UGA Arts Collaborative
9.19.23
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1. Expression of the Superorganism (until 10/1)
2. 2023 Food, Power, and Politics Lecture (9/19)
3. Reading: Mona Susan Power (9/21)
4. Creative Capital Artist Lab (9/21)
5. Silent Sky (begins 9/28)
6. In Conversation: Paul Pfeiffer (9/28)
7. Sustainability Certificate Information Session (9/28)
8. a2ru Webinar: AI Provocateurs (10/5)
9. NEA Call for Panelists
10. Rescue: Waste and Redemption CFP (deadline 9/20)
11. 4'33" Competition (deadline 10/19)
12. a2ru National Conference (10/19-21)
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1. Expression of the Superorganism
September 14-October 1
Lamar Dodd School of Art Bridge Gallery
https://art.uga.edu/galleries/expression-superorganism
Gallery Talk with Haolin and Jiayi
Friday, September 29 at noon
Expression of the Superorganism is an exhibition of visual art created by Red Imported Fire Ants in collaboration with artist Jiayi Guo and biologist Haolin Zeng. In the seemingly boundless expression of the superorganism, art created by ants features a post-humanist element, where the aesthetic dimension of being for humans and ants is one of cooperation rather than conflict.
Solenopsis invicta, or Red Imported Fire Ant is considered to be an invasive pest, commonly found in the southeastern United States.
Jiayi "Eva" Guo is a doctoral student in Art Education. She holds a BFA in Ceramic Art and an MFA in Art History from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China. She is an art educator and artist focusing on de-colonialism, public education, and animal studies.
Haolin "Horace" Zeng is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Entomology. He studies the collective behavior and evolution of social structure in Red Imported Fire Ants. Horace earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, where he served as the president of a vintage and manual photography club.
Expression of the Superorganism is supported in part by the UGA Arts Collaborative, an interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts.
For more information about the project, visit:
https://gzstudio.org
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2. 2023 Food, Power, and Politics Lecture
Tuesday, September 19 at 5:30 PM
Special Collections Libraries
https://www.libs.uga.edu/events/2023-food-power-and-politics-lecture
The fourth annual Food, Power, and Politics Lecture features Maurice Bailey, president and CEO of Save Our Legacy Ourself (SOLO), a non-profit based on Sapelo Island. Bailey will discuss the revival of heritage crops and the preservation of the culture, heritage, and traditions of the Saltwater Geechee people on Sapelo Island.
Bailey is a ninth generation Sapelo Island resident, son of Cornelia Walker Bailey and great-great-great-great-great grandson of Bilali Mohammed. Along with his mother, he started the revival of heritage crops on Sapelo Island. He currently serves as president and chief executive officer of Save Our Legacy Ourself (SOLO), a non-profit based on Sapelo Island, which is focused on reviving agriculture with the mission of preserving the culture, heritage, and traditions of Saltwater Geechee people on Sapelo Island. SOLO also works on land retention and climate change mitigation planning on Sapelo Island. Bailey is also the co-director of UGA's Cornelia Walker Bailey Program on Land and Agriculture. His advocacy has been covered in many magazines and media outlets.
Nik Heynen will moderate the event. Light reception to follow.
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3. Reading: Mona Susan Power
Thursday, September 21 at 5 PM
Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave.
Mona Susan Power will be reading from her new novel, A Council of Dolls. Power is the author of four books of fiction: The Grass Dancer (awarded the PEN/Hemingway prize), Roofwalker, Sacred Wilderness, and the newly released novel, A Council of Dolls, Mariner, 2023. Fellowships in support of her work include an Iowa Arts Fellowship, James Michener Fellowship, Radcliffe Bunting Institute Fellowship, Princeton Hodder Fellowship, USA Artists Fellowship, McKnight Fellowship, and Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellowship. Her short stories and essays have been widely published in journals, magazines and anthologies including: The Best American Short Stories series, The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, The Missouri Review and Ploughshares. She is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, born and raised in Chicago. She's a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. She currently lives in Minnesota. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Department and the Institute of Native American Studies at UGA.
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4. Artist Lab: Low-Stress Networking for Artists with Meredith Talusan
Thursday, September 21 at 1 PM
Zoom
https://creative-capital.org/events/artist-lab-low-stress-networking-for-artists-with-meredith-talusan/
Networking can feel stressful for many artists, especially at a time when we feel ever-increasing pressure to pitch and promote our work. How can we as artists build community in ways that utilize our own specific strengths and tendencies, and reframe networking activities in ways that feel good to us? Join 2023 Creative Capital Awardee Meredith Talusan and Director of Artist Initiatives Aliza Shvarts for an Artist Lab to discuss the ins and outs of low-stress artist networking.
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5. Silent Sky
September 28 - October 8
Fine Arts Building, Cellar Theatre
https://www.ugatheatre.com/silentsky
Silent Sky brings to life the untold story of Henrietta Leavitt, a brilliant astronomer whose groundbreaking discoveries changed our understanding of the cosmos. Fueled by determination, intellect, and an unyielding spirit, Henrietta struggles against the societal expectations of the early 20th century in Lauren Gunderson's thought-provoking meditation on perseverance, the pursuit of knowledge, and the indomitable human spirit.Silent Sky is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection.
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6. In Conversation: Paul Pfeiffer
Thursday, September 28 at 6 PM
The Athenaeum
https://athenaeum.uga.edu/events/
This conversation begins with the premiere of Art21's new Extended Play short film, which focuses on Red Green Blue and the artist's time at UGA.
Contemporary video artist Paul Pfeiffer discusses his recent exhibition at the Athenaeum, Red Green Blue with media scholar, Dr. Phillip Auslander; Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands at the University of Georgia, Brett Bawcum; and contemporary art historian, Dr. Isabelle Wallace.
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7. Sustainability Certificate Information Session
Thursday, September 28 at 4 PM
Miller Learning Center, room 267
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/sustainability_certificate_information_session_764
The Sustainability Certificate Info Session is an opportunity for interested students to learn about the program. All are welcome. The UGA Sustainability Certificate equips students with critical skills to address global sustainability challenges through real-world solutions. The certificate is offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels and program requirements include a total of 17 credit hours.
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8. a2ru Webinar: AI Provocateurs
Thursday, October 5 at 3 PM
https://a2ru.org/event/ai-provacateurs/
*As an a2ru member institution, UGA students, faculty, and staff are eligible for free registration.*
Generative AI is emerging as the latest technology to disrupt the arts, design, and media fields. How are creative faculty responding, sometimes in unexpected ways? This webinar brings together working artists, educators, researchers, and technologists to discuss how they are exploring AI from diverse perspectives -- ethically, creatively, and productively.
This panel discussion will be moderated by Dr. Yvonne Houy, the Editor of Tradition-Innovations in Art, Design, and Media Higher Education. The inaugural edition of this new a2ru peer-reviewed digital journal -- out in late Fall 2023 -- will focus on Artificial Intelligence and possible futures for the Arts.
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9. NEA Call for Our Town Panelists
https://www.arts.gov/form/volunteer-to-be-a-national-endowment-for-the-arts-panelist
National Endowment for the Arts panelists play a central role in reviewing applications for funding. We rely on panels composed of individuals who represent a broad range of artistic and cultural viewpoints, as well as wide geographic and ethnic diversity, to provide advice about the artistic excellence and artistic merit of proposals in a variety of funding categories. We are recruiting panelists now for NEA Our Town, for application review taking place in late November and early December 2023. The commitment is roughly 40 hours of work over a six-week period.
https://www.arts.gov/grants/our-town
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10. Rescue: Waste and Redemption: call for artwork
Deadline: September 20
https://www.accgov.com/10647/Rescue-Waste-and-Redemption-call-for-art
Lyndon House Arts Center and guest curator Lizzie Zucker Saltz seeks artists who transform industrial byproducts into artworks or craft objects, creating artworks that save materials from the landfill or rescue raw materials from the fate of becoming environmental pollutants. We encourage artists whose practice involves the use of environmentally conscious processes and materials -- including but not limited to fabric art, jewelry, woodworking, metalworks, installation or multi-media constructions -- to apply for the exhibition titled Rescue: Waste and Redemption, to be on view April 6 to June 1, 2024.
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11. 2023 Call for Participation: Spotlight on the Arts LIVE Research Competition 4'33"
Deadline: October 19
https://arts.uga.edu/4minutes33seconds/
This competition highlights UGA student research in the arts and provides an opportunity to win award funding and to share creative inquiry with peers, faculty, administrators, and alumni throughout the university community. The competition is open to any graduate or undergraduate student working on an advanced project related to the literary, visual, or performing arts. On Tuesday, November 14, finalists will present their research in talks exactly four minutes and thirty-three seconds in length. Awards include $433 for the grand prize winner and $150 for three runners-up.
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12. 2023 a2ru National Conference
October 19-21
Penn State University
https://a2ru.org/event/2023-national-conference-whats-next-imagining-new-educational-futures-for-ourselves-our-communities-and-our-planet/
*As an a2ru member institution, UGA students, faculty, and staff are eligible for reduced registration rates.*
"What's Next?: Imagining New Educational Futures for Ourselves, Our Communities and Our Planet"
The a2ru national conference is an opportunity for practitioners and researchers from across the higher education spectrum to share innovations and perspectives in the arts. a2ru advances the full range of arts and design-integrative research, curricula, programs, and creative practice to acknowledge, articulate, and expand the vital role of higher education in our global society.
a2ru's work, in partnership with an international network of leading higher education institutions, envisions a world in which universities -- students, faculty, and leaders -- explore, embed, and integrate the arts in everyday practice and research.
This will be an in-person conference, and remote participation will be an option for many sessions.
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The UGA Arts Collaborative is an interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts at the University of Georgia, supported in part by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
http://arts-collab.uga.edu
For more events and opportunities visit:
http://calendar.uga.edu/
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