Paradigm breaking arts-making Breathe freely, you’re home At CU Denver, we believe education should work for everyone, not just the privileged few. And while no one argues that being a professional artist is the provenance of birthright, vestiges of bias still persist. Happily, equity-based decision making in the College of Arts & Media is breaking the way ahead for arts education and creativity’s future. Equity in the creative space is not an empty buzz word, it is a step function game-changer. When every developing artist has support to realize their potential—before, during, and even after—their formal education, there is a multiplier effect. Artists find and voice their purpose and grow the economy. They invite us to feel what it means to
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be fully human from a point of view that is different from our own, and enlarge
Wolf Foundation Scholar Shane Still, Communications BA ’21
the sense of humanity we all share. This feeling, of shared connection and
and Photography BFA ’21, used the power of digital photography
understanding, can fundamentally improve how we think, work, and live.
and audio storytelling to de-stigmatize mental health during COVID-19 and connect people to local mental health resources.
Trevor Leach, Art Practices BFA ’21 Apple of Discord, Bronze