Five Arts Faculty Members Awarded VCU Grants

Five VCUarts faculty members have received grants from the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation’s Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Fund, established to support, facilitate and enhance the creation, production and dissemination of arts, humanities and social sciences research in 2022.

In its second year, this internal grant opportunity continues to grow and support VCU’s research in these fields by awarding 10 projects with a total investment of nearly $100,000

Award recipients of the VCU Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Fund are identified through a rigorous peer review process with the emphasis on projects that expand imagination, innovation, self-reflection and society as well as cultural identity. Researchers across a range of fields were recognized with awards. The VCUarts recipients of this fund for 2023 are:

Yossera Bouchtia, Assistant Professor of Cinema: “Afri; Unburying a Feminine Deity in North Africa through a Narrative Film.”

Sinclair Emoghene, Assistant Professor of Dance and Choreography: “Living Archive: Analysis, Description and Assemblages of African Dance.”

Sasha Waters Freyer, Professor of Photography and Film: “GARRY WINOGRAND ARCHIVE 1948-1984.”

Lauren Thorson, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design: “The Drawing Room.”

David Toney, Assistant Professor of Theatre and head of undergraduate performance: “Elysian Fields: What is the Ability of the Black Man to Protect and Support the Black Family in a White Patriarchal Society.”

To learn more about the VCU Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Fund as well as additional One VCU Research Strategic Priorities Plan internal funding opportunities, visit onevcuresearch.vcu.edu/.