Art Hx Grants Development/Grant Writing UAF

Fellowship Description

Through the website and public programming, Art Hx—inspired by Hx, the clinical abbreviation used to represent “history”—brings artists, writers, health professionals, and scholars into dynamic conversations around artworks and archival objects, seeking to expose and dismantle racist and violent structures that shape our present.

Duties and Responsibilities

These could include the following (other duties may be assigned):

Draft and edit funding applications to external and internal funding bodies
Collaborate with the Project Manager and Project Lead to refine and submit applications
Identify opportunities that adhere to/support the project’s mission, set timelines for proposal drafts/submissions, and oversee completion schedule
Attend all Art Hx events and meetings to stay informed about the project’s activities to clearly and compellingly communicate the scope and impact in proposals
Keep track of the project’s annual and semester income in consultation with the A&A Department Manager
Seek cosponsorships from around the university when appropriate and create/track co-sponsorship credit lines for event promotional materials and the project website
Coordinate with funders/cosponsors, send notes of thanks after funding has been received, and write, edit, and submit required reports as needed
Collaborate with the Social Media Manager, Designer, Project Manager, and Project Lead as necessary (e.g. to share news about successful grant applications to the Art Hx audience/community)

Desired Skills and Experiences

Time management
Organization
Strong writing and editing skills
Previous fundraising/grant writing experience a plus

Your Host

Art Hx

Led by Professor Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Art Hx: Visual and Medical Legacies of British Colonialism is a cross-disciplinary and multi-media research platform that explores the historical and ongoing entanglements of art, race, and medicine. Through the website and public programming, Art Hx—inspired by Hx, the clinical abbreviation used to represent “history”—brings artists, writers, health professionals, and scholars into dynamic conversations around artworks and archival objects, seeking to expose and dismantle racist and violent structures that shape our present.

Department of Art & Archaeology

The Department of Art and Archaeology has been home to some of the most distinguished scholars in the field and over the decades has grown to cover an expanding range of media, cultures, and methodologies. Today, coursework in art history is supported by the extraordinary art collection of the Princeton University Art Museum; by the resources of the Marquand Library, the world’s finest art history library; and by close relationships with numerous other departments on our campus. Besides covering all periods of European art and architecture, current faculty members teach in areas as diverse as Chinese bronzes, pre-Columbian objects, Greek art, Japanese prints, African art, American art, the history of photography, and theory and criticism.

UAF Mentor

Anna Arabindan-Kesson

Assistant Professor and Director, Art Hx

Professor Anna Arabindan-Kesson is an assistant professor of African American and Black Diasporic art with a joint appointment in the Department of Art and Archaeology. Born in Sri Lanka, she completed undergraduate degrees in New Zealand and Australia, and worked as a Registered Nurse in the UK before completing her PhD in African American Studies and Art History at Yale University. Professor Arabindan-Kesson's research and teaching focus on Black Diaspora Art, with an emphasis on histories of race, empire, and medicine in the long 19th century. She also has interests in British, South Asian and Australian art.