UGA Arts Collaborative
April 2023
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1. Idea Lab Conversation: AI Future (4/4)
2. Generative Garden (Artist talk 4/13)
3. Reading: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (4/5)
4. Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals (4/5)
5. BFA Exhibitions (4/7, 4/21)
6. MFA Thesis Exhibition (opening 4/14)
7. 2023 Torrance Festival of Ideas (4/18-20)
8. Creating the Conditions for Creativity (4/18)
9. UGA Dance Company Spring Concert (4/20-22)
10. NEA Big Read Events
11. Rhizome Microgrants (deadline 4/10)
12. CURO Research Award (deadline 4/15)
13. CFP: Athens Art Book, Print & Zine Fair (deadline 4/23)
14. U.S. Student Fulbright Program
15. Creative Capital Artist Opportunities
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1. Idea Lab Conversation: AI Future
Tuesday, April 4 at 2:30 PM
Main Art Building Room S360
How will artists use new technologies? Join Eliana Gelman, Aryan Thakur, and Sudhan Chitgopkar for a conversation about their creative practices and Idea Lab-supported projects incorporating VR, AI, and robotics. Gelman and Thakur are co-creators of "Treehouse Zine," an art publication exploring the intersection of virtual reality experience and storytelling. Chitgopkar's project "Towards Analog" combines generative art and mathematics.
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2. Generative Garden
April 9-27
C-U-B-E Gallery
Lamar Dodd School of Art
Exhibition opening: Sunday, April 9 from 5-8 PM
Artist talk: Thursday, April 13 at 2:30 PM
Stroll through a world of math & art
The Generative Garden lies at the intersection of math and art, digital and analog. With algorithm-driven artwork and mathematical visualizations comprising its flora, this garden is one you would normally encounter in the digital world. Brought into the physical world using a pen-plotter, though, the garden is overgrown with works that explore visualizations of scale and imperfections of the analog.
Drawn to the aesthetic qualities of algorithm-driven art, Sudhan Chitgopkar uses generative art to explore his recreational interests in math. After completing his studies in Computer Science and International Affairs at UGA, Sudhan will continue to explore his interests in optimization, simulation, and visualization while studying computational science at Harvard University.
Supported in part by an Idea Lab Mini Grant.
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3. Reading: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Wednesday, April 5 at 5 PM
Miller Learning Center, Room 248
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/visiting_author_jennifer_nansubuga_makumbi
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is the author of Kintu, Let's Tell This Story Properly, and The Girl is a Body of Water. She is a recipient of the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize 2018, awarded annually by Yale University. She won the Global Commonwealth Short story prize 2014 for her short story, "Let's Tell This Story Properly". She is a Cheuse International Writing Fellow (2019) and KNAW-NAIS residency (2021). She has a Ph.D. from Lancaster University and has been (senior) lecturer at several universities in Britain.
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4. Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals
Wednesday, April 5 at 7 PM
UGA Chapel
https://grad.uga.edu/about/annual-events/3mt/
Join us for an exciting night of competition between10 finalists that will battle to take home the prize. The competition challenges graduate students to explain their research to non-specialist audiences in a short amount of time. This event is free and open to the public.
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5. BFA Exit Shows
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/bfa_exit_1_exhibition_opening_reception
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/bfa_exit_2_exhibition_opening_reception
SHOW 1
Opening reception: Friday, April 7 from 6-8 PM
On view: April 7-14
SHOW 2
Opening reception: Friday, April 21, 6-8 PM
On view: April 21-28
This exhibition is organized by and showcases the work of 42 graduating BFA students. Where The Sidewalk Ends is free to attend and features an array of work, including ceramics, painting, metalwork, photography, and more.
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6. 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition
Opening Friday, April 14 from 6-8 PM
The Athenaeum, 287 W. Broad St.
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/2023_mfa_exhibition_opening_reception
Join us as we celebrate our graduating class of MFA students in their final thesis exhibition.
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7. 2023 Torrance Festival of Ideas
April 18-20
Online and in-person events
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/2023_torrance_festival_of_ideas
The Torrance Festival of Ideas is a free annual online cultural and educational event where renowned experts from across disciplines present their innovative ideas to the global general public. This year the festival features unique perspectives on themes relevant to innovation, creativity, media, gaming, learning, storytelling, reading, imagination, science, AI, technology, aesthetics, literature, filmmaking, fashion, wellbeing, community health, mental health, aging, education, equality, pollution, conflict, and integrated design. Registration is free but limited to the first 1,500 attendees.
In-person talks:
Slow Wonder Lights the Slow Fuse of Possibility
Tuesday, April 18 at 6 PM
Cine, 234 W Hancock Ave.
Peter O'Connor, the Director of the Center for Arts and Social Transformation at the University of Auckland, makes the case for Slow Wonder in this talk. There are double edged words used by education researchers and bureaucrats that strip the art and beauty from teaching. They include: evidence based practice, learning intentions, individual achievement, and effective teaching. What if we talked instead of seeking classrooms full of beauty, of slow wonder, of day dreaming teachers and students. What if we abandoned lesson planning and embraced surprise and serendipity? What if we were brave enough for schooling to light the slow fuse of possibility to disrupt the madness of current living? This event will be followed by a reception hosted by the Willson Center.
Violence, Visualization, and Creativity
Wednesday, April 19 at 6 PM
UGA Special Collections Libraries
An estimated five percent of Americans -- more than thirteen million people -- live with
Post-Traumatic Stress Disordervat any given time. PTSD is the result of a psychiatric survival mechanism. When a person is thrust into traumatic circumstances, the brain is forced to adapt, rewiring itself in order to better cope with the situation. Once removed from the traumatic situation, these newly formed neural pathways remain, unseen. Though they may be invisible, they still have a massive impact on day-to-day life, causing disruptive memories, anxiety, and depression. Steel Soldier follows US military veterans fighting their PTSD with an ultra-violent sport: Armored Combat. The documentary's director and producer, Jamie Flanagan (Respectful Productions, Atlanta GA), will share his research and findings from this current project. https://steelsoldierdoc.com/
Live Well to Age Well
Thursday, April 20 at 6 PM
Digilab, UGA Main Library, 3rd floor
Healthy lifestyle behaviors throughout our life give us a better chance of aging well, with better memory and cognitive skills, a lower risk for dementia, and greater emotional wellbeing. This talk will summarize what science tells us about living a brain-healthy lifestyle. Vonetta Dotson, Ph.D. is a neuropsychologist, author, and speaker. She is a Professor of Psychology and Gerontology at Georgia State University and the author of the book, Keep Your Wits About You: The Science of Brain Maintenance as You Age. Her career has focused on teaching, providing clinical care, and conducting research related to brain health and aging.
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8. Creating the Conditions for Creativity
Torrance Festival of Ideas online event
Tuesday, April 18 at 2 PM
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/2023_torrance_festival_of_ideas
The demand for creative thinking and innovative problem-solving has never been higher, in business, in classrooms, and across our rapidly changing planet. This panel will explore the neuro-cognitive data on how creativity can be shaped by different spaces, from the height of our office ceilings to the design of VR and other digital spaces with which we interact, and how this impacts our cognitive agility for adapting to the future.
Panel:
Guest speaker: Pireeni Sundaralingam, Neuro-Resilience Consulting
Elizabeth King, Ecology/Forestry
Mark Callahan, Art
Host: Anna Abraham, Torrance Center
Pireeni Sundaralingam has conducted cognitive research at M.I.T and Oxford as well as leading the research program at Silicon Valley's Center for Humane Technology. As Principal Advisor on Human Potential at the United Nations Museum, she spearheaded strategy on behavior change around key global challenges, and is currently Interdisciplinary Catalyst at Oxford University's oldest college, as well as founder and CEO of Neuro-Resilience Consulting. https://neuro-resilience.net
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9. UGA Dance Company Spring Concert
April 20-22
Dance Building, New Dance Theatre
https://www.dance.uga.edu/events/uga-dance
Featuring dance faculty and guest choreography in a range of styles, including ballet, contemporary and jazz dance.
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10. NEA Big Read
https://athenslibrary.org/services/programs/nea-big-read/
Celebrate "Deaf Republic" events with the library, the art museum, the council on Aging, and many other partners.
April 3+:History with Chutzpah, Breman Museum Traveling Exhibit, ACC Library
April 4: Silent Book Club reading of Deaf Republic (free books!), The Graduate
April 6: Grandparents and kids move together! Athens Community Center on Aging (Center for Active Living Harris Room), free children's books!
May 3: Word of mouth, "Life after Deaf" (author, Noel Holston) and Athens Poet Laureate, Jeff Fallis! The Globe (upstairs)
May 7: CCI Sisterhood bookclub & Love. Craft. Band, ACC Library
*May 8: FEATURED READING with poet Ilya Kaminsky, poet Katie Farris, and The Mountain Singers!
May 13:Georgia Museum of Art Family Day - free children's book giveaway!
May 15: Film screening: CODA, ACC Library with hearing loop!
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11. Open Call: Rhizome Microgrants
Deadline: April 10
https://rhizome.org/editorial/2023/mar/15/2023-microgrants-apply/
Since 2014, the Rhizome Microgrant Program has awarded small grants ($500 - $1500) for the creation of new artworks, online exhibitions, and other web-based projects. The goal of this program is to empower anyone who has an idea for a creative project that responds to network culture and digital technologies to make it. The application is short, and proposed projects should be scoped according to the support provided by a "micro" grant. Select projects may receive additional support and/or have the opportunity to be included in the Rhizome ArtBase.
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12. The CURO Research Award
Deadline: April 15
https://curo.uga.edu/students/curo_research_assistantship.html
The CURO Research Award supports experiential learning opportunities that only a major research university can provide. Each year, as part of an initiative to enhance the UGA learning environment, the CURO Research Award provides 500 scholarships of $1,000 each to outstanding undergraduate students across campus to actively participate in faculty-mentored research. Because of the scholarship nature of the award, students must be registered for a course during the semester in which they receive the award.
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13. CFP: Athens Art Book, Print & Zine Fair (deadline 4/23)
Athens Art Book, Print & Zine Fair
Call for Participants
Deadline: April 23
https://art.uga.edu/athens-art-book-print-zine-fair
The Lamar Dodd School of Art is pleased to announce the inaugural Athens Art Book, Print & Zine Fair on Saturday, June 24th at the Athenaeum in downtown Athens, GA. Presented alongside AthFest, an annual free, three-day festival that celebrates Athens, GA's vibrant creative culture, featuring local and regional musicians and visual artists.
If you are interested in renting a table in conjunction with the fair, please fill out our online application form.
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14. U.S. Student Fulbright Program Information Sessions
The 2024-2025 Fulbright competition opens April 1, 2023, and the campus deadline is September 5, 2023. Note to undergraduate juniors -- if you want to go abroad on a Fulbright the year after graduation, this is the time to apply. Seniors, graduate students, and recent alumni 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 summer 2024.
RESEARCH/STUDY/CREATIVE GRANTS - UNDERGRADUATES & MASTER'S STUDENTS:
Tuesday, April 18, 5:00-6:00pm, 102 Moore Hall
Featuring Kyle Patel '21, Fulbright Student Research Fellow in India
RESEARCH/STUDY/CREATIVE GRANTS - PHD STUDENTS:
Wednesday, May 3, 2:00-3:00pm, Webinar
Featuring Fulbright alumni on funding for PhD dissertation research
To receive the links for the virtual information sessions and notices about future info sessions and deadlines, register for UGA's Fulbright 2024-2025 listserv at: https://forms.gle/9wqe3EB5ChSKosbX9
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15. Creative Capital
Artist Opportunities April & May
https://creative-capital.org/2023/04/01/artist-opportunities-april-and-may-2023/
Are you on the hunt for residencies, grants, or awards to further your creative career dreams? We've got your back. Current listings include the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize -- a $25,000 award for the best poetry book published in the U.S. last year. There are Latinx Project grants specifically for curators, scholars, and artists. And the PLAYA residencies are perfect for scientists and artists whose work promotes dialogue and positive change in the environment and the world.
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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.
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For more events and opportunities visit:
https://calendar.uga.edu/
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