ICE Announcements 1.13.15
http://ice.uga.edu
For more events and opportunities visit http://iceannouncements.com
1. Lecture: Jerel Hilding (1/15)
2. Symposium on the Book: Libraries and Labyrinths (1/15-16)
3. Lecture: Helen Armstrong (1/15)
4. Colloquium: Dr. Shira Chess (1/16)
5. 2015 Sustainability Science Symposium (1/23)
6. PULSE! Art and Technology Festival (1/21-25 in Savannah)
7. Opportunity: Willson Center Graduate Research Award
8. CURO Opportunities
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1. Lecture: Jerel Hilding
Thursday, January 15 at 11 AM
New Dance Theatre, Dance Building, Room 276
Willson Center Distinguished Lecturer/Guest Artist Jerel Hilding will discuss his career with the world renowned Joffrey Ballet.
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2. Symposium on the Book: Libraries and Labyrinths
Lecture: Michael Witmore
Thursday, January 15 at 5 PM
Auditorium, Richard B. Russell Special Collections Building
http://willson.uga.edu/event/symposium-on-the-book-libraries-and-labyrinths/
In this lecture, Folger Shakespeare Library Director Michael Witmore will discuss the results of research he has been conducting under the Mellon grant supported project, "Visualizing Early English Print, 1500-1799." Along with Jonathan Hope (Strathclyde University, UK), Witmore has been using a variety of computational approaches - principal component analysis, topic modeling - to characterize the types of linguistic variety present in the print record from this period. In this lecture, he will explore how these techniques intersect with, complement, or contradict the interpretive moves traditionally associated with the humanities. This is the plenary talk for January's Symposium on the Book. The talk will be followed by a reception, and is open to the public. The symposium continues on Friday morning, January 16 with a faculty panel on library access and research, and a workshop on Shakespeare in the Classroom incorporating books from UGA's Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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3. Lecture: Helen Armstrong
Thursday, January 15 at 7:30 PM
Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S150
http://www.helenarmstrong.us
Willson Center Visiting Fellow Helen Armstrong is Assistant Professor of graphic design at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where she is Graduate Director of the MFA in Experience Design, Creative Director of the Miami Augmented Reality Center and faculty affiliate of the Institute for Interactive Media Studies. She also editor of Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field (2009) and is currently working on Digital Design Theory: Essential Texts for the Graphic Designer.
The Internet now places the means of production and distribution squarely into the hands of the user. What does this shift toward user participation mean to professional designers, writers, and artists? Should creatives act as expert leaders of this widespread creative impulse or should they stand apart, reinforcing their own credentials? Should we be teaching students to produce finished artifacts or flexible, user-empowering frameworks? Can creatives profitably harness user content through large-scale collaborative projects? Armstrong will discuss such questions and her research about collaborative, participatory art and design related to her book, Participate: Designing with User-Generated Content (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011).
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4. Colloquium: Dr. Shira Chess
Friday, January 16 at 12:20 PM
Fine Arts Building Room 53
Dr. Shira Chess, Assistant Professor of Mass Media Arts in Grady College, will discuss her research into the Slenderman phenomenon, which has attracted national media attention.
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5. 2015 Sustainability Science Symposium
Friday, January 23 at 8 AM
Georgia Center
http://cicr.ovpr.uga.edu/event/2015-sustainability-science-symposium/
The Center for Integrative Conservation Research will host the Second Annual Sustainability Science Symposium on Friday, January 23, 2015 at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center. The symposium will showcase the wealth of sustainability initiatives at UGA in research, instruction, and public service and outreach, and facilitate cross-disciplinary networking among faculty, staff, students, and community members. The symposium will feature a morning and afternoon keynote, presentations by faculty, staff and students, a networking lunch, and an evening poster session and reception. Keynote speakers will include Dr. Paul Ferraro, Professor of Economics at Georgia State University, and Dr. Elizabeth King, Assistant Professor in the Odum School of Ecology and the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at UGA.
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6. PULSE! Art and Technology Festival
January 21-25
Savannah, Georgia
http://www.telfair.org/museum-events/pulse/
The PULSE Art + Technology Festival enters its ninth year with a multisensory mix of fun and innovative technology-based art. Come to PULSE's opening night to experience virtual reality in two interactive works made for the Oculus Rift VR system, including the award-winning game PaperDude VR by the Canadian design group Globacore, and Keith Roberson's creepy-cool Apalachicola Night Anomaly. See people become bees in artist Katja Loher's video sculpture exhibition and lecture. Thursday night see a dance performance with Purring Tiger's interactive projection Mizaru, and try it yourself afterward. Make constellations in the interactive installation Wondrous by SCAD physical computing students and enjoy art GIFs by internationally-known internet artists. Friday night features an amazing performance by the renowned multimedia artist Miwa Matreyek, who combines animation and live action. Matreyek will perform two of her works in the historic Telfair Academy Rotunda, while the Savannah-based artist Switzon Wigfall III will animate the Academy's outdoor sculptures with projections.
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7. Willson Center Graduate Research Award
Deadline: Thursday, January 15
http://willson.uga.edu/deadlines/willson-center-graduate-research-award/
The Willson Center Graduate Research Award provides support of up to $1,250 to arts and humanities graduate students for relevant expenses related to completion of their degrees. Graduate students may be supported in travel to archives, installations and performances. Reason must be given for support of the proposed activity in context of research excellence.
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8. CURO Opportunities
CURO invites submissions for its 2015 CURO Symposium (Monday, March 30 & Tuesday, March 31, 2015, Classic Center, Athens). The CURO Symposium provides undergraduates from all disciplines the opportunity to present faculty-mentored research and creative works. Online submission opens Monday, November 3, 2014 and closes Friday, February 13, 2015. More information: http://curo.uga.edu/symposium/
CURO also invites submissions for Best Paper Awards and UGA Libraries' Undergraduate Research Awards, awarded at the 2015 Symposium.
http://curo.uga.edu/symposium/awards/best-paper-awards
http://www.libs.uga.edu/researchaward/
CURO invites nominations for the CURO Research Mentoring Awards. These awards recognize faculty who demonstrate achievement and success in fostering undergraduate research. Nomination procedures are available here: http://curo.uga.edu/symposium/awards/curo-research-mentoring-awards.
CURO Summer Fellowships
Deadline: Friday, February 13
http://curo.uga.edu/students/summer-fellowship
This fellowship provides funded opportunities for intensive, faculty-mentored research experiences for academically talented undergraduates. It provides a $3,000 stipend, three to four hours of academic credit, and acceptance to the 2016 CURO Symposium.
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Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) is an interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts at UGA. ICE is supported in part by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School.
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