{"id":139050,"date":"2024-01-31T14:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T19:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050//?p=139050"},"modified":"2025-04-23T14:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:31:54","slug":"2-teams-win-2023-pabst-steinmetz-foundation-arts-and-wellness-innovation-awards-for-projects-to-unlock-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050//2-teams-win-2023-pabst-steinmetz-foundation-arts-and-wellness-innovation-awards-for-projects-to-unlock-potential/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050//","title":{"rendered":"2 Teams Win 2023 Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts and Wellness Innovation Awards for Projects to Unlock Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two projects focused on collaboration within diverse communities have been named winners of the 2023 Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts and Wellness Innovation Awards. The project teams comprising Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ researchers and community partners were granted $25,000 each to help fund their respective initiatives./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n

This year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2019s winning projects were centered on a theme of unleashing potential, focusing on amplifying the power of knowledge and discovery through the intersection of arts and wellness. These project teams join ten other Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts and Wellness Innovation award recipients since its inception in 2018./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n

The awards were founded by Central Florida/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2019s Pabst Steinmetz Foundation to recognize teams building sustainable models for arts and wellness innovation. The teams, composed of Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ personnel and community organizations, involve collaboration with the College of Arts and Humanities, at least one partner from the university, and a community organization, to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration and research./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u201cThis year we were seeking initiatives that are closely aligned with Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2019s /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2018unleashing potential/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2019 strategic plan,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u201d says Margery Pabst Steinmetz, who, along with her husband Chuck Steinmetz, co-founded the foundation and initiated these annual awards at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u201cThe selected projects not only met the criteria, but also reflected exciting, sustainable models. In addition to strengthening Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2019s research and creative activity, they will bring more access to … community groups that have great potential to shine./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n

In Fall 2023, teams from across the university submitted proposals for the two awards. Winners were chosen for being interdisciplinary, sustainable, community focused and demonstrating innovative development in their research./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n

Pegasus PlayLab: Daring to Dream/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n

Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2019s Pegasus PlayLab is an annual festival dedicated to developing plays by emerging playwrights for performance at Theatre Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½. Responding to the theme unleashing potential, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2019s School of Performing Arts and Student Accessibility Services will partner with Central Florida Community Arts (CFCArts) to make the Pegasus PlayLab process accessible to young adults with and without disabilities./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n

This collaboration will build on the 2022-23 Pabst-Steinmetz Building a Shared Home project, where students were brought together with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities in partnership with Best Buddies and devised a new play around experiences of home and community in June 2023./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n

Adapting the model of Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2019s Pegasus PlayLab, theater artists with and without disabilities will have the opportunity to submit works in progress with the theme of unleashing potential to be developed during a weeklong series of workshops and performed at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ in early Summer 2024 as part of Pegasus PlayLab. Participants will explore theater, music, writing, visual art and other forms of storytelling to weave their personal experiences into a new play that engages with themes of personal growth, overcoming adversity, forging new paths and embracing change./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n

The project/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2019s second phase will connect to inclusive artists on a national scale by partnering with Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2019s Office of Student Accessibility Services and CFCArts. Project facilitators will bring the previous processes and discoveries to the New London Barn Playhouse in New Hampshire. The Barn Playhouse has partnered with their local school district/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u2019s student support services to create theatrical experiences for students with disabilities in their community./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u201cBy partnering with Student Accessibility Services and CFCArts, and engaging diverse communities in Central Florida and New Hampshire, our initiative will further raise national awareness about disabilities, empower participants to build self-esteem and confidence, and offer a model for … creative practices at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ and beyond,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/u201d says Pegasus Professor Julia Listengarten./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n

Researchers from the College of Arts and Humanities, Student Accessibility Services, and CFCArts include:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/139050/n