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"We are humbled by the ambition and range of the student grants," says John McInerney, director of the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania.
"It has become our most competitive category and has generated some of our most exciting projects."
The university has awarded student grants totaling more than $330,000 to 92 student projects since the program's inception in 2018, not including smaller-scale grants under the Ben Art Bucks program that cap at $250 each, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
This year's grants were issued among the largest-ever applicant pool, supporting creative practice involving Jewish basketball, community caregiving, oral history, stained glass production, and more.
Among this year's recipients:Tamir Williams, a Ph.D.
candidate in History of Art and Sachs Program student, will curate an exhibition titled A Space toAppear, A Space to Tarry, which will present works from the photographic series Black Nightclubs on Chicago's South Side by Penn alumnus Michael Abramson.
Chloe Reison, the Sachs Program associate director, says "it has often been an important inflection point in the students' practices, giving them the resources to really pursue their ambitions and advance as artists."
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