Ideas for Creative Exploration
9.26.22
http://ice.uga.edu
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1. Idea Lab Mini Grants CFP
2. 4'33" Competition CFP (deadline 10/12)
3. Lecture: Douglas Kearney (9/27)
4. Seeds of Vandana Shiva (9/27-29)
5. Webinar: Vibrant Ecologies (9/29)
6. Torch Song (begins 9/29)
7. Short Shorts and Open Studios (9/29)
8. Lecture: Chadwick Allen (9/29)
9. Lecture: Katie Geha (9/30)
10. New Blood: Recent Trends in Horror Cinema (9/30)
11. Lecture: Rubi Neri (10/6)
12. Torrance Lecture and Mini-Conference (10/12)
13. Athens Hip Hop Harmonic (10/20)
14. Willson Center Mentorship Program (deadline 10/3)
15. CFP: Arts & Education for Social Justice Symposium (deadline 10/15)
16. Arts Lab Fellowships (deadline 9/30)
17. a2ru 2022 National Conference: Exploring Artistic Research (11/3-5)
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1. Idea Lab Mini Grants
Call for Proposals
Fall 2022
Idea Lab Mini Grants support new creative interdisciplinary projects. Grant recipients are provided with a mentor and are eligible for up to $1000 in support for project expenses. Collaborative teams must include participants from multiple disciplines and include at least one student, faculty, or staff member from UGA. Proposals will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary selection committee in order of receipt, pending the availability of funds.
Proposal form:
https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eRjYNPOF1diC7EG
Proposal requirements:
- brief description of project goals (up to 300 words)
- names and project roles of collaborators
The Idea Lab Mini Grant Program is supported by Ideas for Creative Exploration, an interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts at UGA. Ideas for Creative Exploration 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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2. Call for Participation: Spotlight on the Arts LIVE Research Competition 4'33"
Deadline for Proposals: Wednesday, October 12 at 5 PM
This competition highlights UGA student research in the arts and provides an opportunity to win prizes and to share creative inquiry with peers, faculty, administrators, and alumni throughout the university community. The competition is open to any graduate student, or undergraduate student working on an advanced project, who is conducting research related to the literary, visual, or performing arts or artists.
4'33" Research Presentation: oral presentation no longer than four minutes and thirty-three seconds in length. Live presentations will be held on Wednesday, November 16, from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Athenaeum (387 W. Broad Street). The first prize winner will receive $433. All applicants must be available to attend the live presentation.
To apply send the following information in one pdf document to kgeha at uga.edu by Wednesday, October 12th by 5 PM:
- Name and major degree area
- Name of faculty advisor
- Description of your research in the arts (300-500 word maximum) which can be accompanied by up to 3 images. A jury will read these descriptions and select who will move on to the live presentation round.
Additional information:
- Description should clearly explain the significance and originality of your research.
- Research in the arts may include historical, theoretical, and critical research that students are undertaking either to inform their scholarly writing or their own artistic activity in any art form or combination of art forms, including (but not restricted to): visual art, music, theatre, dance, film, literature, media arts, or performance art.
- Presentation may be accompanied by Powerpoint slides as necessary. Media should be used to support and illustrate the presentation, not as a substitute for it.
- For FAQ and a list of past winners, see:
https://arts.uga.edu/4minutes33seconds
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3. Douglas Kearney: An Experimental Dialogue
Tuesday, September 27 at 6 PM
The Athenaeum, 287 W. Broad St.
Douglas Kearney is a poet, performer, and librettist who has published seven books that bridge thematic concerns such as politics, African-American culture, masks, the Trickster figure, and contemporary music. His most recent book, Sho (Wave Books, 2021), was the winner for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize, the 2022 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry, and was a finalist for the National Book Award, the PEN/Voelcker Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award. Navigating the complex penetrability of language, the poems in this collection are sonic in their espousal of Black vernacular strategies, while examining histories and current events through the lyric, brand new dances, and other performances. This program is co-sponsored by the UGA English Department, The Georgia Review, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Art.
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4. "Seeds of Vandana Shiva" Film Screening and Panel
Virtual Film Screening: Sept. 27-29
Panel Discussion: Sept. 29 4-5:30 PM
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/seeds_of_vandana_shiva_film_screening_and_panel
"The Seeds of Vandana Shiva" tells the remarkable life story of Gandhian eco-activist Dr. Vandana Shiva, how she challenged industrial agriculture, rose to prominence in the food justice movement, and inspired an international crusade for change. The panel will include scholars and community members focused on discussing the film, seed saving, and environmental justice.
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5. Ask Them Anything: Vibrant Ecologies of Research, Part 1
Thursday, September 29 at 2 PM
https://a2ru.org/event/ask-them-anything-vibrant-ecologies-of-research-part-1/
**As an a2ru member institution, UGA students, faculty, and staff register for free.**
Join a2ru for our first Vibrant Ecologies of Research "Ask Them Anything" webinar. Vibrant Ecologies of Research is a special collection on Ground Works, a2ru's online platform for arts-integrated research. Through peer-reviewed projects and invited commentaries, it explores the ecologies where arts-based inquiry thrives in conversation with social and scientific research.
Ground Works Special Collection
http://groundworks.io/journal/collections/1
**a2ru will host local Vibrant Ecologies reading clubs this semester with opportunities to meet authors and editors. If you are interested in joining a UGA reading club, please contact meredith.emery at uga.edu**
What are the elements necessary to create a vibrant ecology of research where art and design inquiry may flourish alongside, within, and out of social and physical science research that is so deeply embedded within the fiber of research-oriented universities? In this special collection of Ground Works, the project work and commentaries explore vibrant ecologies of research, deepening our understanding of the institutional, social, and epistemological systems that effectively weave arts-based inquiry into the scholarly fabric of research.
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6. TorchSong
Cellar Theatre
https://www.ugatheatre.com/torchsong
Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein
Directed by George Contini
Tickets: $12, $8 for Students
Sept. 29-Oct. 1, Oct. 5-7 @ 8:00PM
Matinees: Oct. 2 & 9 @ 2:30PM
New York, 1970s: Arnold loves Ed. Ed loves Arnold, but he also loves Laurel. Arnold also loves Alan. And his Mom. And David. And Murray. Arnold has so much love to give and all he wants is to be loved. His journey for love leads him to steamy backrooms, the embrace of his hyper-critical mother, and toward the formation of a non-traditional family. Arnold's odyssey is no small undertaking, especially in seven-inch heels.
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7. Short Shorts Film Festival and Open Studios
Thursday, September 29 from 6:30 - 9 PM
Thomas Street Art Complex
215 S. Thomas Street
https://art.uga.edu/events/2022-short-shorts-festival-and-open-studios
Guests are welcome to enjoy a special outdoor screening of the 2022 Short Shorts Film Festival presented by whitespace gallery in Atlanta and juried by School of Art director Joseph Peragine, explore open graduate and faculty studios, and view an in-progress replica model of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral's wooden roof, known as "La Foret," built by students and faculty at UGA in partnership with Handshouse Studio and the Willson Center for Humanities & Arts. Snacks and beverages will be provided while supplies last.
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8. Lecture: Chadwick Allen
Thursday, September 29 at 4:15 PM
Special Collections Library Room 271
"Mapping the Indigenous Futures of Post-Removal Mounds"
Chadwick Allen will overview his new book, "Earthworks Rising: Mound Building in Native Literature and Arts" and discuss examples of how contemporary Indigenous communities are reengaging -- and reimagining -- ancient traditions of building large-scale earthworks. How do these post-Removal mounds make meaning for tribal citizens and broader audiences, especially when they are part of state-of-the-art public venues for Indigenous self-representation, such as the tribally specific Chickasaw Cultural Center (opened in 2010 near Sulphur, Oklahoma) and the multi-tribal First Americans Museum (opened in 2021 outside Oklahoma City).
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9. Institute for Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series
Dr. Katie Geha, Lamar Dodd School of Art
Friday, September 30 at 12:40 PM
Miller Learning Center 148
"Alternative Curatorial Practices"
Dr. Katie Geha is a writer, curator, and art historian. She is Director of the Galleries in the Lamar Dodd School of Art and regularly teaches modern and contemporary art history seminars on artists' writing. She received her PhD from the University of Texas, Austin and her MA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Geha's research is focused on American art from the 1960s to the present. She examines technology, science, mysticism, gender, and poetics as principles within the art of this period. Most recently, her work has focused on expanding notions of conceptual art by reintroducing and emphasizing systems as forms of representation within the art of 1960s and 1970s.
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10. Cinema Roundtable - New Blood: Recent Trends in Horror Cinema
Friday, September 30 at 4 PM
Fine Arts Building, 400 (Balcony Theater)
The Horror genre has always included a wide range of films, from low-budget "B movies" and drive-in exploitation to mainstream movies and art films. However, the last decade has seen major changes for the genre, which has never been more popular than it is right now. This panel will address recent trends, including so-called A24 horror, minority and indigenous productions, and indie art films such as Midsommar, A Ghost Story, The Babadook, The VVitch, Hereditary, and It Follows, among others.
The panel includes UGA faculty Kate Fortmueller (Grady College, Entertainment and Media Studies), Christopher Sieving (Theatre and Film Studies), Channette Romero (English), and Ben Kruger-Robbins of Emory University (Film and Media). The roundtable is moderated by Richard Neupert (Film Studies), and the audience will be invited to participate in the discussion and ask questions.
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11. Lecture: Rubi Neri
Thursday, October 6 at 6 PM
Main Art building room S151
Ruby Neri draws upon twentieth-century West Coast traditions as well as a global catalogue of art historical and anthropological modes. She depicts the human body as a porous instrument of pleasure, terror, and everything in between; this places her within a lineage of recent Los Angeles-based artists that includes Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy, while her penchant for hand-driven craft connects her to the Bay Area Figurative and Funk movements. The ceramic vessels that have dominated Neri's production recently evoke both earthy tactility and psychological intimacy. Neri's use of sprayed glazes links her ceramics to the street art she produced in the late 1990s as a member of what would become the San Francisco-based Mission School, connecting a contemporary urban art form with the archaic power of pre-historical wall-painting and object-making.
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12. The Power of Narratives Across Disciplines
Wednesday, October 12 from 10 AM - 3 PM
Georgia Museum of Art
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-power-of-narratives-across-disciplines-a-creative-mini-conference-tickets-416046485237
Join leading experts from across UGA as they discuss the creative use of narratives and storytelling across their wide areas of research. Registration is required as tickets are limited. This event is free to attend and open to everyone.
Kimberly Van Orman
UGA Institute for Artificial Intelligence
How do we teach students to save the world? Use science fiction!
Hyangsoon Yi
UGA Comparative Literature
Narrative for Education, Narrative for Entertainment, and Narrative for Enlightenment: The Storytelling Conventions in Buddha Biography
Nate Kreuter
UGA English
The Persuasive Lives and Afterlives of Trees, According to a Humanist
David Saltz
UGA Theatre and Film Studies, Ideas for Creative Exploration
Living in Fictional Worlds: Acting, Imaginative Play, and Simming
2022 Annual Torrance Lecture: Angus Fletcher
Wednesday, October 12 at 4 PM
Georgia Museum of Art
Why are Children More Creative than Computer AI -- Until They Go to School?
For decades, researchers have observed: children get less creative the longer they attend school. In this talk, I'll explain why -- and what we can do about it. I'll reveal how children's creativity is rooted in a neural process that cannot be reproduced by computer AI. I'll detail my work with US Special Operations to up-train that neural process in adults. I'll present my lab's new findings on how the training can restore creativity in elementary students. And I'll propose that we devote less time in school to critical thinking and mindfulness -- and more time to causal thinking and art.
Angus Fletcher Professor of Story Science at Ohio State's Project Narrative, the world's leading academic institute for the study of stories. His research on how narrative can boost empathy, courage, and creativity has been called "mind-blowing" by Malcolm Gladwell and "life-changing" by Brene Brown. His most recent books are Wonderworks (Simon & Schuster, 2021) and Storythinking (Columbia University Press, 2023). His current research partners include various Fortune 50s, public schools, and US Special Operations.
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13. Athens Hip Hop Harmonic
Thursday, October 20 at 7:30 PM
UGA Performing Arts Center
FREE, family-friendly, no tickets required
Launched in August 2021, the Athens Hip Hop Harmonic is a multi-year collaboration between the local Hip Hop community and the UGA Hodgson School of Music, supported by UGA's Arts Lab. It is produced by saxophone professor Connie Frigo, who developed it in collaboration with Hip Hop impresario Montu Miller and Mariah Parker (aka Linqua Franqa), along with a team of other artists, educators, and supporters eager to create music together to explore our mutual artistic and cultural curiosities. We started with a simple question: What would happen if a Hip Hop artist and a classically-trained composer co-created a piece of music? Answer: Come to the show to find out!
Building upon what we started last year, this special show -- our biggest to date -- features premieres of music co-created by (4) Hip Hop artists and (4) UGA composers, performed by (4) UGA ensembles. There are approx. 100 undergraduate and graduate student performers involved. Montu Miller will serve as emcee.
Hip Hop artists include recent Athens Music Walk of Fame inductee Ishues, the 2020 Vic Chestnutt Songwriter of the Year Cassie Chantel, compelling and soulful alternative R&B singer Convict Julie, and dynamic poet and spoken word performer Celest Ngeve.
UGA composers include piano and African American studies professor James Weidman, commercial music and media professor Tom Hiel, composition/music education major Ayako Pederson-Takeda, and composition/performance major Julien Berger.
The featured UGA ensembles include the African American Choral Ensemble, Jazz Combo, Wind Symphony, and Contemporary Chamber Ensemble.
Youtube channel featuring collaborative performances:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyXqmhqyTE8G2ke9d4-glZw
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14. Willson Center Grants and Fellowships Mentorship and Support program
Deadline: October 3
https://willson.uga.edu/applications-now-open-for-2022-23-grants-and-fellowships-mentorship-and-support-program/
In Spring 2022 the Willson Center launched a Grants and Fellowships Mentorship and Support program for a cohort of 12 faculty. This program is in partnership with the Franklin College, the Office of Research, and the Office of the Provost. We are now accepting applications for the second cohort of eight faculty for academic year 2022-2023. Faculty who are admitted to the program will receive $1,000 into their research support accounts. This program is designed to create a supportive environment for critique and development of grant and fellowship proposals.
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15. Arts & Education for Social Justice Symposium at FSU Feb 3-5, 2023
Submission deadline for proposals: October 15, 2022
For more info: https://art4socialjustice.wordpress.com/
Organizers are especially seeking proposals that use the arts to advance concepts of anti-racism/accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion. The symposium is jointly hosted by the Lamar Dodd School of Art at UGA & the Dept. of Art Education at FSU.
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16. Arts Lab Faculty Fellowships
Deadline: September 30
https://willson.uga.edu/opportunities/fellowships-grants/willson-grants-awards/
Following the report of the UGA Task Force on Arts Research and Practice, an Arts Lab Cluster has been formed to support creativity across the university. As part of this, six Arts Lab Faculty Fellowships are available for faculty in the performing or creative arts for academic year 2023-2024. Funding for this round of Arts Lab Faculty Fellowships is provided by the Office of the Provost, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
Arts Lab Faculty Fellowships are designed for faculty members in the performing or creative arts to develop practice, research and curriculum in the arts
Support comprises one course release, and support funds up to $2000. The course release portion of the award is a transfer to the Franklin College to support the unit's instructional replacement costs. Funds for arts instructional faculty who cannot commit to a semester away from instruction, but have need of a shorter period of study, practice, or research, can be considered by the selection committee.
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17. a2ru 2022 National Conference: Exploring Artistic Research
November 3-5
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
a2ru.org/event/2022-national-conference/
**As an a2ru member institution, UGA students, faculty, and staff are eligible for reduced registration rates.**
The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) national conference will take place from November 3-5, 2022, on the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus. This will be an in-person conference, though we anticipate remote attendance will be an option for many sessions.
The a2ru national conference is an opportunity for practitioners and researchers from across the higher education spectrum to share innovations and perspectives in the arts. a2ru advances the full range of arts and design integrative research, curricula, programs, and creative practice to acknowledge, articulate, and expand the vital role of higher education in our global society. a2ru's work, in partnership with an international network of leading higher education institutions, envisions a world in which universities -- students, faculty, and leaders -- explore, embed, and integrate the arts in everyday practice and research.
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Ideas for Creative Exploration is an interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts at UGA, supported in part by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
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