The Mario Basner Passion Project Fund
Creating opportunities for UNLV COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS
The Mario Basner Passion Project Fund is a catalyst to empower students to find their voice and discover a path toward a successful and fulfilling future. Through financial support and mentorship, the program offers invaluable opportunities for life-changing experiences by facilitating exploration, travel, and creative immersion.
Each student’s project is centered around a theme of profound personal meaning, fostering introspection and self-discovery. This innovative approach creates a deeper understanding of self-worth and increases the confidence to actively pursue their individual goals and dreams.
The program has created significant results since its inception. The integration of the Passion Project Fund into the curriculum of the photography department at UNLV signifies its remarkable impact, elevating students' educational journey by offering a hands-on, impactful experience that aligns with real-world applications and contributes to the department's academic excellence.
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Benefits
- The program contributes measurably to student's growth, confidence and self-worth
- Significant increase of self-awareness
- Realization of artistic and personal direction
- Improved ability to commit and become resourceful to accomplish goals
- Greater appreciation of community, team and the value of contribution
- Recipients gain a deeply meaningful understanding of themselves
- Real-world experience
- Learning to navigate unfamiliar environments and how to pivot
- Building agency and a greater sense of responsibility
- A broadened understanding of the world and their place in it
- A deeper appreciation of diversity
- The completed project adds value to their portfolio and becomes a springboard to build upon
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This Program is made possible byBasner Fine Art
The Bitterman Family
The Luna Foundation
Zeiss Camera Lenses
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