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The CCSU Many Voices Initiative Committee is seeking art projects that celebrate diversity, equity, social justice, and inclusion, and we hope you will consider offering this as an opportunity for the students in your classes this Fall semester. We would appreciate your help in promoting this project by including this information in your syllabi and offering it as an extra-credit or other assignment opportunity.
Project submissions can include original poetry, story, spoken word, paintings, video, photography, dance, drama, music, memes, and/or any combination of aesthetic mediums. (Submission guidelines are included at the bottom of this email.) Any member of the CCSU or New Britain communities may submit an art project by following this link. Students, faculty, and staff may participate in multiple ways including individually or in collaboration with other students, faculty, and staff; together with community partners; or as an integrated course project or extra credit, etc.
Art projects will be collected through Thursday, Dec. 8 and they will be showcased on the CCSU campus during the Spring 2023 semester. Artists will have the opportunity to enter a raffle for an iPad.
Blue Devil Identity Project
Additionally, we are offering the opportunity to participate in the Blue Devil Identity Project. Individuals or groups of students, academic departments, administrative offices and staff members, clubs, etc. are invited to decorate a wooden cut-out of the Blue Devil logo to signify how they identify as a Blue Devil and as a part of the CCSU community. Participants can use any materials and objects to decorate, however, they should be weatherproof because the project will be displayed outside during Homecoming weekend. Pictures of examples and more information will be coming soon.
Visit the Physical Education & Human Performance Department (Kaiser 0180) to pick up your Blue Devil cut-out or visit the Many Voices Initiative table at the Student Club Fair on Sept. 14. Blue Devil designs will be collected until Sept. 30. Blue Devil designs will be collected by the Sociology Department (Bassett Hall, 317).
Thank you for your help spreading the word about this initiative! If you have any questions, please contact Kate Ayotte kateayotte@ccsu.edu, Jan Bishop bishopj@ccsu.edu, Barbara Clark clarkb@ccsu.edu, or Heather Rodriguez hrodriguez@ccsu.edu.
Submission instructions for art projects
The goal of the Many Voices Initiative is to bring to light and share the many personal experiences and thoughts our students, faculty, and staff have with regards to equity and inclusion.
- Original work: Members of the CCSU campus are invited to submit original creative works. These may take many forms including but not limited to: poetry, story, spoken word, paintings, video, photography, dance, drama, music, memes, graphic design and/or any combination of aesthetic mediums.
- Deadline: Submissions will be accepted at any time, however a review of submissions to put together collections and displays will occur at the end of each semester. The deadline to submit projects is Thursday, Dec. 8.
- Format: Submissions must be in digital format. We will contact the artist for the art piece to display on campus.
- Collaboration: Works may be created by one person or be a collaboration of two or more persons. Collaborations can be any combination of students, faculty, and staff.
- Title: All works must have a title.
- Description: A project description may be included (100-word maximum).
- References: Any submissions that integrate photographs or online imagery from other artists and other sources as part of the work, must be referenced.
- Name(s): Work can be submitted anonymously or with the creator(s)’ name(s).
- Formats: The following formats are acceptable for submission: MP3, PDF, video, or jpg. If your work is in a different format and not easily converted or you need assistance converting it, please contact us.
To submit, fill out this form, where you also will be able to upload your project.