The 10th Annual Day of Giving

"Humanity has always looked to the arts to explain the world."

-W. Kamau Bell, comedian, political satirist, and 2018 Sinatra Artist-in-Residence

“Humanities prepare students to be good citizens and help them understand a complicated, interlocking world. The humanities teach us critical thinking, how to analyze arguments, and how to imagine life from the point of view of someone unlike yourself.” 

-Martha C. Nussbaum, Philosopher, Professor & 2017 Jefferson Lecturer

Support the Center for the Arts & Humanities, which brings together faculty, students, staff, visiting artists and scholars, and community members to pursue meaningful expression and intellectual inquiry--the building blocks for a better future and a more just world. Our theme for 2022-23 is Memory and Movement/s.

Your gifts will help to support:

• student and faculty research and creative projects
• our undergraduate fellows program
• our faculty fellows program
• collaborations among students, faculty, staff, and visiting scholars and artists
• talks by and discussions with performing artists, fine artists, writers, and humanist scholars external to SCU
• community outreach and partnerships

 Every year the CAH also hosts the Frank Sinatra Artist-in-Residence, which this year is Mark Duplass, the Emmy-Winning Producer and Actor.In addition to offering talks and workshops, visiting classes, meeting with faculty and students in the creative arts, and engaging in collaborative programming, Mark has been working closely with students in a new, interdisciplinary course developed around his residency. In this course, eight teams of four students each--including short story writers, screenplay writers, film directors, and musical composers--are collaborating to create and adapt student work across multiple genres and forms of media.