The call for the 2024 Graduate Student Exhibits Award is open through June 30.
As part of its mission, the Art in the Libraries Committee
seeks to highlight the art and scholarship of graduate students. With the
Graduate Student Exhibits Award, Art in the Libraries committee invites current
graduate students to submit ideas for consideration for an exhibit to visually
showcase their scholarship in new and experimental ways. These can present a
visual evolution of their work, visualize their research and influences, or
answer a research question. Graduate student proposals should be based on
academic or creative research and lend themselves to visual interpretation with
Library consultation.
The goals of these awards are to:
·
provide a multidisciplinary platform for deeper
learning.
·
foster intellectual discourse and discussion.
·
demonstrate the breadth of WVU's creative and
innovative activity.
The winning submission will be displayed in the Graduate
Research Commons in the Downtown Library, Room 122, for one semester. In
addition, the awardee can optionally give a public lecture, program or
demonstration. The award includes $500 as professional development funds.
Awards also include help with design, installation,
promotion, and coordination of a public program, offering an opportunity for
exposure.
All WVU graduate students who will be enrolled while the
exhibit is on display are eligible.
To get start, visit https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FaNuDFFW32QYLpC5az_3egTkSJYnxgoc/view to download the proposal form.
Add an abbreviated CV and save the document as a PDF. Name
the file using this format: Lastname_Firstname_Graduateexhibitproposal.pdf.
Then email the new document to sally.brown1@mail.wvu.edu.
Subject line: Graduate exhibit award proposal. Remember to download and save
the submission.
Winners will be selected by the Art in the Libraries
Committee. Selection will be based on applications that best meet the award's
goals listed above.
Applicants may contact Sally Brown, sally.brown1@mail.wvu.edu, for a
tour and/or consultation before applying.
Previous Graduate Exhibit Award winners: Qazi Arka Rahman
won in 2023 for “Rectifying New Digital Record” and Chansotheary Dang won in
2022 for “Unboxing the Black Box: The Evolution of Microbial Ecology.”