The deadline is approaching for to enroll in the CURO Seminar, "Introduction to Research in
the Arts". Please help to pass this information along to students who may be interested.

The deadline for registration is June 30, 2003 for the fall semester, one hour,  S/U course:
HONS 3010H, 58-454 on Wednesdays, 1:25-2:15 p.m. in Tanner Building 101.  CURO
Introductory research seminars are open to students (within and outside Honors) with a 3.4
gpa with between 30 and 89 hours. To enroll in a CURO seminar, please send an email to Dr.
Pamela Kleiber, Associate Director, Honors Program, [log in to unmask] Course
description follows:

The course, led by Mark Callahan, will provide an overview of arts research, present
methodological models for sustaining research-based creative practice and act as a workshop
for project development.

The seminar will examine conventional and emerging forms of arts research, ranging from
historical and critical studies to project-based works that address new media and
interdisciplinary approaches.  Students wil visit various areas of campus to become familiar
with performance and exhibition resources at UGA and meet leading faculty and
professionals who are conducting research in the Departments of Art, Dance, Drama, English
and Music and the Georgia Museum and ICE.

Students will be exposed to a range of models for creative practice based on visits with
faculty, outside reading and discussion  The seminar will address ways the arts research is
produced in forms of exhibitions, performances and publications, and how institutional
networks, grants, commissions and entrepreneurial approaches support research-based
cultural production.

Throughout the semester students will develop individual and collaborative project proposals
based on actual opportunities and hypothetical situations.  Project development will occur in
a workshop format thoughout brainstorming sessions, critique, feasibility studies, written
proposals, production and documentation planning and organization of supporting materials.
Arts research is a demanding and rapidly shifting area.  New modalities have created blurry
areas where once-distinct categories used to exist.  The potential for innovation is high at a
research university but requires an open-minded approach and the willingness to experiment
and to become knowledgeable in a broad range of subjects.  Students should be prepared for
intense discussion, self-initiated research and an overwhelming sense of possibility.

for more information visit: http://www.uga.edu/honors/curo/seminars/index.html