Ideas for Creative Exploration
December 2021
http://ice.uga.edu
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1. Idea Lab Mini Grants
2. Reading Room: SNAAP Research Symposium
3. Sustainable UGA Semester in Review (12/8)
4. Curator Talk: Femfolio (12/1)
5. Book Release: Janisse Ray (12/2)
6. ATHICA Events
7. Ecologies of Meaning in Art, Science & Technology Collaborations (1/19)
8. Ground Works Call for Submissions (open)
9. Athens Cultural Affairs Commission Awards (deadline 12/17)
10. Elsewhere Museum Call for Artists In Residence (deadline 1/3)
11. Willson Center Graduate Research Awards (deadline 1/18)
12. South Arts Grants (multiple deadlines)
13. UGA Arts & Humanities Grant Writing Month (February 2022)
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1. Idea Lab Mini Grants
Call for Proposals
No deadline
http://ice.uga.edu/grants/
Idea Lab Mini Grants support creative interdisciplinary projects. Grant recipients are eligible to receive mentorship, feedback, and up to $500 in project funds. Collaborative teams may include participants from multiple communities and must 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 150 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.
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2. Reading Room: 2021 SNAAP Research Symposium Recordings
https://snaaparts.org/findings/presentations
The SNAAP Research Symposium brings together researchers, administrators, faculty members, students, and policymakers to learn about recent research about the lives and careers of arts graduates using the rich SNAAP database.The mission of the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) is to maximize the success and impact of creatives in society by driving evidence-informed change in training and illuminating the value of arts and design education.
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3. Sustainable UGA Fall 2021 Semester in Review
Wednesday December 8 from 11 AM - 1 PM
UGA Special Collections Library
RSVP: https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2i3CwRHlVMOzpsy
Celebrating student initiatives that advance sustainability on campus and in the community. Presentations, poster displays, a light lunch, and opportunities to connect with students, faculty, staff and community members. Opening Remarks will be provided by Dr. Victor K. Wilson, UGA VP for Student Affairs.
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4. Zoom Curator Talk: "Inside Look: Selected Acquisitions from the Georgia Museum of Art"
Wednesday, December 1 at 2 PM
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UkvWe4ZsQPOqfI_6ay1DVw
Join Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art, on Zoom for a special curator talk focusing on examples from the "Femfolio" portfolio, featuring prints by artists such as Faith Ringgold and Miriam Schapiro.
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5. Book Release and Signing: Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray
Thursday, December 2 at 4:30 PM
Jackson Street Building, Room 130
https://ced.uga.edu/news_and_events/2021_janisse_ray_booksigning_dec2/
The bestselling author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood's latest book is an exploration of the amazing and vanishing wild world. This is Janisse Ray's only stop in Athens for the release of her new book "Wild Spectacle," organized by UGA's Environmental Ethics Certificate Program.
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6. ATHICA Events
675 Pulaski St, Suite 1200
https://athica.org
Performance Night
Wednesday December 1 at 5:30 PM
Reception and Print Sale
Saturday December 4, 6-9 PM
EXPOSURE: Pop-Up Exhibition @ ATHICA
Until December 5
ATHICA hosts the work of UGA's Lamar Dodd School of Art Photography Department's undergraduate and graduate students in this semester-ending pop-up exhibition.
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7. Ecologies of Meaning in Art, Science & Technology Collaborations
Wednesday, January 19 at 3 PM
https://creative-capital.org/events/ecologies-of-meaning-in-art-science-technology-collaborations/
For this live-streamed event, transdisciplinary artist Erika Blumenfeld will moderate a conversation with transmedia artist Stephanie Dinkins (2019 Creative Capital Awardee), environmental artist Xavier Cortada, and Monica Bello, head curator at Arts at CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics). Each will share brief presentations about their respective work across art, science and technology, and discuss the perceived boundaries, entanglements, and kinships of these fields. Together they will consider the contributions artists can make in collaborations with the sciences, and whether novel ethical frameworks can evolve from meaning-making across disciplines. The conversation will include audience Q&A via YouTube chat.
Creative Capital is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to fund artists in the creation of groundbreaking new work in the visual arts, performing arts, literature, film, technology, and multidisciplinary practices, including socially-engaged work in all forms. Our pioneering model of grantmaking also provides thousands of artists with scaffolding and infrastructure support via professional development programs, networking opportunities, and educational resources.
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8. Ground Works Call for Submissions
https://groundworks.io/proposals/1/home_show
The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) issues a call for submissions to its online peer-reviewed collection of interdisciplinary arts projects, Ground Works.
We welcome submissions that integrate research and practice in the fine, performing, and applied arts and design with other disciplines. We seek a wide range of interdisciplinary works that pose a challenge to traditional peer review methods by inviting examination from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Eligible projects have achieved some initial recognition; they may be collaborative or sole-author, but should demonstrably advance multiple fields within and beyond the arts.
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9. Athens Cultural Affairs Commission Arts in Community Awards
Deadline: Friday, December 17
https://www.athensculturalaffairs.org/call-for-proposals-arts-in-community-awards-fall-2021-athens-in-color/
To promote creative place-making in our community, the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) invites local organizations, groups, and artists to apply for the Fall 2021 Arts in Community Awards (AICA) to support a public art project, event, or art activity in Athens-Clarke County that contributes to the vitality, unique identity, and livability of the Athens community.
Two awards at $2,000 each will be issued to fund proposals for public art projects, events, or activities (herein referred to as "projects") that interpret the theme of "Athens in Color" and contribute to the vitality, unique identity, and livability of the Athens community. "Color" is interpreted across most art forms, from painting to literature and music. Color, too, is often associated with life, vitality, and nature. After a uniquely challenging year for communities around the world, the ACAC seeks proposals on the theme of "Athens in Color": celebrations, reflections, and other interpretations of Athens, Georgia through art.
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10. Elsewhere Museum Call for Artists In Residence
Deadline: Monday January 3
https://www.elsewheremuseum.org/residencies-2022
Foundational Residencies
This is the original residency experience of coming to Elsewhere to become immersed in our world of things. Open to all artists around the globe who are 18 or older. Foundational Residencies are typically 26 days (arrive on a Thursday, leave on a Tuesday, with three FULL weeks in between), but they offer the flexibility to do shorter 2-3 week research residencies that are less focused on producing finished works. Proposals for longer residencies will also be considered.
The Southern Constellations Fellowship is an annual, curated residency program that explores experimental practices across a network of Southern artists and organizations.
The Collaborative Family Residency invites four families to create as collaborative units, with each family member of different ages and abilities participating in the residency. Artists collaborate with their child(ren), parent(s), sibling(s), or chosen family.
For 2022, Elsewhere has eliminated residency fees that have been associated with participating in its Foundational Residency. Historically artists paid up to $1,050 in program and room/board fees, which represented about one fourth of the cost per resident and was still modest compared to other residency programs. Eliminating these fees was an important step to making residencies more financially accessible to artists, with the longer term goal to be able to pay every artist to participate. It is part of the organization's equity plan that also includes efforts to become W.A.G.E. (wageforwork.com) certified, a voluntary commitment to meeting field-wide equitable artist pay standards. Additionally, Elsewhere has created an Artist In Residence Financial Assistance Fund that anyone can contribute to directly in order to enable participation from artists who face additional financial barriers.
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11. Willson Center Graduate Research Awards
Deadline: January 18
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 and practice-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 Willson Center Graduate Research Award recipients are ineligible. Graduate students may be supported in travel to archives, installations and performances, and other sites related to their research or creative activity.
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12. South Arts Grants
Multiple Deadlines
https://www.southarts.org/dates-deadlines
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, South Arts is a nonprofit regional arts organization empowering artists, organizations, and communities, and increasing access to arts and culture.
Express Grants
These grants of up to $2,000 support organizations in rural communities to present artists of any discipline for public engagements and educational opportunities.
Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grants
These grants of up to $2,000 support individual artists to take advantage of a milestone opportunity in their career.
Jazz Road Tours
These grants support jazz artists with awards of up to $15,000 to build tours reaching parts of the country underserved by the art form.
Professional Development and Artistic Planning Grants
These grants of up to $1,000 support arts organizations to gain the tools and knowledge necessary to support their audiences.
Emerging Leaders of Color
A multi-day professional development and networking opportunity for arts and cultural workers of color.
Southern Cultural Treasures
A new, multi-year program supporting BIPOC-led and -serving arts and cultural institutions with grants of up to $300,000, networks to support growth, and more.
Southern Prize & State Fellowships
$80,000 in awards to visual artists living in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
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13. Arts & Humanities Grant Writing Month
Begins Friday, February 4 at 2 PM
February 2022 is Arts and Humanities Grant Writing month at UGA. Reserve Friday afternoons in February for a series of grantsmanship events, including Zoom presentations and Q&As with program officials from both the National Endowment for Humanities and National Endowment for Arts. Contact Jake Maas ([log in to unmask]) in the Office for Proposal Enhancement with questions.
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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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