The Lilla B. Morgan Memorial Endowment, created by family and friends of CSU’s late President Emeritus William Morgan and his wife, Lilla, fosters a vibrant arts environment at CSU.

Arts and cultural expression grants awarded

Spring 2019 Grants

• $1,500: CSU Dance Education in Motion – Lisa Morgan, Music, Theatre, and Dance
• $2,700: The Moon Museum – Lynn Boland, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
• $1,780: The American West Program Featuring Dr. Kent Blansett – Ariel Schnee, History
• $2,000: The Fort Collins Book Festival: Food for Thought – Bruce Hallmark, Morgan Library
• $3,500: The Creative Writing Reading Series – Andrew Altschul, English

Fall 2018 Grants

• $1,000: Host Drums at the 36^th Annual AISES Powwow – Mathew Beardt, Native American Cultural Center
• $1,000: TEFL/TESL Advocacy Week — Steven D. Shook, English
• $1,000: Fort Collins Book Festival: The Big Think – Bruce Hallmark, Morgan Library
• $500: Body/Speak (a community dance concert) – Emily Morgan, Music, Theatre, and Dance
• $500: Greyrock Review Literary Journal – Ellie Manning, English
• $1,000: Exhibition Catalog for Walking in Beauty: The Couture Designs of Orland Dugi – Doreen Beard, Avenir Museum
• $6,500: Jess T. Dugan Exhibition and Purchase – Lynn Boland, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
• $4,000: 21^st Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition – Jason Frazier, Department of Art
• $2,500: Low-Toxicity Lithography Workshop and Artist Lecture Series for “Accidents and Adventures: A Retrospective of Prints by Barbara Tisserat” – Johnny Plastini, Department of Art

Spring 2018 Grants

• $3,000: Electronic Art Lecture Series – Jason Bernagozzi, Art and Art History
• $1,500: CSU Dance EDUCATION IN MOTION Professional Development Series—Lisa Morgan, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance
• $3,100 Women’s Work: Art and Sustainability in Contemporary Southeast Africa – Lynn Boland, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
• $1,400: Jessica Schimpf Artist Installation and Visit – Monica Deming, Art and Art History
• $700: Theo’s Choice: The Future of French in Louisiana – Film Projection and Discussion — Frédérique Grim, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Fall 2017 Grants

• $3,500: ACT Human Rights Film Festival, Lindsey Nielsen, Communication Studies
• $1,000: AISES Powwow, Matthew Beardt, Native American Cultural Center
• $600: Colorado Clarinet Day 2017, Wesley Ferreira, Music, Theatre, and Dance
• $1,200: American West Program, Brenda K. Todd, History – Public Lands History Center
• $1,000: TEFL/TESL Advocacy Week, Dominique Garnett, English
• $2,000: Spring Drag Show, Delray Echohawk, Pride Resource Center
• $500: Greyrock Review Literary Journal, Jenna Schuster, English
• $650: Brittany Dance and Music Workshop (Atelier de danse et musique bretonnes), Frédérique Grim, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
• $3,500: Fort Collins Book Festival: Writing and Riffs, Bruce Hallmark, Morgan Library

Spring 2017 Grants

• $4,000: 20th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Jason Frazier, Art and Art History
• $7,000: David Brooks: Critic & Artist Residency Series, Linny Frickman and Erika Osborne, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
• $800: CSU Dance Teachers’ Summer Seminar: Education in Motion, Lisa Morgan, CSU Dance – School of Music, Theatre, and Dance

Fall 2016 Grants

• $877: Visiting Artist Mia Feuer/Lecture, David Grainger, Art and Art History
• $1,000: 19th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, John Gravdahl, Art and Art History
• $2,000: Visiting Artist in Residence/Hanna Quinlivan, Mary-Ann Kokoska, Art and Art History
• $500: 34th Annual Pow Wow, Matthew Beardt, Native American Cultural Center
• $1,000: 24th Annual LA Days Lecture Series, Kyra Czerwinski, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
• $4,000: ACT Human Rights Film Festival, Greg Dickinson, Communication Studies
• $3,000: Fort Collins Book Festival, Jeffrey Callaway, Food Science and Human Nutrition
• $400: Enslaved, Rebekah Pearson, Social Work
• $1,000: Anatomy of a Moroccan Caftan, Doreen Beard, Avenir Museum

Spring 2016 Grants

• $3,848: Visiting Scholar in Residency — Africa Meets Africa: Math and the Museum Initiative, Asst. Professor David Riep, Art and Art History
• $3,000: Creative Writing Reading Series, Professor Camille Dungy, English
• $3,000: Faculty/Staff Art Purchases for CSU Magnolia House Collection, Various
• $1,400: Dance Education Student Project, Lisa Morgan, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance
• $1,000: Kids Do it All, Todos Santos; Scott Farley, University Development

Fall 2015 Grants

• $3,000: Bryan Stevenson Author Program, Dean Patrick J. Burns, CSU Libraries
• $3,000: Faculty Art Purchases for CSU Magnolia House Collection, Various
• $2,000: The Power of Maya Women’s Artistry, Doreen Beard, Avenir Museum
• $1,500: Form and Phenomenon, Associate Professor Del Harrow, Art and Art History
• $1,500: Wild Morphologies, Doug Sink, Lory Student Center Arts Program
• $1,500: Creative Writing Reading Series, Professor Camille Dungy, English
• $1,000: Mystical Abyss of Theatre of Yugen, Mako Beecken, Foreign Languages & Literatures
• $400: Enslaved, Samantha Aschwanden, School of Social Work
• $350: LA Days 2016, Andrew Baklaich, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Spring 2015 Grants

• $4,000: Colorado State University Human Rights Film Festival, Dr. Scott Diffrient, CSU Department of Communication Studies
• $3,600: Contemporary Ceramics, Professor Sanam Emami, CSU Department of Art and Art History
• $2,600: Registration costs for members of the Metalsmithing Guild of CSU to attend statewide conference and conduct a follow-up workshop on campus, Kinszia Erickson, CSU Department of Art and Art History
• $2,500: Solitude and Exuberance: A Tribute to Gabriel García Márquez, Dr. Jonathan Carlyon, CSU Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
• $1,000: Trying-on Teaching/Middle School Outreach Ensembles, Dr. Erik Johnson, CSU Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
• $1,000: Cinco de Mayo Celebration, Dr. Guadalupe Salazar, El Centro
• $800: OboeRAMa 2015, Dr. Gary Moody, CSU Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance

Fall 2014 Grants

• $13,000: Scrimmage: Football in American Art from the Civil War to the Present, August 28, 2015-December 18, 2015, University Art Museum
• $2,000: 32nd Annual CSU Pow Wow, Native American Cultural Center and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society
• $2,500: 2014-15 Creative Writing Reading Series, English Department.
• $2,500: Observations and Collections—National Juried Exhibition, February 6, 2015-March 6, 2015, Clara Hatton Gallery, CSU Art Department

Spring 2014 Grants

• $5,000: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
• $7,500: New Gallery Walls, Curfman Gallery, Lory Student Center
• $500: Cinco de Mayo Celebration, El Centro and the Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, Inc.

Fall 2013 Grants

• $400 to the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the Cercle francais student organization for the Folk Ragout concert December 12, 2013
• $5,500 to the Department of Art for “From here to there/there to here — Colorado to Wales/Wales to Colorado: An International Exchange of Contemporary Drawings,” to take place in Colorado and Wales May 2014 and October 2014
• $1,000 to the CSU Pow Wow, October 26, 2013
• $2,000 to the 2013-14 CSU Creative-Writing Reading Series

Spring 2013 Grants

• $6,000: “Innovators and Legends: Generations in Textiles and Fibers,” University Art Museum and Avenir Museum
• $8,000: 2013 Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Department of Art
• $400: Colorado Clarinet Days, Music, Theatre and Dance
• $3,000: “The Intricate Web: Lacemaking, Trade, and Tradition,” Department of Design and Merchandising

Fall 2012 Grants

• $500: Latin Night, La Raza
• $2,200: Reading Series, Creative Writing Program, Department of English
• $3,500 30th Annual CSU Pow Wow, SliCE

Spring 2011 Grants

• $780: Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, College of Liberal Arts, for “Hybrid Weapons: The Essay and Spain’s New Leftist Intellectuals”
• $4,000: Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, College of Liberal Arts, for “Shakespeare at Sunset 2011,” June 23-July 31, 2011
• $5,500: Art Department, College of Liberal Arts, for the 17th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Sept. 16-Oct. 14, 2011
• $5,500: Art Department, College of Liberal Arts, for “Mexican Prints for the Calle Collection: The Taller de Gráphica Popular and Graphic Commitment,” an upcoming exhibit at the University Art Museum
• $2,000: The Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising, College of Applied Human Sciences, for “The Fine Art of Marbling,” opening in September 2011 and running through January 2012
• $1,500: Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, College of Liberal Arts, for “Imaginantes” Bilingual Youth Workshop, June 13-17, 2011
• $1,000: Department of Journalism and Technical Communication, College of Liberal Arts, for the CSU Alumni Media Festival September 7-10, 2011
• $2,500: Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance, College of Liberal Arts, for “Aries Festival 2011: New Music at Colorado State,” Nov. 6-8, 2011