• A bright sunny day. A Joshua Tree is center frame. A woman digs in the foreground, and a ditch makes its way through the center of the image. Another woman walks the other side of the ditch with a shovel in her hand.

    Spotlight on Reed College’s Arts-engaged Scholarship

    By Imagining America

    February 28, 2025

    In this month’s member spotlight, we focus on the ‘Desert Forest’ project from IA member Reed College, that centers the Joshua Tree. Co-conceived and co-directed by Prof. Juniper Harrower, this multidisciplinary project brings together natural history, Indigenous knowledge, public policy, conservation science, and creative works by historic and contemporary artists to spotlight the threatened tree and preservation efforts around it. And we bring you a sneak peek from Reed College’s collaboratory project!

  • We are looking at a set of glass windows with metal frames overlooking a public are below. A large transclucent yellow poster hangs in the windows, with the words Creativity in the Time of COVID-19 cascading down.

    Spotlight on Michigan State University’s Creativity in the Time of COVID-19

    By Imagining America

    January 21, 2025

    In this month’s member spotlight, we take a look back at Michigan State University’s three year project at the intersections of public art and public health. The project documented how everyday people used creativity to cope with the pandemic by crowdsourcing contributions, undertaking public humanities collaborations, and highlighting art as a tool for combating inequity and injustice. 

  • Imagining America’s Engaged Art Summit Sparks Connections and Creativity

    By Imagining America

    December 3, 2024

    Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life hosted 20 national student fellows from 17 IA member campuses in Davis, CA for an…

  • Spotlight on Emory University’s Cross-Disciplinary Dialogues and Public Scholarship

    By Imagining America

    October 22, 2024

    This month, we shine a spotlight on the many ways in which faculty and students at Emory University are leveraging the power of public scholarship to foster conversations across and between departments and disciplines through story circles, sidecar courses, and IA engagement tools.

  • FHSU Spotlights Prof. Amy Schmierbach’s FACT Workshops

    By Imagining America

    September 24, 2024

    In this month’s IA Member Spotlight, we bring lessons at the intersection of arts and disability justice from Art Professor Amy Schmierbach’s First Responder, Art Collaboration, Training (FACT) workshops, which are offered in conjunction with her ART 308: Community Engaged Art class at Fort Hays State University.

  • Spotlight on Towson University’s Communities of Engaged Practice

    By Imagining America

    August 23, 2024

    In this month’s Member Spotlight, we feature a range of projects from Towson University’s work at the intersection of community-engaged art, scholarship, and co-curricular programs. Featured projects include: Reimaining Schools Collaborative, Impact TU, and the recently launched Imagining America Communities of Practice initiative. Check out the CALL FOR ART included in the post!

  • Spotlight on Art and Activism Projects from Ohio State University

    By Imagining America

    March 25, 2024

    IA member Ohio State University shares three projects that demonstrate the power of the arts in addressing community history, sustainable design, and the…

  • Spotlight on Georgetown University’s Red House

    By Imagining America

    June 9, 2023

    Georgetown University’s Red House, founded in 2013, serves as a curricular and educational R&D unit focused on transformative education. Through its projects, the…