I am requesting funding to support my development as a screendance maker.

With the help of the Miller Arts Scholar Program, I am requesting $3000 to aid in my performance goals and training.

I propose to utilize Miller Arts Award funding to invest in an intentionally matched, higher-quality violin bow that will allow me to elevate my sound on the instrument and my playing as a whole.

I am applying for the J. Sanford Miller Family Arts Scholars Arts Award to help aid the tuition and housing expenses for my attendance at either the Stella Adler Summer Conservatory Program from June 9 to August 8 or The Barrow Group Summer Conservatory from July 7 to August 14.

I am applying with scholar Abby Milne for a combined $6,000 to travel in August to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.

I am requesting $3,000 from the Miller Arts Scholars Arts Award to support my study abroad experience in Copenhagen, Denmark, during the spring semester of 2026.

I am requesting funding of $3000 from the Miller Arts Scholars program to support my participation in a Summer Intensive acting program.

I will write, record, and produce a pop E.P. (a collection of 4-6 pop songs) and release it on all streaming services in January 2025. The primary focus of this project will be to further develop my skills as a producer, which include curating unique sonic palettes, creating impactful mixes, recording live instrumentation, and optimizing my workflow. Additionally, I want to elevate my songwriting by incorporating jazz vocabulary into my chord progressions and melodies and writing lyrics that present authentic narratives. I am requesting funding for equipment that will enhance my ability to make songs from home.

I plan to write, record, and produce a pop album, and release it on all streaming platforms in Spring 2026. Additionally, I’ll be traveling to Nashville, Tennessee, to network and meet with professionals in the music industry. The two main goals of this project are: 1) to refine my songwriting and composition skills, and 2) to gain insight into the realities of pursuing music professionally. I am requesting $3,000 to cover living expenses in Nashville and purchase a new electric guitar.

"I will go to Los Angeles for two months this summer to complete an internship with the production studio The Monsters & Strangerz."

I am requesting funding to bring in a guest choreographer to create a solo for me during my fourth year of study. This solo will serve as a culmination of my training at UVA and will be performed in the UVA Department of Dance’s Spring Concert.

An opportunity to explore the framework of different types of music from a theory standpoint will be quite beneficial for my growth as a musician. I plan to collaborate with Professor Daniel Sender, employing his guidance and expertise to achieve my desired product. In order to complete my project, I am applying for a grant to allow me to purchase resources such as composition tools, recording and processing equipment, instruments, and services to present my work to the desired audience. I am requesting an arts award of $3000 to meet my goal.

I am requesting a total of $3,000 to be used for the purchase of both a 16mm and 8mm (Super 8) film camera to use as I progress through the cinematography concentration of my studio art major at UVA.

I am requesting $3,000 from to purchase my own on-the-go filmmaking kit and to aid in travel costs in order to create a historical documentary of the Washington Literary Society and Debating Union, or more affectionately known as “the Wash”.

I am requesting funds to create and distribute a series of short zines that will be based on community submissions of all forms of art and later converted into a video zine, where the submissions will be incorporated into a video presentation to be screened at a public community event at which the paper zines will also be distributed. With this funding, I will be able to 1) travel to New York City for two days and attend the East Village Zine Fair, where I can learn about and engage with a well-established zine-making community and further develop my project ideas before bringing them to Grounds, 2) afford the materials to physically produce the paper copies of the zines, and 3) have access to video programs and production equipment that will allow me to create a cohesive, stylized, and high-quality presentation of a video version of that zine, which will be screened at a public event for the contributing artists and community members to enjoy and find pride and appreciation for the culmination of their work.

I am requesting $3000 through the 4th-year Miller Arts Awards to fund the production of an original 30-minute comedy movie-musical entitled The Dancin’ Business.

I am requesting financial support to pay for the licensing rights and small technical needs to support the production.

I am requesting a total of $2,662 to fund tickets to theater performances in the Washington DC and New York City area, as well as offset the costs of traveling and staying in New York City.

I will be requesting $2,998 in order to travel to Southern Germany and buy large format film, darkroom paper, film sleeves, and darkroom filters. This semester I have been working on a photo series about my relationship with my dad, and want to extend this train of thought and practice on a broader scale in order to make work about my relationship with my foreign identity and relatives.

I am requesting funding to produce a coming-of-age short film loosely based on my experiences working at a movie theater chain at 14 years old. This story has been a passion project of mine for many years, as I have been working sporadically on a feature-length screenplay for this film since 2019. The funding would support film production expenses, professional post-production costs, and film festival submission fees for the 2024-2025 school year. Additionally, I am requesting that a small portion of my grant be used toward travel costs for the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September 2024. I attended the festival in 2023 and it was greatly beneficial for networking and immersion in the film industry.

This summer, I plan on creating an experimental animation that involves digital and traditional components. With this Arts Award, I would be able to purchase a Wacom Cinq screen tablet—a comfortable, efficient, and powerful tool used by professional animators. Not only would this purchase assist me with this summer project, but it would allow me to continue creating works for my future professional endeavors. Immediately following this summer project, I would use this tablet to start working on my fourth year UVA art thesis project(s). I am also applying for a DMP in Studio Art, for which I may use this summer’s animation as a blueprint or sister work.

With the help of the Miller Arts Scholars program, I plan to live in New York City this year from late May through early August to pursue two internships, one in-person within the amusic industry and one remote in the administrative realm through UVA’s Internship Placement Program. I intend to gain more experience to assist in determining my career path, network among the New York music and theater scenes, work on my vocal proficiency, and earn money.

I humbly request $3,000 for the preparation and execution of my Distinguished Majors Program (DMP) project through the Music Department, set to be completed by May 2025. At present, I am planning to unpack the musical Hadestown using vocal and guitar performance, academic research, and critical analysis to present the relationship between speaking about and speaking to within the arts.

I am applying for a fourth-year award to purchase two instrument libraries and a Zoom Field recorder for use in my upcoming distinguished major project. The distinguished major project is the culmination of my past few years at UVA and will build on my existing composition skills and training by allowing me to focus on a large scale composition. This three part project will involve studying how to write idiomatically for classical guitar, writing a classical inspired multi-movement piece for guitar and piano, and will conclude with a live recital performance of the composition.

My proposal is to create a rug through tufting to demonstrate large changes to our landscapes due to climate change. The goal is to scale the landscapes down to be more tangible for audiences to view and feel for themselves. I hope to center this project around my final thesis for the new media concentration in my studio art major. I am requesting about $2,000 to fund the unique tools for the tufting process.

I am seeking $3,000 to buy materials, training, and equipment to create an exhibition of hand-painted pottery vessels. This multi-piece exhibit will be entitled “Cup Overflowing.” As I create this project, I will gain skills through personal experimentation, an 8-week pottery class, and guidance from my faculty mentor Conrad Cheung.

With the help of the Miller Arts Scholars Program, I am requesting $3000 to aid in my research for my undergraduate thesis project: writing a one-act play surrounding Black womanhood and how aspects of it transcend time, then staging and producing it. The Distinguished Majors Program in the African American and African Studies Department is the primary sponsor for this project. Professor Theresa M. Davis has agreed to be my thesis advisor and faculty mentor for Miller Arts, having an extensive background in devising work and the overall field of Black Theatre. The plan is to write a 60 to 90-minute play surrounding two generations of Black women, a mother and daughter, and how they experience life as Black women independently and together. This will be accompanied by a dramaturgical packet: a packet detailing the research and methodology that went into writing the script. My script and dramaturgical packet will be informed by research in areas such as Black feminist theory, queer theory, and social science, in addition to autobiographical perspectives as I pull from lived experiences.

My proposal is to learn the viola through both personal study and guidance from Professor Daniel Sender while continuing my studies in violi

I’m asking Miller Arts Scholars for about 1000 dollars to achieve this project. Most of the cost accounts for transport, cleaning, and assembly, because the sad fact is trash itself is everywhere; it is extremely easy and inexpensive to work with and source.

I want to adapt and realize this script as a 20 minute narrative film with documentary and experimental elements, casting myself as the main character in the story contemplating cultural and generational gaps.

I am applying for a combined budget of $6000 with second-year Drama Scholar Kate Hovey for a roughly week-long visit to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in early August 2025.

I am requesting $3000 for resources to create a series of prints and explore advanced printmaking techniques.

I am requesting $3000 to make a series of prints that investigate the psychological effects of control and obedience through representations of puppets, exaggerated facial expressions, theatrical scenes, and gothic elements.

With my own piccolo, I would be able to practice piccolo pieces/parts on my own time without having to borrow it from the university, which can be difficult to coordinate due to the need of the piccolo in other areas.