ICE Announcements 4.4.17
http://ice.uga.edu
1. ICE Conversation: a2ru Student Summit (4/7)
2. ICE Workshop: Unsolved: Math + Design (free registration)
3. ICE Reading Room: Civic Engagement
4. Lecture: Thomas Herron (4/4)
5. Performance: Hodgson Wind Ensemble (4/4)
6. Unconference: THATCamp Shakespeare (4/5)
7. Performance: Titus Andronicus (begins 4/6)
8. Seminar: Julie Velasquez Runk (4/6)
9. Lecture: Carrie Lambert Beatty (4/6)
10. Performance: Hexagons (4/6)
11. Event: Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals (4/6)
12. Exhibition: MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening (4/6)
13. Performance: Ritual Habit (4/8)
14. Dodd Dialogues: Rachel Debuque and Justin Plakas (4/10)
15. Event: Hyphenated American (4/28)
16. Opportunity: US Student Fulbright Program (info sessions)
17. Opportunity: a2ru Conference CFP (deadline extended 4/14)
18. Opportunity: Lyndon House Arts Center Call for Artists (deadline 4/20)
19. Opportunity: Call for Submissions: Nasty Women (deadline 5/27)
20. Opportunity: ICE Project Grants
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1. ICE Conversation: a2ru Student Summit
Friday, April 7 at 10 AM
Lamar Dodd Building Room S160
Learn more about the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) from UGA students who participated in the 2017 Emerging Creatives Student Summit "Water: New Directions Through Arts and Science."
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2. ICE Workshop: Unsolved: Math + Design
Saturday, April 8 from 9:45 AM - 3:30 PM
Lamar Dodd Building Room S160
To register please contact <[log in to unmask]>
Free!
"Unsolved: Math + Design" is an interdisciplinary workshop for math, art, and design research, with the goal of making a product to be used in math outreach contexts. This workshop will engage the public in thinking about unsolved problems in mathematics, and participants will take part in problem solving to discover the intersection between math and design.
It will include three sessions: design, math, and synthesis. In the design session, participants will collaborate on drawings by using a conditional design method. In the math session, they will try to solve an unsolved math problem in a collaborative setting. In the synthesis session, they will design and build a final product by combining the two perspectives as they experience the process of shared problem solving.
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3. ICE Reading Room: Civic Engagement: Why Cultural Institutions Must Lead the Way
"Arts and culture organizations must understand themselves not as arbiters of taste, but as creative homes for the people. They must be places driven by artists, culture bearers, philosophers, and activists. They must be platforms for cultivating public imagination; building thick and diverse networks; convening across differences and sectors; and incubating breakthrough ideas that stick, because they spring from communities that come together to embrace truth, honor diversity, and poetically pursue freedom."
By Deborah Cullinan
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Link: http://ssir.org/articles/entry/civic_engagement_why_cultural_institutions_must_lead_the_way
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4. Lecture: Thomas Herron
Tuesday, April 4 at 4 PM
Wilson Center Digital Humanities Lab (Main Library 3rd floor)
Thomas Herron, associate professor of English at East Carolina University, will give a lecture on digitally recreating Sir Edmund Spenser's Kilcolman Castle, the ruins of which stand in North Cork, Ireland. Herron works on the early modern poet Edmund Spenser and Irish plantation, including connections to Sir Walter Raleigh and Thomas Harriot. He also writes on Shakespeare. He has a strong interest in medieval and early modern Irish history, archaeology, and culture. His teaching experience and interests include Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Sir Philip Sidney, James Joyce, Irish literature, composition, creative writing (poetry) and general literature surveys. He has co-edited two multidisciplinary books on Ireland in the Renaissance and co-curated an exhibit at the Folger Shakespeare Library on "Nobility and Newcomers in Renaissance Ireland" (Spring 2013). He is the editor of the multidisciplinary journal Explorations in Renaissance Culture.
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5. Performance: Hodgson Wind Ensemble
Tuesday, April 4 at 8 PM
UGA Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall
The premier wind ensemble of the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music will perform works from ICE Mini-Grant recipient Cody Brookshire, ICE Advisory Board member Professor Peter Lane, Ron Nelson, Augusta Read Thomas, Mike Titlebaum and Michael Torke in a concert titled "All That Jazz." Tickets are available at http://pac.uga.edu or the PAC box office for $12 or $6 with a UGA student ID.
Cody Brookshire, Richard Saney, Nick Saney, and Jake Reeves were awarded a 2015 ICE Mini-Grant to create technology allowing for the synchronized streaming of different audio tracks to web-enabled devices for immersive live music, called "SynkroTakt." Last December, Lineage Percussion premiered "Triple Helix" a new work for marimba trio utilizing SynkroTakt to stream click tracks of different tempi to each player. More recently, the Hodgson Wind Ensemble took Brookshire's "Honeycomb" on a short tour, culminating in a performance at the national conference of the Concert Band Director's National Association in Kansas City, Missouri. Future implementations of the technology by Brookshire include a performance at the Electrobrass II Conference in April, the New York City Electronic Music Festival in July, and composing a piece in residence at Avaloch Farms Music Institute in October. The SynkroTakt team is aiming for an end-of-July public release of the technology. Anyone interested in knowing more about the technology should visit http://www.SynkroTakt.com.
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6. Event: THATCamp Shakespeare
Wednesday, April 5
Wilson Center Digital Humanities Lab (Main Library 3rd floor)
http://shakespeare2017.thatcamp.org/
"THATCamp" is The Humanities and Technology Camp, where interested humanists (digital or would-be digital), programmers, social media writers, systems administrators, students, and members of the public can come together to share their skills and knowledge. This year the University of Georgia celebrates its new Willson Center Digital Humanities Lab and co-sponsors the Shakespeare Association of America's annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. To commemorate this, the University of Georgia, the University of Georgia Libraries, and the Folger Shakespeare Library are collaborating to host THATCamp Shakespeare. Shakespeareans with an interest in digital culture and Digital Humanists with an interest in Shakespeare or in literary applications for their work are invited to attend. $15 registration fee.
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7. Performance: Titus Andronicus
Fine Arts Building, University Theatre Mainstage
http://www.drama.uga.edu/event/1648/titus-andronicus
Shakespeare's notoriously violent tragedy pits a renowned Roman general against a guileful captive queen in an increasingly bloody cycle of revenge that engulfs his entire family. Tickets are $16, $12 for students.
Showtimes:
Thursday, April 6 at 8 PM
Friday, April 7 at 8 PM
Saturday, April 8 at 8 PM
Wednesday, April 12 at 8 PM
Thursday, April 13 at 8 PM
Friday, April 14 at 8PM
Saturday, April 15 at 2:30 PM
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8. Seminar: Julie Velasquez Runk
Friday, April 7 at 3:30 PM
Baldwin Hall, Room 264
"Lessons from Publishing an Integrative & Community-based Participatory Research Book"
Julie Velasquez Runk, Associate Professor in the UGA Department of Anthropology & Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute will share lessons on publishing her book, "Crafting Wounaan Landscapes, Identity, Art, and Environmental Governance in Panama's Darien."
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9. Lecture: Carrie Lambert Beatty
Thursday, April 6 at 5:30 PM
Lamar Dodd Building, Room S151
Carrie Lambert-Beatty is an art historian who works on art since 1960, with special interests in performance, art and politics, and the aesthetics of deception. She is the author of the book "Being Watched: Yvonne Rainer and the 1960s" and the essay "Make Believe: Performance and Plausibility," among other writings. A professor at Harvard University, she holds a joint appointment in the department of History of Art and Architecture and the department of Visual and Environmental Studies.
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10. Performance: Hexagons
Friday, April 7 at 6 PM
UGA Performing Arts Center, Ramsey Hall
"Hexagons" is the doctoral dissertation piece of DMA candidate K. Scott Eggert, and is the full demonstration of a modal theory Eggert himself devised, along the lines of Olivier Messiaen's theory of Modes of Limited Transposition. Each piece in the cycle of Hexagons is based in one of Eggert's "hexagonal modes." The sequence of pieces is intended as a musical journey modeled after the Tree of Life, from the spiritual practice of Qabalah, as a progression from the physical realm through successively higher phases of consciousness. The concert includes music for string quartet, saxophone quartet, and mixed ensembles with piano and percussion, and showcases some of the most talented instrumentalists of the School of Music.
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11. Event: Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals
Thursday, April 6 at 7:30 PM
Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave.
UGA Master's and doctoral students have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis or dissertation topic and its significance. 3MT is not an exercise in trivializing or "dumbing-down" research but forces students to consolidate their ideas and crystalize their research discoveries. The exercise develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of students' capacities to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. Grand prize: $1000; Runner-up: $750; People's Choice: $500.
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12. Exhibition: MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening
Friday, April 7 at 5:30 PM
Georgia Museum of Art
Lamar Dodd School of Art invites you to come celebrate the annual exit show for the graduating master of fine arts students at the Georgia Museum of Art. This year's candidates are: Thomas Bosse, Reid Brechner, Julia Megan Burchett, Ellie Dent, Jamie Diaz, Arron Foster, Meirav Goldhour, Zachary Harris, Ariel Lockshaw, Shuk Han Lui, Jonathan Nowell, Amanda Scheutzow, Stephanie Sutton and Dan Vu.
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13. Performance: Ritual Habit
Saturday, April 8 at 7 PM
Dancz Center for New Music
Hugh Hodgson School of Music Room 264
A collaboration by Hanna Lisa Stefansson and Andrea Trombetta that portrays the formation of a ritual as a search for balance with nature with the aid of three percussionists, a string player, a woodwind player, and four dancers in an electroacoustic performance with fixed and live electronics in a quadraphonic setup. This project seeks to explore several levels of collaboration between composers and choreographers, and the relationship between music and dance.
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14. Dodd Dialogues: Rachel Debuque and Justin Plakas
Monday. April 10 at 1 PM
Lamar Dodd Room N201
Former ICE Graduate Research Assistant Rachel Debuque (MFA Sculpture 2013) and Justin Plakas (MFA Photography 2012) will discuss their careers after graduating from UGA.
http://racheldebuque.com
http://www.justinplakas.com
http://www.plakookee.com
Their multi-disciplinary background is reflected in their collaboration, PLAKOOKEE. PLAKOOKEE creates work that ranges from socially engaged residency projects, to installations, videos, and design. In this lecture, entitled "A Couple of Artists," Debuque and Plakas discuss the trials of balancing two academic careers, seeking employment, and creative fulfillment. This iteration of Dodd Dialogues will focus on how two Dodd Alumni have managed to foster a thriving collaborative project, a marriage, and two creative, academic careers. A question and answer session will follow the lecture.
Dodd Dialogues is a speaker series that has been launched to help current students explore their academic pathways and career options leading up to and following graduation. By connecting students early on with alumni in their careers, students are better able to picture and establish their own personal goals and career paths.
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15. Hyphenated American: Diversity Enriches!
Friday, April 28 from 7:30 - 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.
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.
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16. Opportunity: US Student Fulbright Program
Information Sessions
Deadline: August 31
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/
The 2018-2019 Fulbright competition opens April 3 and the campus deadline is August 31. Note to undergraduate juniors - if you want to go abroad on a Fulbright the year after graduation, this is the time to apply. Seniors and graduate students are also very welcome to apply. The competition is open to U.S. citizens who will have, at minimum, a bachelor's degree completed by spring 2018. For more information contact the UGA Fullbright Program Adviser, Maria de Rocher, [log in to unmask]
Information Sessions:
English Teaching Assistantships
Tuesday, April 11, 12:30-1:20pm, 102 Moore College
Wednesday, April 19, 3:30-4:30pm, 102 Moore College
Research/Study/Creative Grants - Undergraduates
Thursday, April 6, 3:30-4:30pm, 102 Moore College (featuring Jeremy Akin '10, research Fulbright to Uganda)
Friday, April 14, 12:20-1:10pm, 102 Moore College
Research/Study/Creative Grants - Master's & Phd Students
Friday, April 14, 3:30-4:30pm, 102 Moore College (general overview)
Tuesday, April 18, 12:00-1:30pm, 116 Moore College (advice on developing a proposal)
Pizza and drinks will be served at the lunchtime sessions.
If you can't attend an information session but are interested in applying for a Fulbright during the 2018-2019 competition, please be sure to contact Ms. de Rocher this spring or early summer. She will be happy to schedule an individual meeting.
Profiles on some of UGA's recent student Fulbrighters are at: http://honors.uga.edu/news/s_p/fulbright-profiles.html
A recent article about UGA as a top producer of Fulbrights for 2016-2017: http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/fulbright-rankings-17/
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17. a2ru National Conference
Arts in the Public Sphere: Civility, Advocacy, and Engagement
November 1-4, 2017
Deadline extended: April 14
Boston, MA
http://a2ru.org/events/2017-national-conference/
The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) is pleased to announce the 2017 a2ru National Conference, hosted by the Northeastern University with additional conference events throughout hosted by Boston University, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, and Tufts University.
Arts in the Public Sphere: Civility, Advocacy, and Engagement will use the city of Boston as a starting point for discussion and engagement. As a 21st century global city, Boston embodies many of the issues that drive diverse contemporary cultural contexts. It supports a rich and continually evolving sense of civic realms, and is home to leading arts, educational, medical, industrial and corporate entities invested in innovative modes of research, practice and civic participation. There is also clear recognition that the 'public sphere' is not confined to large metropolitan regions. Creating dynamic communities that engage and extend beyond traditional boundaries - in both virtual and material ways - remains a growing challenge and the work before us.
a2ru invites proposals from researchers, field leaders, and practitioners investigating the intersections, synergies, and interfaces of arts in the public sphere and their influence on civility, advocacy, and engagement. We seek proposals from: university-level faculty, administrators, and students, as well as civic leaders and representatives from industry, private enterprise, sectors outside the arts that incorporate the arts and design in their work, and public/private arts, culture, and civic organizations. We invite proposals from researchers, field leaders, and practitioners around the 2017 them and/or that address issues relevant to the mission of a2ru.
FORMATS FOR PARTICIPATION
Papers or alternative equivalents such as performances or time-based media presentations. 3-4 papers/performances/presentations will be grouped by the selection committee into 90-minute sessions around common themes.
Discussion panels. Panels should focus around a conference-themed topic and include a moderator and at least 3 panelists; each panelist is encouraged to offer a brief position paper or introductory presentation to uniquely enhance audience discussion. Panels should build in a direct dialog interface with attendees within an overall 90-minute session.
Working groups. Groups provide opportunity for immersive work sessions that participants sign up for in advance of the conference. Proposals should include a focus topic in relation to the conference themes as well as the intended working methods and outcomes of the group process.
Proposals will be reviewed and accepted through a blind peer review process by a2ru partner scholars, practitioners, and researchers.
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18. Opportunity: Lyndon House Arts Center Call for Artists
Deadline: Thursday, April 20
http://www.athensclarkecounty.com/6657/Exhibition-Proposal-Form
The Lyndon House Arts Center (LHAC) invites artist proposals for future exhibitions; call for submissions are offered semiannually. LHAC places importance on education and outreach, arts activities which reflect the values of integrity, quality, diversity and creativity held by the community. These values serve as a guide for the selection and exhibition of artwork for the galleries. LHAC is committed to providing quality exhibitions by local and regional artists, exhibits of works by local arts organizations, exchange exhibitions from other states and countries, invitational or juried exhibitions of local, regional/national/international artists, theme exhibitions focused on specific media/subjects/style, exhibits of historical/traditional works owned by area collectors, exhibitions of works by contemporary artists and occasionally packaged traveling exhibitions.
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19. Opportunity: Call for Submissions: Nasty Women
Deadline: Saturday, May 27
https://www.facebook.com/events/426447291030732/
Trio Contemporary Art Gallery is seeking work from Nasty Women Artists of all ages, races, religions, sexual orientations, gender or non-gender identifications, economic backgrounds, immigrants and non-immigrants... Trio welcomes anyone who identifies with being a Nasty Woman and want this exhibition to include a spectacular diverse rainbow of Nasty Women so please spread the word! Out-of-town artists are also encouraged to submit. All media welcome. Trio will accommodate as much work as it can.
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20. 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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For more events and opportunities visit:
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flagpole.com
georgiamuseum.org
music.uga.edu
pac.uga.edu
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