ICE Announcements 2.14.17
http://ice.uga.edu
1. ICE Conversation: The Innocents Project (2/15)
2. The Innocents Project Residency (2/15-17)
3. Gilbert Laumord Residency (2/15-19)
4. Lecture: Cities, Nature, and Health (2/16)
5. Performance: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2/16-26)
6. Patagonia Worn Wear Tour (2/21)
7. Performance: CORE Concert Dance Company (2/22-25)
8. ICE Reading Room: Athens Public Art Master Plan
9. Opportunity: Willson Center Grants (deadline 2/16)
10. ATHICA Call for Submission: Out There! (deadline 3/1)
11. CURO Opportunity (deadline 3/22)
12. Opportunity: a2ru Conference CFP (deadline 4/7)
13. Opportunity: ICE Project Grants
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1. ICE Conversation: The Innocents Project
Wednesday, February 15 at Noon
Lamar Dodd Building Room S160
Join us for this conversation featuring Atlanta-based contemporary chamber ensemble Bent Frequency and guest artists Professor Allen Otte and Dr. John Lane as they discuss the collaborative and cross-disciplinary aspects of their performance project The Innocents, inspired by the photo exhibit of The Innocence Project by photographer Taryn Simon, which examines the issue of wrongful conviction in the American penal system.
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2. The Innocents Project Residency
February 14-17
Full schedule: http://willson.uga.edu/event/the-innocents-project/
The Innocents Project residency examines the issue of wrongful conviction in the American penal system through live musical performance and theatre inspired by the work of photographer Taryn Simon. Atlanta-based contemporary music ensemble Bent Frequency members Drs. Jan Baker and Stuart Gerber (Georgia State U.), along with Dr. John Lane (Sam Houston State U.) and Prof. Allen Otte (Cincinnati Conservatory of Music) will lead the residency work, with participation by the director of The Georgia Innocence Project, a nonprofit dedicated to helping individuals who have been convicted of crimes they did not commit. Sponsored by a Willson Center Public Impact Grant.
ICE Conversation
Wednesday, February 15 at Noon
Lamar Dodd Building Room S160
A conversation featuring Atlanta-based contemporary chamber ensemble Bent Frequency and guest artists Professor Allen Otte and Dr. John Lane as they discuss the collaborative and cross-disciplinary aspects of their performance project The Innocents.
Presentation: "Collaboration and Community: Cultivating a Performative Voice"
Wednesday, February 15 at 7 PM
Hugh Hodgson School of Music Room 264
A conversation featuring Atlanta-based contemporary chamber ensemble Bent Frequency and guest artists Professor Allen Otte and Dr. John Lane as they discuss how their work as contemporary musicians has broadened into culturally and socially relevant interdisciplinary performance projects that inspire artistic development and purpose beyond the playing of their instruments.
School of Law Panel Discussion: "Social Justice and Music: The Innocence"
Thursday, February 16 at 12:30 PM
Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom, third floor, School of Law
A distinguished panel discussion, moderated by law professor Russell Gabriel, that features Clare Gilbert, interim director of the Georgia Innocence Project; Clarence Harrison, Georgia Innocence Project's first exoneree; Ryan Swingle, regional capital defender; and guest artists Professor Allen Otte and Dr. John Lane. This panel will discuss aspects of the death penalty, the process of exoneration and how social justice can inspire art and music.
Culminating Performance: The Innocents
Thursday, February 16 at 6 PM
Lamar Dodd School of Art Atrium (located on first floor)
The first half of the concert features "The Innocents" work. Through the use of non-traditional instruments, such as found or street percussion (rocks, pots, pans, trash cans, etc.), and the use of electronics, the music and text illustrate some of the strong and complex emotions brought about by Simon's original exhibit. The second half features Bent Frequency performing "Coming Together" (1971) and "Attica (1972), by the American composer Frederic Rzewski. The text is taken from letters written by Samuel Melville, an activist and inmate killed in the prison riot at Attica State Prison in 1971. Melville's words outline the inhumane living conditions at Attica, which led directly to the four-day riot that left 39 people dead.
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3. Gilbert Laumord Residency
February 15 - 19
Full schedule:
https://willson.uga.edu/event/gilbert-laumord-residency/
Gilbert Laumord is a Guadeloupean actor and artistic director of the internationally renowned SIYAJ theater company. His artistic work is devoted to the African-derived oral cultures and performance forms of the multilingual Caribbean. In 2008 he received the prestigious Mackandal Award, given by the Cuban Ministry of Culture, for his contributions to Caribbean cultural production. Laumord's residency is sponsored by the Department of Theatre & Film Studies, the Willson Center, the Franklin College Visiting Scholar program, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute, the Department of Romance Languages, the African Studies Institute, and the Institute for African American Studies.
Feb. 15
12:20-1:10, Tate Center, Room 480
APERO Brown Bag lecture
"Africanist Influences on Gilbert Laumord's Caribbean Theatre"
Feb. 17
12:20-1:10, Fine Arts Building, Room 53
Theatre & Film Studies Department Colloquium
"The Spirit of Gwoka: Towards a Definition of Caribbean Cultural Practice"
Sun. Feb. 19
9:45 AM, Fine Arts Building, Balcony Theatre (Room 400)
Tale of Black Histories Conference
2:30 PM, Fine Arts Building, Balcony Theatre (Room 400)
Staged reading: Tale of Black Histories, English translation
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4. Lecture: Jenny Roe "Cities, Nature, and Health: How can biophilic design build human well-being?"
Thursday, February 16 at 5 PM
Jackson Street Building Room 123
Jenny Roe, Director of the Center for Design and Health and Professor of Design and Health at University of Viriginia, will lecture about biophilic design. How can biophilic design build human wellbeing? Biophilia refers to our human tendencies to seek connections with nature and other forms of life. This presentation will explore how biophilic design at a city-wide level can generate positive health and wellbeing. Research studies show what many environmental design students know: Nature has a positive effect on health and wellbeing. In this lecture Roe will outline a model of "green health" that helps articulate this relationship, covering themes such as mental health and stress regulation, human life span (especially in children and older people) and chronic health conditions.
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5. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
February 16-18 at 8 PM and February 21-25 at 8 PM (with a special 2:30 PM matinee on February 26)
Fine Arts Building Cellar Theater
http://www.drama.uga.edu/event/1646/vanya-and-sonia-and-masha-and-spike
Kristin Kundert directs a spirited adaption of Christopher Durang's famous portrayal of a hysterical dysfunctional family. Bickering, middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia experience flaring resentments when their movie star sister and her boy toy appear on the family doorstep. Featuring Snow White, voodoo, and a healthy dose of abs, Durang's quirky comedy gives new meaning to the term "dysfunctional." $12 for students and $16 general admission.
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6. UGA Patagonia Worn Wear Tour
Tuesday, February 21
https://www.facebook.com/events/722556381247020/
Tabling Fair 10 AM - 2 PM (Tate Plaza)
Lecture & Reception 6:30 PM (Tate Grand Hall)
To celebrate reuse and repair, the UGA Office of Sustainability has partnered with Patagonia and others to host the Worn Wear College Tour and UGA's Zero Waste Extravaganza. Bring your used clothing toTate Plaza to be repaired at no charge, learn about zero waste from community organizations, and join us to hear Rick Ridgeway, VP of Environmental Affairs at Patagonia, speak about "The Elephant in the Room". Ridgeway is a mountaineer, adventurer, environmentalist, writer, filmmaker and businessman who oversees vanguard environmental and sustainability initiatives. He was part of the 1978 team that included the first Americans to summit K2, the world's second-highest mountain. A reception will follow.
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7. CORE Concert Contemporary and Aerial Dance Company
February 22-25 at 8 PM
New Dance Theatre
http://coreconcertdance.com/2016_Season.html
Join CORE for their premier of "A World of Difference." This year's performance combines environmental issues with social media and independent film platforms in an exciting sixty-five minute exhibition that is sure to take its audience to new heights. The concert consists of juxtaposed abstract and dramatic sequences immersed in a surreal aural and visual landscape created through interactive film animation. Performers will exhibit technical aerial abilities on the silks, slings, lyra, trapeze and bungee. $12 students/seniors and $16 general admission.
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8. ICE Reading Room: Athens Public Art Master Plan
"The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) is pleased to present a final version of the Athens Public Art Master Plan! This plan has been submitted to the Mayor and Commission and was presented by urban designer Todd Bressi at the January work session. Once approved, this plan will serve as a roadmap and series of guidelines for development of public art in Athens-Clarke County over the years to come."
Link: http://www.athensculturalaffairs.org/acac-seeks-community-support-public-art-master-plan/
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9. Willson Center Grants
https://willson.uga.edu/opportunities/fellowships-grants/willson-grants-awards/
Distinguished Artist or Lecturer Program
Deadline February 16
The Willson Center Distinguished Artist or Lecturer program supports individual faculty or interdisciplinary groups in bringing leading thinkers and practitioners to campus in support of ongoing and innovative research projects. The program provides a $1,500 honorarium out of which the artist or lecturer pays his or her travel expenses. Distinguished artists and lecturers are nominated by the faculty and are selected by the Willson Center's Academic Advisory Board. Faculty are encouraged to conceive of this program as an opportunity to create broader impacts that include engagement with the student body, the public, the locality and state.
Applicants are encouraged to involve more than one department; applications may include partnership with relevant departments, centers and institutes other than the Willson Center. A primary criterion is the academic excellence of the nominee and the interdisciplinary impact they will have on the UGA research community in the arts and humanities.
Lectures and locations should be coordinated through the Willson Center. In accepting the award, the faculty sponsor agrees to communicate all relevant information regarding the visitor's activities while at UGA and to credit the Willson Center in all publicity about the visitor.
Research Seminar Program
Deadline February 16
The Willson Center Research Seminar Program provides $2,000 to faculty organizing year-long interdisciplinary discussion groups on particular research topics. The funds are to be used to bring to campus scholars from other institutions. Award is following academic year.
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10. ATHICA Call for Submissions
"Out There! Photographs in the spirit of Jeremy Ayers"
Deadline: March 1
Exhibition Dates: March 18, 2017 through April 22, 2017
Curated by John English
http://athica.org/call-for-entries/
All photographers are invited to submit three works for consideration for this upcoming show. All works must be submitted as links via the online entry form. Anyone can submit work, regardless of level of experience, education or geographic location. Artists should keep in mind the progressive and contemporary programming characteristic of ATHICA. Photos can be either black-and-white or color.
Aesthetic Guidelines: Works are sought which represent the spirit of Jeremy Ayers (1948-2016), who had a great eye for strange ODDITIES, the OFF-BEAT. His three photographic books (on his tumblr site) show the scope of his interests. In "Aeronautica," he shot PORTRAITS of QUIRKY Athenians with hints of NARRATIVES. Those photos capture a sense of an ON-GOING PARTY - OUTLANDISH, SURREAL, SENSUAL, PLAYFUL and HUMOROUS. In "Today in New York," Ayers took pictures on CITY STREETS, often juxtaposing his subjects with their urban context. Among his themes were AGING and FORTUNE-TELLING. In "Occupy," Ayers went beyond photojournalism to depict an INSIDER'S VIEW OF CITIZEN ACTIVISM as well as a SENSE OF PLACE. He captures the PRANKS and SERIOUS MESSAGES of the movement, its eclectic mix of the VERY REAL and QUITE ZANY.
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11. CURO Research Assistantship
https://curo.uga.edu/
The CURO Research Assistantship provides stipends of $1,000 each to outstanding undergraduate students across campus to actively participate in faculty-mentored research.
Summer applications are due by March 22. The application can be found at: http://curo.uga.edu/students/curo_research_assistantship.html
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12. a2ru National Conference
Arts in the Public Sphere: Civility, Advocacy, and Engagement
November 1-4, 2017
Deadline: April 7
Boston, MA
http://a2ru.org/events/2017-national-conference/
The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) is pleased to announce the 2017 a2ru National Conference, hosted by the Northeastern University with additional conference events throughout hosted by Boston University, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, and Tufts University.
Arts in the Public Sphere: Civility, Advocacy, and Engagement will use the city of Boston as a starting point for discussion and engagement. As a 21st century global city, Boston embodies many of the issues that drive diverse contemporary cultural contexts. It supports a rich and continually evolving sense of civic realms, and is home to leading arts, educational, medical, industrial and corporate entities invested in innovative modes of research, practice and civic participation. There is also clear recognition that the 'public sphere' is not confined to large metropolitan regions. Creating dynamic communities that engage and extend beyond traditional boundaries - in both virtual and material ways - remains a growing challenge and the work before us.
a2ru invites proposals from researchers, field leaders, and practitioners investigating the intersections, synergies, and interfaces of arts in the public sphere and their influence on civility, advocacy, and engagement. We seek proposals from: university-level faculty, administrators, and students, as well as civic leaders and representatives from industry, private enterprise, sectors outside the arts that incorporate the arts and design in their work, and public/private arts, culture, and civic organizations. We invite proposals from researchers, field leaders, and practitioners around the 2017 them and/or that address issues relevant to the mission of a2ru.
FORMATS FOR PARTICIPATION
Papers or alternative equivalents such as performances or time-based media presentations. 3-4 papers/performances/presentations will be grouped by the selection committee into 90-minute sessions around common themes.
Discussion panels. Panels should focus around a conference-themed topic and include a moderator and at least 3 panelists; each panelist is encouraged to offer a brief position paper or introductory presentation to uniquely enhance audience discussion. Panels should build in a direct dialog interface with attendees within an overall 90-minute session.
Working groups. Groups provide opportunity for immersive work sessions that participants sign up for in advance of the conference. Proposals should include a focus topic in relation to the conference themes as well as the intended working methods and outcomes of the group process.
Proposals will be reviewed and accepted through a blind peer review process by a2ru partner scholars, practitioners, and researchers.
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13. ICE Project Grants
Invitation for Letter of Inquiry
(no deadline)
Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) is an interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts at the University of Georgia. ICE invites Letters of Inquiry from UGA faculty and students for innovative and collaborative projects. Selected inquiries will be invited to submit a full proposal and then be considered for an ICE Project Grant.
Projects should be consistent with the ICE mission:
ICE is a catalyst for innovative, interdisciplinary creative projects, advanced research and critical discourse in the arts, and for creative applications of technologies, concepts, and practices found across disciplines. It is a collaborative network of faculty, students, and community members from all disciplines of the visual and performing arts in addition to other disciplines in the humanities and sciences. ICE enables all stages of creative activity, from concept and team formation through production, documentation, and dissemination of research.
Letter of Inquiry should be no more 500 words and sent via email to:
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Please include the following information:
- Title and brief description of proposed project.
- List of proposed participants (include titles and affiliations).
- Impact of project and potential for future development.
ICE Project Selection Criteria:
- Intellectual and artistic merit
- Degree of innovation
- Extent of collaborative and interdisciplinary activity
- Feasibility under sponsorship of ICE
- Potential for future funding and development
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