Ideas for Creative Exploration
10.4.22
http://ice.uga.edu
---
1. Idea Lab Mini Grants CFP
2. Down The Rabbit Hole (10/6 and 10/14)
3. 4'33" Competition CFP (deadline 10/12)
4. Reading Club: Vibrant Ecologies (10/14)
5. Athens Hip Hop Harmonic Residency (October)
6. La Foret Model (10/4)
7. Torch Song (10/5-9)
8. Performance: Paolo Angeli & Killick Hinds (10/8)
9. Torrance Lecture and Mini-Conference (10/12)
10 . Performative Lecture: Gangway (10/12)
11. CFP: Arts & Education for Social Justice Symposium (deadline 10/15)
12. Opportunity: Community-Based Theatre (10/18)
13. Creative Capital opportunities
---
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.
---
2. Down The Rabbit Hole, an Opera in One Act
Thursday, October 6 at 5:30 PM
Lyndon House Arts Center
Friday, October 14 at 5:30 PM
UGA Performing Arts Center, Ramsey Hall
All performances are free and open to the public
"Down the Rabbit Hole" is a one act opera based on Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland." This production aims to engage new audiences, particularly the young and the young at heart, with both new compositions and opera as an art form while also creating performance opportunities for undergraduate singers and instrumentalists. The familiar story, presented through whimsical music, is brought to life through this operatic retelling. Music by Bryan Wysocki and Julien Berger. Libretto by Abigail A. Head. Supported in part by an Idea Lab Mini Grant.
---
3. 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
---
4. Vibrant Ecologies Reading Club
Friday, October 14 at 11:30 AM
Main Art Building room S160
**a2ru Ground Works journal will host local Vibrant Ecologies reading clubs this semester with opportunities to meet authors and editors. If you are interested in joining the UGA reading club, please contact meredith.emery at uga.edu**
Readings for October 14:
Just-in-Time Ecology of Interdisciplinarity
https://groundworks.io/journal/projects/85
Translating Outcomes
https://groundworks.io/journal/projects/91
Cripping Media Art Ecologies
https://groundworks.io/journal/commentaries/11
Becoming Desirably Strange
https://groundworks.io/journal/commentaries/10
---
5. Athens Hip Hop Harmonic
October Residency
http://music.uga.edu/ahhh-residency
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. It 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 these events to find out!
Featuring
Ishues + James Weidman + Jazz Combo
Cassie Chantel + Julien Berger + African American Choral Ensemble
Celest Ngeve + Ayako Pederson-Takeda + CCE
Convict Julie + Tom Hiel + Wind Symphony
Montu Miller, emcee
Connie Frigo, producer
Composition Seminar
Friday, October 7 from 4:10-5 PM
Dancz Center, Hugh Hodgson School of Music Room 264
Join the Hip Hop artists and composers to learn about their collaborative writing process and receive a sneak peak at the musical scores that will be premiered at the October 20th show.
Common Hour Event
Wednesday, October 12 from 1:50-2:40 PM
Edge Recital Hall, Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Conversation: "Where Athens Hip Hop & UGA Come Out to Play"
Meet the Hip Hop artists, composers, and ensemble directors bringing the Athens Hip Hop Harmonic to life this semester! Facilitated by Connie Frigo, producer of the Athens Hip Hop Harmonic. Artist Meet & Greet with refreshments will take place immediately following Common Hour!
The Show!
Thursday, October 20 at 7:30 PM
UGA Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Hall
FREE, no tickets required
The African American Choral Ensemble, Jazz Combo, Wind Symphony, and CCE will perform world premieres of music co-created by Cassie Chantel & Julien Berger; Ishues & James Weidman; Convict Julie & Tom Hiel; and Celest Ngeve & Ayako Pederson-Takeda.
Follow the Athens Hip Hop Harmonic:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/athenshiphopharmonic/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/athenshiphopharmonic
YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCyXqmhqyTE8G2ke9d4-glZw
---
6. La Foret Model Project Presentation and Exhibition
Tuesday, October 4 from 2 - 4 PM
Lamar Dodd School of Art, room S151
https://art.uga.edu/events/la-foret-model-project-presentation-and-exhibition
Handshouse Studio is visiting UGA from Massachusetts, working with grads and undergrads in sculpture, historic preservation, art history, and design. They are building the UGA installment of La Foret Model, a 1:10 scale replica of the Notre Dame de Paris roof framework in white oak, based on a meticulous hand-drawn survey and a remarkable composite laser survey. Please join us for the La Foret Model Project presentation and exhibition and see how sculpture, architecture, and lasers come together to recreate the artisanship of a Parisian icon.
---
7. TorchSong
Cellar Theatre
https://www.ugatheatre.com/torchsong
Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein
Directed by George Contini
Tickets: $12, $8 for Students
Oct. 5-7 @ 8:00PM, Oct. 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.
---
8. Performance: Paolo Angeli & Killick Hinds
Saturday, October 8 at 7 PM
ATHICA, 675 Pulaski Street, Suite 1200
https://athica.org/event/angelikillick/
It is a rare treat to have Paolo Angeli visiting from Sardinia with his prepared Sardinian guitar. This is the first time Paolo & Killick will be performing together. Both will play solo sets and a duo.
Born in 1970, Paolo Angeli started to play guitar when he was 9. He grew up in Palau, an extremely stimulating musical environment. His Sardinian prepared-guitar is an orchestra-instrument with 18 strings, a hybrid between guitar, baritone, violoncello and drums, gifted with hammers, pedals, some propellers at variable speed. With this singular instrument, constructed by the craftsman Francesco Concas, Paolo elaborates, improvises and composes unclassifiable music, suspended between free jazz, folk noise and minimal pop.
Killick Hinds lives in Athens, Georgia. His music is Appalachian Trance Metal made on unusual stringed instruments with an emphasis on unquantifiable rhythms (shaping time), intuitive intonation (shaping pitch), and shamanistic ROYGBIV (shaping color). The primary sonic influences on Killick are animals, wind, water, fire, electrical hum, and silence. Despite its eclectic nature the sounds are surprisingly familiar and accessible to audiences of all ages and levels of musical involvement.
---
9. 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.
---
10. Performative Lecture: Gangway
Wednesday, October 12 at 6 PM
The Athenaeum, 287 W. Broad St.
https://athenaeum.uga.edu/events/
In GANGWAY, Athens-based artist, Keith Wilson, presents a live documentary performance about a 106-year-old San Francisco gay bar. Before its closure in 2018, The Gangway was the site of police raids, queer community organizing, early AIDS activism, and general joy-making. Combining archival material, 3D models and performance, this immersive piece explores new models for experiencing lost places and the creation of future narratives.
---
11. 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.
---
12. Community-Based Theatre Interest Meeting
Tuesday, October 18 at 5:15 PM
Fine Arts Building, room 201
Come learn about an exciting opportunity to use theatre, in partnership with high school students in Beaufort, SC, to tell an empowering history of Penn Center. As an ensemble, we will learn theatrical tools for social change and community building and create scenes from historical archives. The Maymester class will include a 4-day residency at the Penn Center; a Mellon Foundation grant will fund students' lodging, meals, and other expenses.
See: https://penncenter.uga.edu
Contact: Dr. Emily Sahakian (sahakian at uga.edu)
---
13 . Creative Capital
Artist Opportunities with Upcoming Deadlines in October and November 2022
https://creative-capital.org/2022/09/29/artist-opportunities-october-and-november-2022/
Fall into new artist opportunities! We have compiled the latest residencies, grants, and open calls with deadlines in October and November. Check out The Bennett Prize which supports a woman painter working in figurative realism with a $50,000 stipend total over two years; the new Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grant cycle, providing grants of up to $5,000 to professional dancers in need; and Hyperallergic's Journalism Fellowship for Curators which comes with $5,000 to support research and writing.
---
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.
ice.uga.edu
facebook.com/ideasforcreativeexploration
For more events and opportunities visit:
a2ru.org
accgov.com/617/Arts
art.uga.edu
arts.uga.edu
athenaeum.uga.edu
athica.org
calendar.uga.edu
ced.uga.edu
dance.uga.edu
drama.uga.edu
english.uga.edu
flagpole.com
georgiamuseum.org
music.uga.edu
pac.uga.edu
willson.uga.edu
|
