3. Our Mission
…to provide opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to
engage in transformational arts interactions as part of an arts-
rich, robust educational community on the campus of San
Diego State University

4. Signature Events
…are the highest quality arts events
that SDSU has to offer. These events
are academically-informed and fully
produced to showcase SDSU’s broad
range of artistic talent.

5. Supported Events
…are curriculum-based, public performances
and presentations from various academic arts
disciplines, faculty-guided student
organizations, as well as work created in
classes.

6. Pop Up Events
…are designed to develop audience awareness and attendance at Signature events
and increase attendance in courses for non-arts majors. Pop Ups bring the arts
outside of traditional venues to the center of student activity – whether at the
library, the student union, or the farmer’s market.

7. Our Goals
…broaden awareness of arts events
and opportunities at SDSU
…increase attendance at
SDSU arts events
…expand academically informed
art-making opportunities at SDSU
…integrate arts events and arts
practices into curriculum at SDSU

8. …broaden awareness of arts events and
opportunities at SDSU
• 132 total sponsored events in Fall of 2014
• 25 Pop-ups in Fall (doubled from Spring 2014)
• Supported special events on campus
• Poetic Picnic
• Art Benches
• Campanile Walkway Painting Display

9. …increase attendance at SDSU arts events
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10. …increase attendance at SDSU arts events
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11. …expand academically informed art-making
opportunities at SDSU
• Art Benches
• Silk Screening
• Free Falls

12. …integrate arts events and arts practices into
curriculum at SDSU
• Year of the Phage
• Edible Palette
• A Thousand Plates

13. Arts Integration Opportunities
• Core curriculum links
• Stacked course
development
• Special projects

14. • 4-6 exhibitions
• Downtown gallery
• University gallery
• Special events
Curriculum Link Pathways:
Art + Design

15. • Fall 2015—Dancemaking Concert
• Spring 2016—University Dance
Company Concert
Curriculum Link Pathways: Dance

16. Music Events Fall 2015
• Sept 14—world music series begins
• Oct 7—chamber choir concert
• Oct 12—concert on the plaza
• Oct 16—choir at College Ave
• Oct 18—orchestra concert
• Oct 25—wind symphony
• Oct 30—opera recital
• Nov 14—jazz ensemble
• Nov 20-22—opera
• Nov 30-Dec 3—jazz week
• Dec 4-6—orchestra & choir concerts
• Dec 9—combined bands
Curriculum Link Pathways: Music

17. Curriculum Link Pathways: Theatre
• Sept 25-Oct 4
Sylvia
• Oct 30-Nov 8
Into the Woods
• Dec 2-6
Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights
• Mar 4-15
Drowsy Chaperone
• Apr 22-May1
BFG

18. Filmmakers Showcase
• Fall—Sept 17-18
• Spring—Feb 11-12
Curriculum Link Pathways: Film

19. • 3 art departments/5 mediums
• Potential interdisciplinary
collaborations with…
-Electrical Engineering
-Women’s Studies
-Jewish Studies
-LGBT Studies
Fall 2015 Featured Project
Common Experience: Energy

20. • Professor matchmaking process
• Two-semester development commitment
• Links among arts & non-arts courses
• Culminating project/event
Stacked Course Development

21. Special Project Opportunities
Propose Something!

22. For more information please contact:
Dani Bedau, Chair, Arts Alive SDSU
dbedau@mail.sdsu.edu
artsalive.sdsu.edu
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