ICE Announcements 11.14.17
http://ice.uga.edu
*Idea Lab Mini Grant Awards*
1. Clark Lunberry: Writing on Water (11/16)
2. Loop 10: Restriction/Confinement (11/14-15)
3. Landfillharmonic Film & Reuse Reception (11/14)
4. Visiting Artist: John Freyer (11/13-16)
5. Plastic Debris Panel and Reception (11/15)
6. Panel: How We Stage Queer Life Stories (11/15)
7. Reading: Brenda Marie Osbey (11/15)
8. STEAM Interest Meeting (11/16)
9. Opportunity: North Oconee River Project
10. Opportunity: Capturing Science Contest (deadline 11/27)
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*Idea Lab Mini Grant Awards*
ICE is pleased to announce two new Idea Lab Mini Grant recipients. The projects were selected based on creative merit, extent of collaborative and interdisciplinary activity, and feasibility. Mini Grant awards provide production support from ICE Graduate Research Assistants and project funding.
Georgia Prison Beekeepers
Lead applicant: Cristina Echezarreta (graduate student, Art)
A collaboration of a students, faculty, and staff in Art and Entomology with the Georgia Prison Beekeeping program to explore prisoners' relationship to nature through the arts.
Perfect Pantry
Lead applicant: Hillary Jourdan (graduate student, Agriculture)
A collaboration of students and faculty in Agriculture and Art with the Atlanta Community Food Bank to develop arts-based approaches to food assistance.
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1. Clark Lunberry: Writing on Water
Viewing and music at Lake Herrick
Thursday, November 16 at Noon
Boardwalk Trail Bridge
Improvised music on the Boardwalk Trail Bridge overlooking a temporary installation by Clark Lunberry, Professor of English at the University of North Florida. His large-scale poems placed on water and windows include recent installations in Oxford, England; Paris, France; Toronto, Canada; Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan; and Stanford University.
Lake Herrick is a prominent feature within Oconee Forest Park, which serves as a living laboratory for research in the natural and social sciences. The new work, viewable near the Boardwalk Trail bridge, coincides with a major restoration project at UGA aimed at promoting water quality and enhancing Lake Herrick as an amenity for experiential learning, research, and recreation. For more about the Lake Herrick Watershed Restoration visit http://sustainability.uga.edu/lakeherrick/.
Supported in part by the Helen S. Lanier Chair of the Department of English and ICE. For more about Clark Lunberry visit http://clarklunberry.weebly.com.
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2. Loop 10: Restriction/Confinement
Performance: Tuesday, November 14 from 7-9 PM
Exhibition: Wednesday, November 15 from 1-6 PM
ATHICA, 160 Tracy St.
Loop 10: Restriction/Confinement, a project of the UGA Student Composer Association will be presented at ATHICA on November 14-15, 2017. Ten composition students have collaborated with 10 local artists to develop paired artworks and musical compositions that are presented together. In some cases, these converge into interactive works. The group will be staging their project at ATHICA as a two-day pop-up. On the opening evening, Tuesday, November 14, 7-9, the ensembles for each composition will play in proximity to their paired artwork. On the afternoon of Wednesday, November 15, 1-6, the gallery will be open for viewing of the installation and recorded listening of the paired compositions.
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3. Landfillharmonic Film & Reuse Reception
Tuesday, November 14 from 5-8 PM
Athens-Clarke County Library
The documentary "Landfillharmonic" and reading of the book "Ada's Violin" will follow a special performance by members of the Clarke Middle School Orchestra, led by Eunice Kang. The film and book tell the story of a group of students in Paraguay (Recycled Orchestra of Cateura) who build their own instruments using items from the landfill in their community. This activity is part of Read for Recycling Week from November 11 -18, 2017! Join hundreds around Georgia as they Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Read. For complete Read for Recycling Week information, visit the Georgia Recycling Coalition website at:
http://georgiarecycles.org/programs/america-recycles-day
Pre-film reception, crafts, and live music from 5:00-6:30pm
5:00-5:30 Clarke Middle School "Silver Strings" Ensemble
5:50-6:10 Ciyadh Wells, D.Mus.A. , Guitar Performance
6:10-6:30 "Ada's Violin" Book Reading
6:30-8:00 "Landfill Harmonic" Film Screening
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4. Visiting artist: John Freyer
November 13 -16
https://willson.uga.edu/event/john-freyer-short-term-visiting-fellowship/
John Freyer's art is rooted in social practice, specifically the exchange of goods to encourage experience. In his latest project "Hot Coffee: Recovery Roast," Freyer has built a mobile coffee bike that moves across campus; encouraging conversations between community members. In an age of short text messages and emails, Freyer's work emphasizes face-to-face communication as community building and spaces for healthier individuals and families. He sees the local artisan as an integral aspect of community economic and social development.
Sponsored by a Willson Center Short Term Fellowship, the project will begin with students in both the Lamar Dodd School of Art and the College Recovery Center. Students will work with 1000 Faces Coffee to develop a blend reminiscent of the types of connections they long for, and specific to the UGA community. Students will then learn the art of communication and conversation from Freyer, through workshops and exercises he has developed to prepare them to drive the bike. Like an ancient tea ceremony, Freyer will train them in the art of the pour over. Students will then ride the bike around UGA campus for three days in various shifts, pursuing the art of the conversation.
Tuesday, November 14: Cupping at 1000 Faces Coffee, 585 Barber St., Athens, time TBD
Wednesday, November 15: Bike riding, North Campus/ Main Campus
Thursday, November 16: Bike riding, Arts Quad
Thursday, November 16: Free hot dinner, White Tiger, time TBD
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5. Plastic Debris Panel and Reception: Land to Sea Connections
Wednesday, November 15 at 4 PM
Odum School of Ecology Auditorium
Panelists include Maia McGuire, Sea Grant extension agent at the University of Florida, who will discuss research and outreach efforts focused on microplastics; Jenna Jambeck, associate professor in the College of Engineering, who will talk about her Marine Debris Tracker mobile app that allows the public to report the location of litter and marine debris anywhere in the world; Branson Ritchie, research professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine and New Materials Institute, who will discuss the impacts of plastics on marine animals; and Katy Smith, water quality program coordinator for UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, who will cover effective outreach and education about plastic waste and marine debris.
Light refreshments will be served during the following reception and attending organizations, including The Upper Oconee Watershed Network, UGA's Office of Sustainability, and Watershed UGA, will present information on local efforts underway to protect our water resources. Participants will have the opportunity to network with organizations representing both the Athens and UGA community in addition to faculty and cooperative extension specialists.
If you're interested in contributing a poster, or attending the panel discussion and reception, please contact Rebecca Atkins ([log in to unmask]).
This event is sponsored by UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, UGA River Basin Center, UGA department of marine sciences, UGA New Materials Institute and University of Florida Sea Grant, and is free and open to all!
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6. Panel: How We Stage Queer Life Stories
Wednesday, November 15 at 4 PM
Miller Learning Center, Room 213
This panel will examine the unique process being used in creating "Always (K)new," an original cross-cultural theatrical oral history project that draws from stories of LGBTQ individuals collected in Georgia, Colombia, and Brazil. "Always (K)new" is being developed in collaboration with Alberto Tibaji, an internationally recognized theatre artist from Brazil who specializes in using autobiographical techniques in devising original movement/text pieces drawn from personal narratives. The Willson Center, the Latin American Caribbean Studies Institute, the Portuguese Flagship Program, the department of theatre and film studies, and the LGBT Resource Center are collaborating to bring Tibaji to campus for a 10-week artistic residency this fall. Always (K)new will be presented at Seney-Stovall Chapel at 200 N. Milledge Ave. on Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, 2017 at 7.30 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public.
Panelists include:
Prof. George Contini, Theatre and Film Studies
Prof. Robert Moser, Romance Languages, Director of Portuguese Flagship Program
Meg Evans, Director, UGA LGBT Center
Prof. Richard Gordon, Director of Latin American Carribean Studies Institute, Romance Languages
Guest Artists:
Prof. Alberto Tibaji, Theatre Professor at Sao Joao del-Rei Federal University (UFSJ)
Cecilia Translavina, Animator
Featuring Members of the UGA MFA Graduate Acting Ensemble
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7. Reading: Brenda Marie Osbey
Wednesday, November 15 4:30 pm
Park Hall, Room 265
Brenda Marie Osbey is an author of poetry and prose nonfiction in English and French. Her 1997 book, "All Saints: New and Selected Poems," received an American Book Award. Among her many other awards, Osbey won the 2014 Langston Hughes Award for her book "History and Other Poems," a study of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade in verse. A native of New Orleans, Osbey was named in 2005 the first peer-selected Poet Laureate of Louisiana. During her two-year tenure, she toured the United States presenting weekly poetry readings, lectures and symposia advocating the rebuilding of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Osbey's visit is sponsored by the Willson Center and the Barbara Methvin Endowed Professorship in the department of English.
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8. STEAM Interest Meeting
Thursday, November 16 at 5 PM
Sanford Hall, Room 212
STEAM is a newly founded organization devoted to creating an inclusive community for all majors. We believe that it is crucial to combine the innovation of STEM majors with the artistry of creative majors by bringing students from both groups together. We host exciting social events such as workshops, field trips, and socials to stimulate fellowship between all majors at UGA. Come to our first interest meeting to become a founding member of STEAM at UGA! Snacks Provided!
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9. Call for Participation: North Oconee River Project
North Oconee River Project is an interdisciplinary, student-led, grant-funded project that engages community members, artists, and legal experts in an effort to draft local legislation that grants legal personhood to the North Oconee River in Athens, GA. The project draws its inspiration from the Community Rights Movement that, for the past two decades, has worked to prevent corporate and governmental harm on the environment by helping pass locally enforceable "rights of nature" laws that treat natural entities, such as rivers, as having the right to be healthy and to thrive.
North Oconee River Project is seeking participants who are interested in assisting our team with any of the following activities:
- Representing North Oconee River Project by attending environmental events on campus and informing attendees about our project mission and upcoming events.
- Representing North Oconee River Project by attending community-organizing events in the Athens community and informing attendees about our project mission and upcoming events.
- Representing the North Oconee River Project by tabling at the West Broad and/or Athens Farmer's Markets. Involves providing people with information about our project mission and upcoming events.
- Distributing flyers on campus and at various businesses and community centers in Athens.
If you are interested in participating, please email Carla Cao: [log in to unmask]
Affiliated with the "Alliance for Arts + Rights of Nature" project funded by an a2ru Student Challenge Grant with additional support from Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE), Watershed UGA, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts a2ru Research Cluster.
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10. Opportunity: Capturing Science Contest
Deadline: November 27 at 5 PM
http://guides.libs.uga.edu/capturingscience
UGA Libraries is hosting a Capturing Science Contest to encourage STEM learning in a diverse range of formats and genres. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for $1,500 in prizes. Explain a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) concept to a broader audience using any media of your choice.
Any and all formats, media, and genres are encouraged! Examples include: essays, board games, virtual reality, videos, music, software, apps, curricula, lesson plans, poems, infographics, fiction, and exhibits. All currently-enrolled UGA undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. Students may submit works used for other class assignments. Multiple entries and group submissions are acceptable. Submissions will be evaluated according to the following criteria: Clarity of expression; Creativity; Appeal to a broad audience. Sponsored by UGA Libraries & The Office of Research.
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