ICE Announcements 4.25.17
http://ice.uga.edu
***Opportunity: Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Workshop and Research Study***
1. Hyphenated American (4/28)
2. unsolved: math+de-sign (5/3)
3. ICE Reading Room: Centre for the Less Good Idea
4. Sustainable UGA Semester in Review (4/27)
5. Fall Course Opportunity: Art and Nuclear Weapons
6. Opportunity: A2RU Grants (deadline 5/1)
7. Opportunity: Arts Writers Grant Programs (deadline 5/17)
8. Opportunity: NEA Art Works Grants (UGA deadline 6/1)
9. ICE Project Grants
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***Opportunity: Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Workshop and Research Study***
UGA Graduate students in environmental and social sciences, arts, and humanties programs are invited to take part in two workshops featuring interdisciplinary dialogue, collaboration, and creative activities during June 2017. Each participant will receive a $300 stipend and meals will be provided.
Participants must be full-time UGA graduate students and will be expected to take part in two 6-hour workshops during June and to provide feedback for use in evaluation.
This pilot program will explore the effectiveness of different workshop formats in developing creative capacity and interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance team research and complex problem-framing.
Finding solutions to today's wicked problems will demand both creativity and effective team research. It is clear from the literature that these skills can be effectively taught (DeHaan 2009, Salazar et al. 2012), yet their formal inclusion in graduate training is lacking. UGA is actively working to become a leader in innovative, interdisciplinary education and research, and this workshop series will pilot approaches with a view to contributing to further development of innovative approaches to graduate training.
If you are interested please reply to Mark Callahan, [log in to unmask] and provide your name, major, year of study, and availability during June 2017.
Supported by the Graduate School, Center for Integrative Conservation Research (CICR), and Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE).
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1. Hyphenated American: Diversity Enriches!
Friday, April 28 from 7 - 9:30 PM
Cine Lab, 234 W. Hancock Ave.
https://www.facebook.com/HA.DIVERSITY/
Hyphenated American is back this year with the theme: Diversity Enriches! Artists of a variety of cultures and backgrounds are coming together for a night of spoken word, new compositions, visual art and dance. Come on out for this free show and enjoy the beauty of diversity. We'll follow the show up with a safe discussion about the importance of diversity and what inclusivity looks like in our daily lives. Be on the lookout for news about the artists involved.
Featuring a performance by Persian composer Badie Khaleghian and a discussion moderated by
Dr. Dawn Bennett-Alexander, Associate Professor of Employment Law & Legal Studies, about diversity and inclusivity!
Last year's Hyphenated American project, supported by an Idea Lab Mini-Grant, was a great success featuring visual art, poetry, new music compositions, and guest lecturers who came together for a show focused on Latinos in the U.S. This April, Hyphenated American is returning with a broader focus to amplify the voices of immigrants, refugees, and hyphenated Americans of every culture.
Supported in part by the UGA Hispanic Student Association and Ideas for Creative Exploration.
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2. Unsolved: math+de-sign
Exhibition: April 19 - May 3
Closing reception: Wednesday, May 3 at 5:30 PM
Lamar Dodd Building Room N231
C-U-B-E gallery is pleased to feature visual outcomes of an interdisciplinary workshop, unsolved: math+de-sign. It was a pilot program for math, art, and design research, with the goal of making a product to be used in math outreach contexts. All the outcomes were produced by design, art, and math students. Supported in part by Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE).
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3. ICE Reading Room: Centre for the Less Good Idea
"The South African artist William Kentridge has set up an arts foundation near his studio in Johannesburg, providing a 'safe space for uncertainty, doubt, stupidity and, at times, failure,' he says. The artist has called his foundation the Centre for the Less Good Idea - a reference to the process of creation, which often sees artists derailed from exploring their initial idea and focusing on 'secondary ideas that emerge during the process of making,' he says."
By Cristina Ruiz
Source: The Art Newspaper
http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/kentridge-opens-space-for-artists-to-learn-by-failing
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4. Sustainable UGA Semester in Review (4/27)
Sustainable UGA Semester in Review
Thursday, April 27 from 11 AM - 1 PM
Memorial Hall
RSVP: https://sustainability.uga.edu/academics/semester-in-review/
The Spring 2017 Sustainable UGA Semester in Review celebrates people, programs, activities and academic courses that are creating a culture of sustainability at UGA. The program includes brief presentations from Office of Sustainability interns, posters and table displays from UGA classes, light lunch fare, and opportunities for networking. Opening comments will be provided by President Jere W. Morehead.
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5. Fall Course Opportunity: Art and Nuclear Weapons
Critical Thinking
UNIV 1107 (CRN 35601)
TR 2-4:45 PM
Instructor: Sara Kutchesfahani
Are you an upcoming 3rd or 4th year that is good at drawing or animation? Want to be part of writing a graphic novel?
This course is designed to bring together students from across disciplines (including, but not limited to, history, international affairs, creative writing, and art/design) who are interested in fusing art with politics. Specifically, it will foster a space for creative thinking and learning such that by the end of the semester, a prototype of a graphic novel relaying the history of the nuclear weapon will be created. Questions? Contact Dr. Kutchesfahani at [log in to unmask]
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6. Opportunity: A2RU Grants
Deadline: May 1
https://willson.uga.edu/willson-center-now-accepting-proposals-for-new-round-of-a2ru-grants/
The University of Georgia recently joined the Alliance for Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) - a partnership of more than 30 institutions committed to ensuring the greatest possible institutional support for interdisciplinary research, curricula, programs, and creative practice between the arts, sciences, and other disciplines. As one sign of this commitment, the Willson Center is supporting an a2ru Faculty Research Cluster, established in order to identify and support extraordinary arts-oriented research.
The a2ru Faculty Research Cluster is accepting proposals from full-time, research-budgeted faculty, whose projects have the potential to further UGA's reputation as a leader in arts-based research. Projects may be creative or scholarly in form, and they may be disciplinary or interdisciplinary in scope. Grants will range between 1,000-3,000 dollars and are intended to advance research projects with an eye toward external funding.
A one-page proposal describing the project and its significance should be sent, along with a one-page budget, to the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts at <[log in to unmask]>. Proposals should identify at least one possible external source of funding. Applications will be reviewed by a representative panel of faculty in the arts. Successful applicants will be required to submit at least one external grant proposal within a year of receiving funding. The Willson Center will provide assistance in proposal review and preparation.
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7. Opportunity: Arts Writers Grant Programs
Deadline: Wednesday, May 17
http://www.artswriters.org
The Creative Capital / Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant supports writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art. The program issues awards, ranging from $15,000 to $50,000, directly to individual authors for articles, blogs, books, new and alternative media, and short-form writing projects. We support a broad spectrum of writing on contemporary visual art, from general-audience criticism to academic scholarship.
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8. Opportunity: NEA Art Works Grants
UGA Internal Deadline: June 1, 2017
https://research.uga.edu/research-announcements/2017/04/25/art-works/
The National Endowment for the Arts seeks to fund art projects that are likely to prove transformative with the potential for meaningful change, whether in the development or enhancement of new or existing art forms, new approaches to the creation or presentation of art, or new ways of engaging the public with art; are distinctive, offering fresh insights and new value for their fields and/or the public through unconventional solutions; and have the potential to be shared and/or emulated, or are likely to lead to other advances in the field.
An organization may submit only one application under the FY 2018 Art Works guidelines. If you are interested in submitting for this program, please view the full announcement at the following link: https://research.uga.edu/research-announcements/2017/04/25/art-works/
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9. 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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Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) is an interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts at UGA. ICE is 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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