The College of Fine Arts Strategic Plan
Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Link above to the Visions and Voices page at USC. Campus-wide arts programming and innovation initative; funded through Provost’s office. A strategy to create momentum in the arts across a range of schools and partners at the University. Other documents of interest: 2010-2011 brochure is here V&V_1011_Brochure_Web The […]
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts. Check out this page of “Initatives”: specific programs and activities and VPA, organized around conceptual themes.
NEA Strategic Plan 2012-2016 Vision: a nation in which the arts enrich the lives of all Americans and enhance the livability of communities. Mission: to advance artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. Goals The creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence. To engage the public with […]
Technology and Media: the impact (positive and negative) of technology on artistic life and creativity; technology and mass media—impact on culture; impact on cultural understandings of “what is art?”. CFA being aware of what is happening in the rest of the world, aesthetically and educationally. Role of technology in the arts as a medium. Need/opportunity […]
Community: the artist’s role in the community, CFA’s role in the artistic and university community, the importance of dialog and engagement, connection to alumni and broader community. Sharing resources, engagement, and advocacy. Having a voice in the BU community: a seat at the table.
Global Context and Relationships: CFA and CFA-students in an increasingly global context; influence of global political and cultural trends; extended “reach” of CFA beyond local region.
Collaboration: opportunities for CFA in collaborating locally, nationally, globally. Collaboration as a tool for advancing strategic opportunities for CFA. Collaboration as an important value to CFA and to individual artists.
The Whole Artist/Whole Student: education of the whole artist, complementary to disciplinary training; educational needs of emerging artists; idea of entrepreneurship in the arts; impact on curriculum and student experience at CFA. Focus on whole artists/whole student is a unique aspect of CFA; we need to consider how to approach this in a meaningful way. […]
Dynamic Innovation. A commitment to, or posture of, innovation and change. Remaining open to change and innovation. Experimenting, leading, moving forward. Part of CFA’s identity. Part of CFA’s “strategy”.
Diversity. Opportunities to engage a diverse population of students—both ethnically and socioeconomically. Who can afford to come here, who thinks about coming here (or does not think about it) and who feels comfortable once here? Related to whole artist, whole student. What drives/limits diversity? Enrolling students—some cannot afford to come, even with need based aid. […]
Leadership. CFA needs to see itself as a leader and be seen as a leader and advocate. Need to take on the advocacy role: for “the arts” (as an institutional commitment), for the educational mission of CFA and the Schools, for “artistic expression”. CFA can state its convictions—silence is not an option; being silent, we […]
Excellence. Artistic excellence and excellence in the discipline. Balance/tension between excellence and broader “liberal arts” focus. Balance between professional/disciplinary focus (training, accomplishment, recognition) and other educational goals for students. Connection to whole artists/whole student theme (below). Excellence for the University—a need for literacy in the arts across BU (sciences, social sciences, and then the arts. […]
Identity of CFA. Defining the identity of CFA and the Schools as a clear, firm, aspiration for CFA, not just limited to circumstance and current position (CFA is as it is today). Relationship between how we define the identity of CFA and the mission of CFA. Identity as an expression of shared values: Fundamental belief […]
Harvard Arts Task Force Report (December 2008) In 2007/2008 HU convened a university wide task force on the Arts. The final report is at the link above. The document addresses many of the same insitutitonal challenges as apply to BU and CFA. The first 20 pp are an essay on vision and priorities. A one page […]
College of 2020-Students (Chronicle of Higher Education)dl The above link leads to a research summary report by the Chronicle of Higher Education. CHE summarized a broad range of research on the demographics and interests of college students in 2020; this inlcudes data on educational trends, etc. The file is a good overview of long-term trends. […]
Summary of Key Questions (from 11 19 2010) (Draft for Distribution) Summary of Themes and Planning Topics (from 12 2 1010) (Final) The links above are to the meeting notes from 11/19 and 12/2. These include notes on all of the themes and ideas for discussion in the virtual meeting. (Each theme is also now […]
Innovating Through Artistry | Entrepreneur the Arts. Second blog post from Lisa Canning. An introduction to her discussion of the role of artistry in corporate innovation. Full post at the link above. Excerpt: Experiencing the arts in a business context provides a unique vehicle that can be utilized to develop whole brain thinking-especially emotional intelligence […]
Fund Innovation in The Arts: The Age of Whole Brain Thinking is Here | Entrepreneur the Arts. A blog post from Lisa Canning, Entrepreneur the Arts. See the link above for the full post. As a teaser, the “whole brain” for the arts looks like:
Architecture of Value Draft 7 (Alan Brown) Reading submitted by Dean Juarez. Alan Brown starts with this question: Can you explain, in simple terms, how you or someone you know is changed by listening to music, watching a dance performance, looing at an artwork, or writing in a journal? He continues: “I’d be hard pressed […]
A very good example of how to talk about vision and mission. The new Dean of Harvard Business School discusses the school’s mission. http://www.hbs.edu/dean/ Click the link to the video. He unpacks words that every school uses: education, leadership, making a difference; and emphasizes what is distincitive at HBS. A very different educational project than CFA–but […]