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The Cohen New Works Festival provides a space for artists to take risks, builds bridges between the educational and professional communities and cultivates a diverse artistic community for students.
In the spirit of playwright and professor David Mark Cohen, the festival celebrates and challenges the meaning of “new” in order to encourage the personal growth and empowerment of the next generation of art-makers and leaders.
Our Values
Our core values of community, development, collaboration and representation guide our creativity and decision-making.
COMMUNITY
The Cohen New Works Festival fosters an environment where artists across the College of Fine Arts and the broader University are prepared to enthusiastically engage in a mutually supportive network with other festival projects.
DEVELOPMENT
The Cohen New Works Festival aims to support creative works at any stage, charging artists into a true spirit of development through bold risk-taking, radical experimentation and methodical artistic evolution.
COLLABORATION
The Cohen New Works Festival welcomes and celebrates cross-disciplinary collaborations that center reflexivity, reciprocal exchange of ideas and care.
REPRESENTATION
The Cohen New Works Festival aims to showcase a plurality of perspectives, inviting artists and audiences into a critical engagement of the social, cultural and political issues most relevant to our communities.