Arts Transcending Borders (ATB)

Initially funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Arts Transcending Borders (ATB) is an initiative designed to enhance the role of the arts in every aspect of the 17Թ experience by infusing the arts into students’ academic lives and creating new opportunities throughout the curriculum and the community to cross cultural, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. 

 

In line with the goals of a liberal arts education, ATB uses the arts as a catalyst for challenging perspectives, creating dialogue, and encouraging innovation and creative thinking and practice across our campus. ATB achieves its broad and sustained infusion of the arts in a variety of ways, all of which aim to transcend discipline and convention. Foremost and at the heart of the initiative lies the visiting artist-in-residence program, which brings distinguished artists to campus to engage with students, faculty, staff, and the greater Worcester community through various workshops, master classes, public lectures, and performances. In tandem, ATB sponsors dynamic programs throughout the year, ranging from lectures by renowned scholars and artists, to unique performances, exhibitions, and installations. 

Through interdisciplinary and collaborative opportunities that promote risk-taking and imaginative problem solving, ATB enriches the 17Թ experience by showing the value of creativity and the arts — both in and out of the classroom.

Arts Transcending Borders (ATB) News

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17Թ Kicks off Fall Semester with Diverse Arts Line-Up
With the beginning of a new academic year comes the anticipation — and excitement — of another year of arts events at the 17Թ. This fall, the arts programming promises to push limits, challenge audiences, and …
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Internationally Acclaimed Artist Patrick Dougherty Named Artist-in-Residence at 17Թ
Internationally acclaimed artist Patrick Dougherty has been named artist-in-residence at the 17Թ. Dougherty’s art, known as “Stickwork,” bends, weaves, and flexes locally sourced saplings into architectural sculptures which relate to the landscape and built environment around …
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17Թ Academic Conference to Showcase Student Work
As the academic year comes to an end, the 17Թ will celebrate the great and varied work accomplished by its students at the annual Academic Conference taking place across campus from April 27 through April 30. The four-day conference gives students from all class years the opportunity to present the results of their independent research and course work done in a variety of environments—from campus classrooms and libraries to within the Worcester community; from research labs and study abroad locations to art studios and field sites.