History

FOTA (Festival of the Arts) has been a campus tradition since 1963. This student-run organization funds the artistic endeavors of University students, faculty and staff. For ten days every spring during the Festival, the campus becomes an art gallery and performance space, showcasing over fifty projects -- paintings, installations, films, plays, fashion design, music, dance and more. This year, FOTA will be offering year-round arts programming, culminating in the spring festival.

Missions

-To enhance the life of the mind with the life of the arts.
-To facilitate and promote the arts on campus by providing resources, support and publicity to artists and advocating on their behalf.
-To give artists the opportunity to grow and develop by taking on ambitious projects.
-To foster a vibrant arts community on campus by emphasizing creativity, collaboration, and mutual support between artists and student groups.

FOTA 2008

1. Propose a funded project for our spring festival!
We welcome proposals in all disciplines. Applications and instructions will be available soon.

2. Propose a funded project for early spring quarter. FOTA is interested in expanding our programming outside of the annual festival. If you would like to request funding for an installation, performance or other artistic endeavor to occur during early spring quarter (before 5th week), submit a proposal to us by the appropriate deadline.

Please note: projects will be evaluated on their own merits, rgardless of the number of submissions for a given period. We may choose not to fund any submissions for these periods.
For early spring quarter: Friday of 6th week (winter) February 9

3. Display your finished artworks in our year-round gallery.
Apply by emailing fotagallery@gmail.com with the title, dimensions and medium of each piece you would like to show. Including photos of each piece of strongly recommended.

1. Attend our events! Stay informed about our programming by joining our listhost, fota@listhost.uchicago.edu