University of Arizona

New Annual Faculty Seed Grants for Production

In the first three years all funded projects have had CFA faculty as PIs or co-PIs.

2022-2023

  • David Mulcahy, Fine Arts, School of Theatre, Film and Television, Making Arizona
  • Marcos Serafim, Fine Arts, School of Art, Membrana Semipermeable – The Ongoing HIV/AIDS Crisis and the US/Mexico Border

2021-2022

  • Kevin Bonine, Research, Innovation & Impact, Biosphere 2 and Arizona Institutes for Resilience, Science in Motion: Scaling Broader Impacts of UArizona Resilience Science Through Student-Engaged Filmmaking, Animation, Data Visualization, and Motion Arts-Science Pedagogy (co-PI Nicole Antebi, School of Art)
  • Molly Gebrian, Fine Arts, Fred Fox School of Music, Late-Romantic Sonatas by Women Composers: A Transcription, Recording, and Performance Initiative
  • Yuanyuan (Kay) He, Fine Arts, Fred Fox School of Music, StellarScape – Immersive Multimedia Show
  • Lisanne Skyler, Fine Arts, Theatre, Film and Television, Museums of the Night: a feature documentary film
  • Michelle Tellez, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Mexican American Studies, Las Mujeres de Manzo Project (co-PI Beverly Seckinger, Fine Arts, TFTV)

2020-2021

  • Kevin Black, Fine Arts, School of Theatre, Film & Television, Fine Revolution
  • Sara Fraker, Fine Arts, Fred Fox School of Music, Performing Dendrochronology: Tree-Ring Music for Three Woodwinds
  • Yuri Makino, Fine Arts, School of Theatre, Film & Television, Funding for America’s Health, a documentary film about healthcare
  • David Taylor, Fine Arts, School of Art, Complex: A Visual Index of the Migrant Detention Industry