Corporate Social Responsibility
Santa Fe University of Art and Design plays a major role in promoting the arts in the community. The university currently sponsors an annual lecture and performance series—Artists for Positive Social Change—that explores a specific genre and the artists who have respectfully and fearlessly pushed its creative boundaries. Here are some of our additional community service initiatives:
commUNITY Focus Day
Santa Fe University has taken its community efforts a step further through the creation of its commUNITY Focus day in 2011. The event is designed to strengthen a sense of social responsibility among its students and faculty.
Sponsoring the Arts
Santa Fe University regularly sponsors art exhibits and events. In fall 2011, The Screen, the on-campus cinematheque, was one of the venues for the Santa Fe Film Festival, which featured more than 40 independent films. The university was also a proud sponsor of El Hilo de la Memoria: España y los Estados Unidos (The Threads of Memory: Spain and the United States), an exhibit of rare documents, illustrations, and maps detailing Spain’s early presence in North America.
Fostering Filmmakers
As one of the few U.S. university campuses with a professional film studio, Garson Studios, Santa Fe
University offers up-and-coming local filmmakers access to a state-of-the-art film theater, three soundstages, and production offices. Garson Studios has also been used for a variety of film productions such as True Grit and Cowboys & Aliens.
Supporting Young Artists
To encourage the next generation of creative professionals, the university provides access to facilities and resources. That includes space for a Monte del Sol Charter School fundraiser, Santa Fe Art Institute summer camps and after-school programs, and the SITE Santa Fe Young Curators exhibition.