Welcome to the NCHC23 Chicago Arts Master Classes!
Arts master classes are performance workshops and clinics that allow for individual or group creative presentations, coached or facilitated by experts in the discipline. This year we are offering master classes in drama, film, micro fiction, and music.
Applicants for the music master class must submit a recorded audition piece.
Audiovisual (AV) technology is available for arts master classes. All AV requests must be made at the time of proposal submission. Late AV requests cannot be accommodated.
DRAMA: The drama master class will be facilitated by Donna Clevinger (Mississippi State University). Questions should be directed to dclevinger@honors.msstate.edu.
FILM: The film master class will be facilitated by Michele Forman (University of Alabama Birmingham). Questions should be directed to mforman@uab.edu.
MICROFICTION - New this year! The microfiction master class will be facilitated by Jennifer Cognard-Black (St. Mary’s College of Maryland). [We all know what short fiction is—but what is a microfiction? At its most basic, a microfiction is a story told in 280 words or less. Yet this form must also catch a reader’s breath, offering compelling characters, a central problem, efficient plots, and resonant endings. As the well-known microfictionist Jerome Stern has asked, “What can be done on a single typed page in this oldest of ways of telling? What bright shapes can it contain?"] Questions should be directed to jcognard@smcm.edu.
MUSIC: The music master class will be facilitated by Galit Gertsenzon (Ball State University), Bernardo Scarambone (Eastern Kentucky University), Larry Smith (Missouri Baptist University), and Rebecca Sorley (University of Indianapolis). Questions should be directed to ggertsenzon@bsu.edu.
Evaluation of applicants will begin on May 26, 2023, with participants being selected on a rolling basis through August 31, 2023. The earlier you apply, the greater your chance of acceptance and the more time you will have to arrange funding and transportation for the conference. Successful application by July 1, 2023, will ensure inclusion in the prepared conference materials.
General questions regarding the NCHC23 Arts master classes should be directed to Steven Edwards at sedwar@dcc.edu or (504) 234-4457.
Steven Edwards (Delgado Community College)
Coordinator, NCHC23 Arts Master Classes