The Office of Creative Propulsion provides project-based support for JMU faculty, staff, and students engaged in integrative arts work across disciplines, communities, and creative practices. Our goal is to help move promising ideas from concept to realization.

Project support can take many forms. Depending on the needs of a project, OCP may provide strategic guidance, connections to collaborators, access to materials or space, organizational support, opportunities for visibility, and, when available, financial assistance. We work with project leaders to identify the resources that will be most helpful in advancing their work.

We define integrative arts as creative work that bridges disciplines, communities, and ways of knowing. This might include collaborations between artists and scientists, partnerships with community organizations, projects that connect teaching and research, or creative initiatives that bring together people with different expertise and perspectives.

Funding opportunities may be available in some years, depending on available resources and program priorities. When offered, funding can support materials, equipment, travel, guest artists, community partnerships, and other project-related needs. However, financial support is only one part of our approach. OCP often supports projects by helping create the relationships, resources, and conditions that allow creative work to thrive. Through project support, OCP fosters experimentation, collaboration, and integrative arts practice across JMU and beyond.