ICE Announcements 1.22.19
http://ice.uga.edu
1. Screening: Black '47 (1/23)
2. Screening: Faraway Land (1/23)
3. Roberto Tejada Events (1/24)
4. Lecture: Lauren Haynes (1/29)
5. Opportunity: Willson Center Graduate Research Awards (deadline 1/22)
6. Online Workshop: Grantwriting for Artists (1/24)
7. Opportunity: Call for Public Art: Hot Corner (deadline 1/27)
8. Opportunity: CURO Summer Fellowships (deadline 2/18)
9. Opportunity: Science Library Makerspace Technology Internship
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1. Screening and Discussion: Black '47
Wednesday, January 23 at 8 PM
Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave.
https://willson.uga.edu/event/screening-and-discussion-black-47/
The Willson Center presents a free public screening of director Lance Daly's 2018 Irish historical thriller. Shane Stephens, Consul General of Ireland in Atlanta, will introduce the film and Willson Center Director Nicholas Allen, Franklin Professor of English, will host a discussion and audience Q&A following the screening.
One man's ruthless pursuit of justice plays out against the darkest chapter of Irish history in this riveting revenge thriller. In 1847, battle-hardened soldier Feeney (James Frecheville) deserts the British army to return home to Ireland, where he finds his country ravaged beyond recognition by the Great Famine. When he discovers that his mother has died of starvation and his brother has been hanged by the British, something snaps, sending Feeney on a relentless quest to get even with the powers-that-be who have wronged both his family and his country. There is only one man who can stop Feeney's bloody crusade: disgraced British army veteran Hannah (Hugo Weaving), whose own loyalties may be more complex than they appear.
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2. Screening and Discussion: Faraway Land
Wednesday, January 23 at 7:30 PM
Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave.
Proceeds from this special presentation to benefit an art therapy program for refugees, organized by artist and UGA graduate Maria Nissan, who will lead a brief discussion and question and answer session following the screening.
Filmed in 2017 in Athens, Greece, this independent documentary film explores the inestimable phenomenon of friendship between refugees and volunteers. All of them come from different histories, they have different dramas, but also a lot in common: they all left their homeland behind to save their lives and to start again in this faraway land - sometimes hostile, sometimes supportive - which is Europe.
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3. Roberto Tejada Events
https://willson.uga.edu/event/roberto-tejada-pop-americas-urban-mixed-media/
Reading: Pop America's Urban Mixed Media
Thursday, January 24 at 2 PM
Lamar Dodd building, Room S150
Reading: Kill Time Objective
Thursday, January 24 at 7:30 PM
Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave.
The Willson Center welcomes Distinguished Lecturer Roberto Tejada, Professor of Creative Writing and Art History at the University of Houston. Co-hosted by the Lamar Dodd School of Art, College of Environment + Design, and Creative Writing Program, Tejada will present images and narratives that relate a transnational/translational poetics engaging the visual and language arts of 1960-1970s Pop as connected to media and urbanism in Mexico, Brazil, and the Chicano/a U.S. Southwest.
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4. Lecture: Lauren Haynes
Tuesday, January 29 at 5:30 PM
Lamar Dodd building, Room S150
Lauren Haynes is Curator of Contemporary Art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. Her most recent projects at Crystal Bridges include The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe and Contemporary Art (co-curator) and Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (institutional curator). Prior to joining Crystal Bridges in October 2016, Haynes spent nearly a decade at The Studio Museum in Harlem. As a specialist in African-American contemporary art, Haynes curated dozens of exhibitions at the Studio Museum and contemporary art institutions in New York. Haynes is a recipient of a 2016 Gold Rush Award from Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and a 2018 Center for Curatorial Leadership fellow.
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5. Opportunity: Willson Center Graduate Research Awards
Deadline: January 22
https://willson.uga.edu/opportunities/fellowships-grants/willson-grants-awards/
The Willson Center Graduate Research Award provides support of up to $1,250 toward research-related expenses for arts and humanities projects that are essential components of a graduate degree program. Applicants should explain the importance of their proposed activity and justify it within their field(s) of study in a context of research excellence. The Willson Center is particularly interested in fostering interdisciplinary research at the graduate level.
Application is open to any humanities and arts graduate student registered for an advanced degree. Previous graduate student research award recipients are ineligible. Graduate students may be supported in travel to archives, installations and performances, and other sites related to their research projects. Applicants who give a lecture or presentation of their work at another institution during the award of this grant must recognize the Willson Center as a source of support.
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6. Online Workshop: Grantwriting for Artists
Thursday, January 24 at 7 PM
Registration: $25
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-workshop-grantwriting-for-artists-with-tracie-holder-tickets-53371260878
Led by filmmaker Tracie Holder, this 90-minute online workshop covers all aspects of grantwriting for artists working in all disciplines with the goal of giving you confidence and a clear road map when applying for grants. We will cover the essential elements of proposal writing including how best to describe your work, create context, and make a compelling case for funding.
Organizer: Creative Capital supports innovative and adventurous artists across the country through funding, counsel and career development services. Our pioneering approach -- inspired by venture-capital principles -- helps artists working in all creative disciplines realize their visions and build sustainable practices.
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7. Call for Public Art - Hot Corner: An Athens Legacy
Deadline: January 27
https://www.accgov.com/8509/Call-for-Public-Art---Hot-Corner-Mural
The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) invites professional artists to submit a proposal and images of a mural concept for consideration in the Hot Corner: An Athens Legacy project in Athens. Georgia. The selected artist(s) will work with the ACAC and Athens-Clarke County government staff to create public art that enhances the project and complements the selected site.
In the heart of historic downtown Athens, Hot Corner is two blocks from the University of Georgia (UGA) campus. Surrounded by popular bars, restaurants, and music venues, the cultural, economic, and social history of this part of downtown Athens remains hidden in plain sight among a fairly transient population of students and young professionals. Yet the Morton Building and Hot Corner remain prominent symbols of minority entrepreneurship to the relatively small number of Athenians who understand its origins.
With the main goals of giving voice to the African American community and investing in creative place-making to foster pride in our shared history, the ACAC plans visual and storytelling workshops to complement the new mural. In partnership with the Lyndon House Arts Center (LHAC) and the Morton Theatre (now an active city-owned venue), we will engage the Athens and UGA communities in a timely discussion about the intersection of arts and history. At LHAC, we plan a workshop/lecture on visual storytelling led by the selected artist; at the Morton, we will host a community storytelling event featuring interviewees from the Hot Corner Oral History Project. Both events - and the mural's June 2019 unveiling - will coincide with the annual Hot Corner Festival, a celebration of Athens' African American-owned businesses past and present.
To immerse the selected artist ("Lead Artist") into the community, the local Artist Assistant will serve as an apprentice and Steering Committee liaison to the Lead Artist. The Artist Assistant will employ a small team of local artists (ages 16-24) to facilitate the mural's creation. Employing these young artists will help build a talent pipeline to assist with the future development of public art in our city.
The budget for this project is $24,000 all-inclusive. This means including, but not limited to, design, materials, installation, insurance, travel, and artists' fees.
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8. Opportunity: CURO Summer Fellowships
Deadline: Monday, February 18 at 5 PM
http://curo.uga.edu/students/summer_fellowship.html
Each year CURO awards 30 Summer Research Fellowships to support UGA undergraduates interested in pursuing intensive, immersive, faculty-mentored research during the summer. An applicant must be a current 1st through 3rd year student who has completed a minimum of 15 in-residence credit hours at UGA. CURO Summer Fellows are awarded $3,000.
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9. Opportunity: Science Library Makerspace Technology Internship
https://guides.libs.uga.edu/ld.php?content_id=46416343
This 100 hour internship (at a rate of $10 an hour) will take place during the Spring 2019 semester. With input and guidance from the Emerging Technologies Librarian, this new, grant-funded technology internship in the Science Library Makerspace will develop and deliver hands-on, project-based laser cutter instruction to undergraduates. Duties will include the creation of instructional materials and delivery of one-on-one instruction sessions of laser cutter technology to undergraduates.
The Science Library Makerspace is available as a campus-wide resource that supports students, faculty, and staff in creative making. It is an active-learning environment that inspires curiosity, critical thought, exploration, and innovative uses of technology that complement multidisciplinary curricular activities. The Makerspace welcomes all UGA students, staff, faculty, and affiliates for educational, non-commercial purposes and supports the UGA Libraries Strategic Plan and advances the University's mission.
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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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