

• a2ru Ground Works Call for Proposals
• 2020 Emerging Creatives Student Summit: Rise Up
• Upcoming Webinar: The Arts Engagement Project
• NEA Grant Opportunities
• Leonardo Events & Opportunities

• 2020 Emerging Creatives Student Summit: Rise Up
• Virginia Tech Introduces New Visual Arts Minor
• a2ru Collaborates with Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research 
• Ground Works: Webinar and Call for Proposals
• Moen and Aleskie Present on Arts Engagement at APAP

• a2ru Announces In-Network Launch of Ground Works
• Applications Open for 2020 Emerging Creatives Student Summit
• The Case for Arts Integration
• A2RU Research Contributes to Text Analysis Across Domains
• Partner Highlight: University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Carson Center

• 2019 a2ru Conference Theme (knowledges: artistic practice as method) Continues at CAA 2020
• a2ru Hires Associate Director, Shannon Fitzsimons Moen
• a2ru AWARDED $200,000 FROM ARTPLACE AMERICA TO EXPAND ONLINE HUB FOR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
• NEA Program Solicitation: Sound Health Network
• Save the Date: Integrative Conservation Conference

• 2019 a2ru National Conference, knowledges: artistic practice as method
• External Reviewers Available to a2ru Partners
• U-M President Announces New Arts Initiative
• CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 2019 Frameless Symposium
• Branches from the Same Tree: Conversations on the Integration of Arts, Humanities, and STEM in Higher Education

• CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: a2ru Executive Committee
• 2019 a2ru National Conference: knowledges: artistic practice as method
• SAVE THE DATE: a2ru 2020 National Conference
• Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health Conference
• Upcoming Town Hall Meetings

• a2ru Executive Committee Call for Nominations
• 2019 a2ru National Conference: knowledges: artistic practice as method
• SXSW EDU 2020 Panel Voting Now Open
• Upcoming Town Hall Meetings
• Call for SNAAP Research Fellows

• 2019 a2ru National Conference: knowledges: artistic practice as method
• a2ru Welcomes Newest Partner: University of Maryland
• a2ru Seeks Associate Director
• a2ru Executive Committee Call for Nominations
• a2ru Hires New Program Coordinator, Charisse Willis

• a2ru Engagement Survey
• Call for Computational Artist in Residence
• 2019 a2ru National Conference knowledges: artistic practice as method
• Upcoming Town Hall Meetings on Arts, Humanities, and STEMM Integration in Higher Education
• Creative Placemaking Summer Workshop

• Maryrose Flanigan Appointed a2ru Executive Director
• a2ru Engagement Survey
• Integrative Degrees Added to Proposed Taxonomy of Instructional Programs
• 2019 Student Challenge Grant Recipients Announced
• Town Hall Meetings with a2ru, the National Academies in Alaska and Arkansas

• Save the Date: 2019 National Conference
• Branches from the Same Tree: A National Convening on the Integration of Arts, Humanities, and STEMM in Higher Education
• Town Hall Meetings with a2ru, the National Academies, and Your Organization
• a2ru Monthly Conversation Summaries Now Available
• Join the a2ru Research-to-Practice Listserv

• a2ru New Partner Spotlight: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, University of Arkansas, UNLV
• Branches from the Same Tree: A National Convening on the Integration of Arts, Humanities, and STEMM in Higher Education
• a2ru 2019 National Conference Call for Proposals: knowledges
• Graphonomics and Your Brain On Art, Creativity, and Innovation
• a2ru Research Director Gabriel Harp to Present at the UCLA Symposium: Art Based Research in Times of Social and Climate Change

• Thank You to 2019 Emerging Creatives Host, James Madison University
• Arts Integration and the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)
• a2ru 2019 National Conference Call for Proposals: knowledges
• Branches from the Same Tree: A National Convening on the Integration of Arts, Humanities, and STEMM in Higher Education
• Join the a2ru Research-to-Practice Listserv

• a2ru Executive Director Position
• Emerging Creatives Student Summit: Food + Place
• Host a Town Hall Meeting with a2ru, the National Academies, and Your Organization
• a2ru Welcomes New Research Program Manager – Veronica Stanich
• Arts Integration Survey

• Now Accepting Applications for Emerging Creatives Student Summit
• a2ru Executive Director Position
• Impacts Workshop Session Plan and Worksheets
• Host a Town Hall Meeting with a2ru, the National Academies, and Your Organization
• Call for Abstracts -Science of Team Science 2019: Building the Knowledge Base for Effective Team Science

• Thanks to 2018 Conference Presenters, Attendees and Host University of Georgia!
• a2ru Executive Director Position
• Now Accepting Applications for 2019 Emerging Creatives Student Summit
• What Is Arts Research Brief
• Town Hall Meeting November 19, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• a2ru Partner Features & Updates
• a2ru Conference Special Events
• Apply Now for the a2ru Scholars Program
• a2ru Circuits Webinar: Navigating Your Educational Path Toward an Interdisciplinary Career
• Tenure and Promotion Leadership Workshop Recap

• Register for the 2018 Conference by October 1 for Current Rates!
• a2ru Partner Features & Updates
• a2ru Conference Special Events
• a2ru Circuits Webinar: Navigating Your Educational Path Toward an Interdisciplinary Career
• Support the a2ru Conference – Sponsor or Advertise!

• Register for the 2018 Conference by Sept. 1 for Early Rates!
• a2ru Partner Features & Updates
• a2ru Brief: What Is Research?
• a2ru Conference Special Events
• a2ru Interim Leadership Named in Transition Period

• a2ru Circuits: Conversations in the Field
• a2ru Partner Features & Updates
• Program Solicitation: NEA Research Labs
• a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Challenge Grant Awarded
• Creative Placemaking Summer Institute July 23-August 3, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director Transitions – Parting Thoughts
• a2ru Partner Features
• Report Urges Development and Evaluation of Approaches that Integrate STEMM Fields with Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 
• a2ru Welcomes University of Arkansas as Newest Partner 
• Decipher 2018: Design Educators Research Conference Call for Participation

A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director

• a2ru Leadership Workshop on Foresight & Collaboration
• Report Urges Development and Evaluation of Approaches that Integrate STEMM Fields with Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 
• Council for Community Engagement (CEO) and Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Prosperity (CICEP) Joint Summer Meeting: Creative Placemaking for Healthy Communities
• Stony Brook University Call for Participation

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• a2ru Circuits Webinar Series: Cluster Hiring and Cross-Discipline Appointments
• SAVE THE DATE! a2ru Leadership Workshop on Foresight & Collaboration
• Monthly Conversation Series: Amplifying Arts Integration on Campus
• Call for College Art Association 2019 Conference Proposal Submissions 

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• a2ru 2018 National Conference Call for Proposals
• a2ru Leadership Workshop on Tenure and Promotion
• a2ru Circuits Webinar: Cluster Hires and Cross-Discipline Appointments
• a2ru on the Hill for Arts Advocacy Day

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• a2ru at CAA Conference 
• a2ru Summer Intensive, Digital Storytelling: Tools & Techniques
• a2ru Circuits Webinar Series: The Future of Creative Placemaking in Higher Education
• a2ru 2018 National Conference Call for Proposals

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• a2ru Circuits Webinar Series: The Future of Creative Placemaking in Higher Education
• a2ru Summer Intensive, Digital Storytelling: Tools & Techniques
• Call for Webinar Participants
• Host the 2019 a2ru National Conference on Your Campus

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Summit: Spectacle and the Collective Experience
• a2ru Circuits Webinar Series: The Future of Creative Placemaking in Higher Education
• a2ru Faculty Fellow and Student Travel Grant Programs
• 2017 a2ru Conference Materials Now Available

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Summit: Spectacle and the Collective Experience
• a2ru Summer Intensive, Digital Storytelling: Tools & Techniques
• Call for Participation: National Academy of Sciences Sackler Student Fellows Symposium
• Save the Dates! 2018 a2ru Conference: Arts Environments: Design, Resilience, and Sustainability

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• Sign Up for a Conference Working Group!
• a2ru Welcomes New Members: University of Technology Sydney and University of Kansas
• The Hub for Creative Placemaking in Higher Education
• a2ru/ArtsEngine Seeking Grant Writer

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• 2017 a2ru Conference Registration Now Open!
• a2ru Partner Feature: Checking in on Charlottesville
• a2ru Welcomes University of California, Berkeley
• Survey on the Role of Higher Education in Creative Placemaking

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• 2017 a2ru Conference Registration Now Open!
• National Endowment for the Arts Opportunities
• a2ru Partner Feature: “Creative Placemaking”
• Cultivating Ensembles in STEM Education and Research Conference

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• “Integrating the Arts at Land Grant Institutions” Webinar Transcript Available
• a2ru Welcomes New Member: Oregon State University
• Call for Participation: Learning to Connect: Engaging Students Across Disciplines
• Student Challenge Grant Winners Announced

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• Integrating the Arts at Land Grant Institutions Webinar June 9
• a2ru Welcomes New Member: Rochester Institute of Technology
• a2ru in Washington, D.C.
• a2ru Research Synthesis Workshop

• 2017 National Conference Call for Proposals: Arts in the Public Sphere: Civility, Advocacy, and Engagement
• a2ru Welcomes New Member: UT Dallas
• 2017 Emerging Creatives Student Summit on WATER
• Addressing Declining Enrollment in the Arts & Humanities at Research Universities Webinar

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• 2017 a2ru National Conference November 1-4: Arts in the Public Sphere: Civility, Advocacy, and Engagement
• Addressing Declining Enrollment in the Arts & Humanities at Research Universities Webinar
• a2ru Welcomes New Member: University of North Texas
• Upcoming Emerging Creatives Student Summit

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• Emerging Creatives Student Summit, Water: New Directions Through Arts and Science
• 2016 a2ru National Conference Highlights
• a2ru Seeks Hosts for 2018 and Beyond
• a2ru at Visualizing English Print Workshop

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• a2ru 4th Annual National Conference Is Almost Here! ArtsRx: Creative Venture, Wellbeing, and the New Humanities
• SPARC Research Project Update
• a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Summit, WATER: New Directions Through Arts and Science
• Connect with a2ru on Twitter and Facebook

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• a2ru Welcomes The University of Arizona!
• Maryrose Flanigan Joins a2ru as New Associate Director
• a2ru National Conference, ArtsRx: Creative Venture, Wellbeing, and the New Humanities
• Your Brain on Art (Part 1 of 2) – Setting the Stage

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director
• a2ru Welcomes The University of Georgia!
• Research Agenda Update
• Creative Placemaking Survey and HASTAC 2016
• Registration Now Open for a2ru 2016 National Conference, ArtsRx: Creative Venture, Wellbeing, and the New Humanities

• A Message from Executive Director Laurie Baefsky
• a2ru Welcomes Michigan State University and The University of Cincinnati!
• Research Agenda Update
• Please Welcome Edgar Cardenas, Mellon Research Fellow
• a2ru Circuits Webinars

• A Message from Executive Director Laurie Baefsky
• a2ru Welcomes Three New Partner Universities in 2016: Boston University, Kent State and Princeton
• a2ru 2016 Student Summit at University of Michigan  
• a2ru Circuits Webinar
• Director of the Arts Institute Sought by UW-Madison

• A Message from Executive Director Laurie Baefsky
• End Notes: The a2ru 2015 National Conference  
• a2ru Welcomes Gabriel Harp
• a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Summit Hosted by the University of Michigan
• Students from a2ru Partner Universities Join a2ru Leadership at NAS

• A Message from Executive Director Laurie Baefsky
• a2ru 2015 National Conference November 8-11 at Virginia Tech:  #a2ruWorks     
• a2ru Welcomes New Committee Members
• Six Transdisciplinary Exemplars Selected for the 2015 a2ru National Conference 
• Mellon Review of Best Practices Will Be Presented at the 2015 a2ru National Conference at Virginia Tech

• A Message from Executive Director Laurie Baefsky
• a2ru Receives $800,000 in Funding for SPARC Project Effective July 2015
• a2ru/ArtsEngine Seeks Research Director and Research Fellow 
• a2ru Welcomes the University of Houston as an a2ru Partner
• a2ru Leaders on the Move

• A Message from Executive Director Laurie Baefsky
• a2ru Launches Webinar Series
• a2ru Joins National Academy of Sciences Steering Group
• a2ru Explores Peer Review Platform for Collaborative Scholarship
• a2ru Mellon Best Practices Guide Now Underway

• A Message from Executive Director Laurie Baefsky
• a2ru 2015 Emerging Creatives Student Summit at Virginia Commonwealth University 
• a2ru Partners in Virginia Unite for Advocacy
• Perspectives on Arts-Integrative Interdisciplinary Training: Student Views and Experiences on a2ru Campuses 
• How to Become an a2ru Partner

• A Message from Executive Director Laurie Baefsky
• Call for Content: Student Stories from a2ru Emerging Creatives
• Mellon Research Update: 96,400 Miles Later
• How to Become an a2ru Partner
• The a2ru Digital Repository is Live and Open to the Public

• A Message from Executive Director Laurie Baefsky
• a2ru’s 2014 National Conference a Huge Success!
• Emerging Creatives Student Summit at VCU, Jan. 28-31
• a2ru Task Forces: Get Involved!
• Co-Curricular Mellon Interim Report

• A Message from Laurie Baefsky, a2ru’s Executive Director
• Early Bird Registration for a2ru National Conference Ends Sept. 9!
• Emerging Creatives Student Conference at VCU, Jan. 28-31
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Joins a2ru
• How to Become an a2ru Partner

• A Message from a2ru’s Interim Executive Director
• Edge Effects: the a2ru 2014 National Conference
• a2ru’s New Executive Director
• a2ru White Papers
• How to Become an a2ru Partner

• A Message from a2ru’s Interim Executive Director
• a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Conference
• Edge Effects: The a2ru 2014 Annual National Conference 
• New to the a2ru Website
• Become a Partner

• A Message from a2ru’s Interim Executive Director
• a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Conference
• New a2ru Website Launch
• Interim Mellon Reports Released
• Upcoming Activities and Developments