AOR-Drew University
A university-wide competition
in the visual, literary and performing arts

click here for AOR-High School/Middle School

AOR CALENDAR 2013
March 20, 2013  4pm
High School Theatre presentations

March 21, 2013 4pm
Words of Respect: Reading with Reza Aslan and Literary Presentations   for Arts of Respect
Mead Hall- Founders Room

March 22, 2013 3pm
Arts of Respect: Gallery Opening
Learning Center- Library Lobby

April 5, 2013 8pm
Songs of Respect: musical works for Arts of Respect and Kiwi Roots
Ehinger Center: The Space

April 12, 2013 10am
Sports of Respect: Race, Faith, and Baseball
Ehinger Center, Crawford Hall

 



College submissions
DUE MARCH 20, 2013

(schedule of performances TBA)

The 2013 competition will award three first place prizes of $500 each in the following three categories:
literary, visual, performing arts
And the 2012 Winners were….

Click Here to view the work of the Arts of Respect 2012 Winners

To view a video about the Arts of Respect click here

There is much hatred in the world. People are looked upon as “different” because of their religion, their race, their behavior, their appearance, or…just because. Why?  I would like you to explore these issues, examine your thoughts and feelings and express them in an art form,in music, in theatre, in literature or in poetry.

Dr. Paul Drucker, Arts of Respect Sponsor

In a world plagued by prejudice, hatred and conflict, the visual, literary and performing arts provide a way to build bridges between people, to call us out of ourselves and into the imagination of others. The arts invite us to look at the world through different lenses, to hear its different rhythms, and to experience truths we might not otherwise contemplate. The arts have the ability to shake us out of complacency, and move us into constructive engagement with the world around us.

Drew University is pleased to announce an arts competition that is organized around the theme of respect.  With this competition we want to go beyond an invitation to end hatred, beyond promotion of mere tolerance, and move instead to a call for respect – self respect and respect for others across our many differences, across the identity markers of religion, ethnicity, gender, race, or nationality.  We invite Drew students to search their imaginations and flex their creative talents to produce artistic works that address in some way the theme of mutual respect.  Works may include any aspect of the visual, literary and performing arts.  The competition will draw students from all three of the university’s schools – the College of Liberal Arts, the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, and the Theological School – providing an opportunity for the display of the considerable talents of Drew students.  The series of events that we plan will also foster a greater understanding of how the arts can benefit our society, and spark our imagination in the building of better communities both here at Drew and beyond the University’s gates.

Co-sponsoring university departments and campus groups

  • Center on Religion, Culture & Conflict
  • Office of Religious Life
  • Center for Civic Engagement
  • Departments of Art, English, Music, and Theater in the College of Liberal Arts, and the Liturgical Studies Area of the Graduate Division of Religion
  • Drew Hillel – Organization for Jewish Life on Campus
  • Kuumba – African American student organization
  • DUDS – Drew University Dramatic Society
  • Ariel – Latin American student organization
  • MSA Muslim Student Association
  • InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
  • MESA – Middle East Student Association