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The newly reestablished College of Fine Arts is named in honor of alumnus Chadwick A. Boseman, whose remarkable career as an actor, director, writer, and producer inspired millions around the world.
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Joyful Wellness Experience
HOWARD UNIVERSITY CHADWICK A. BOSEMAN COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS
TEAM UP TO PRESENT MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS PROGRAM
“JOYFUL WELLNESS EXPERIENCE”
OCTOBER 7, 2022 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the past few years, we’ve seen the numbers of young adults impacted by mental health conditions on the rise as a result of the global pandemic and more people than ever need help. On Monday, October 10, 2022, at 10:00am ET, in honor of World Mental Health Day, the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation and the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University present the JOYFUL WELLNESS EXPERIENCE at the Howard University Ira Aldridge Theater, 2455 6th Street, NW, Washington, D.C., to support mental health awareness and education for students.
World Mental Health Day event programming includes messages from BLHF founder, Taraji P. Henson and executive director, Tracie Jade, a yoga session with Be Sweet Dismond, a sound bath by Janáy Jacobs, moments of meditation, and an inspiring message from Dr. James Ballard III. The overall objective of the program is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health on Howard University’s campus. One in four adults experience mental illness every year. The day provides an opportunity for participants to learn about measures they can use to take care of their own mental health and provide support to others too.
“This year it’s more important than ever for us to realize that mental health conditions can affect us all,” states Denise Saunders Thompson, Assistant Dean for Administration of the College of Fine Arts. “We are calling on everyone to join together to increase awareness, empathy and compassion and create a community that cares and supports one another.”
The event is part of a larger College of Fine Arts initiative, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF: HEALTH PASSION LIFE funded by the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation that will provide students of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts with two months support from clinical practitioners with intentional focus placed on social-emotional health and wellness. The program’s intention is to help students and faculty/staff better identify and articulate their challenges and to develop and implement strategies that will best assist them perform at an optimal level personally and professionally.
Learn more by visiting the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts website finearts.howard.edu.
New Faculty, Staff: Music & Dean's Office
September 26, 2022
Dear Howard University Fine Arts Community,
On behalf of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, we congratulate Dr. Benita L. Gladney and Mrs. Tammy McCants on their recent appointment effective September 2022. Dr. Gladney will serve as Assistant Chair for the Department of Music and Mrs. McCants is our new Director of Enrollment and Academic Services.
We are pleased that Dr. Gladney and Mrs. McCants have taken on these new positions. We are excited to welcome them into their new leadership roles that are critical to the continued evolution of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts during the coming months and years.
Dr. Benita L. Gladney is an Associate Professor and the Coordinator of Music Education at Howard University. She teaches undergraduate courses such as Contemporary Trends in Music Education, Music in the Elementary Schools, Secondary Methods, Instrumental Conducting, Instrumental Survey, Brass Methods, and Teaching and Supervising Instrumental Music. Graduate courses include Foundations of Music Education, Administration and Supervision of Music Education and Graduate Research in Music Education. She is the Supervising Teacher for student teachers in the field. Gladney’s primary research interests include music teacher certification exams; music technology in ensembles; teacher effectiveness; and jazz education.
Tammy McCants has worked in higher education over two decades in admission, marketing, and recruitment roles. Most recently, she proudly served as the Associate Director of Admission at Howard University. The contributions to her profession that she is most proud of have been increasing enrollment in undergraduate and graduate programs through implementing integrated marketing communication plans and providing higher education consultancy to diverse student populations. She loves helping people achieve their educational goals and gets a great sense of fulfillment from doing so. She holds an Associate in Applied Science in Business Technology and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of the District of Columbia; and a Master of Science in Administration in Organizational Development from Trinity University, a certificate in College Admissions from Harvard University Summer Institute, and is an alumnae of the College Board Enrollment Leadership Academy.
We look forward to their contributions and service to the students, faculty and staff of the College of Fine Arts and the larger Howard University and general public. Welcome!
Excellence in Truth and Service,
Phylicia Rashad
Dean, Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts
Denise Saunders Thompson
Assistant Dean, Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts
New Staff: Gallery of Art
September 22, 2022
Dear Howard University Fine Arts Community,
On behalf of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, we congratulate Prof. Kathryn Coney-Ali and Dr. Raul Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet on their recent appointments effective August 2022. Prof. Coney-Ali and Dr. Ferrera-Balanquet will serve as Co-Executive Directors for the Gallery of Art.
We are pleased that Prof. Coney-Ali and Dr. Ferrera-Balanquet have taken on these new roles. Each of them brings years of experience in their respective positions and will play critical leadership roles in the continued evolution of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts during the coming months and years. Prof. Coney-Ali will manage our extensive Collections while Dr. Ferrera-Balanquet will focus on Exhibitions.
K.E. Coney-Ali is a cultural historian and educator who specializes in African and Diaspora Studies. Coney-Ali has a B.F.A. in Art Management with a minor in Painting and M.A. in Art History in Visual Culture as well as graduate certificate in International Studies from Howard University. Additionally, she has a professional studies certificate in Preservation Management from Rutgers University and is currently completing her doctoral studies at Howard University. As an educator, Coney-Ali serves as a lecturer of African art history and graduate thesis studies in the Department of Art at Howard University. Her professional work experience in the cultural arts field runs the gamut, from communications at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to museum registration and collection management at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History of Culture, and interim directorship at Howard University Gallery of Art.
Ferrera-Balanquet is an Indigenous Kairibe Africana Arab Caribbean interdisciplinary artist, writer, curator, Fulbright scholar, and community activist born in Havana, Cuba. He holds a Ph.D. from Duke University and an MFA from the University of Iowa. A founder member of Latino Midwest Video Collective, Laboratorio Cartodigital, and the collective Afroyucatecxs. A prominent artist from the Mariel Generation, he is the author of Aestesis Decolonial Transmoderna Latinx_MX (2019), FONCA- Instituto Kanankil A.C.; editor of the anthology Andar Erótico Decolonial (2015), Ediciones del Signo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
We look forward to their contributions and service to the students, faculty and staff of the College of Fine Arts and the larger Howard University and general public. Welcome!
Excellence in Truth and Service,
Phylicia Rashad
Dean, Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts
Denise Saunders Thompson
Assistant Dean, Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts
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Award-winning actor and producer, Class of 2000, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Jessye Norman
Opera Singer & Humanitarian, Class of 1967, Bachelor of Music
Alma Thomas
Artist, first graduate of the Department of Art, Class of 1924, Bachelor of Science
David Driskell
Artist, professor, curator, Class of 1955, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Taraji P. Henson
Actress, Producer, Mental Health Advocate, Class of 1995, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Roberta Flack
GRAMMY award-winning musician, Class of 1958, Bachelors in Music Education