UGA Arts Collaborative
3.28.24
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1. Arts Collaborative Conversation: (art)WORK (4/5)
2. a2ruWebinar: Towards Better Tools (4/5)
3. Rescue: Waste and Redemption (opens 4/6)
4. Arts Collaborative Conversation: Summit Reports (4/19)
5. Torrance Festival of Ideas (4/23-25)
6. The Mask You Wear (4/25)
7. Webinar: Arts Prescriptions on Campus (4/25)
8. Willson Center Workshops
9. South Arts Workshops
10. Creative Capital Grants (deadline 4/4)
11. CURO Research Awards (deadline 4/15)
12. Dance Exchange OAC Climate Institute (deadline 5/10)
Full schedule of arts events at UGA:
https://calendar.uga.edu/calendar/?event_types=110984
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1. Arts Collaborative Conversation: (art)WORK
Friday, April 5 at noon
Lamar Dodd room S360
Join graduate assistants in interdisciplinary arts research for a conversation about art and labor. Pay and professional standards vary widely in creative spaces. Emerging artists often face challenges in obtaining fair compensation and equitable treatment in entry level positions. All are welcome to share their experiences and strategize together about the challenges of working in the arts.
Hosted by the Arts Collaborative student organization.
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2. Towards Better Tools: Shaping the Future of AI for the Arts and Design in Higher Education
Friday, April 5 at noon
https://a2ru.org/event/towards-better-tools-shaping-the-future-of-ai-for-the-arts-and-design-in-higher-education/
*As an a2ru member institution, UGA students, faculty, and staff are eligible for free registration.*
a2ru, The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) and the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) invite their shared communities to participate in a panel discussion envisioning more productive, equitable, and artful futures for the use of AI in arts and design higher education. In the midst of rapid technological development and the anxiety that attends these changes, how can academic and artistic leaders work collectively to proactively shape the continued development of these tools and their deployment in research, teaching and practice?
Moderated by Dr. Soul Brown, Director of Research at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), this discussion will look at ways to harness the existing strengths and potential of generative AI, while also addressing some of its challenges, particularly in regards to intellectual property and the perpetuation of bias. Panelists will include:
Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo, Director, Institute of Applied Creativity, Texas A&M University
Jutta Trevaranis, Director, Inclusive Design Resource Center, OCAD University
Caleb Weintraub, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and David Ondrik, Area Head of Photography, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University
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3. Rescue: Waste and Redemption
April 6 to June 15
Lyndon House Arts Center
https://www.accgov.com/10873/Rescue-Waste-and-Redemption
Artist Reception and Curator Talk, Tuesday, April 9 at 6 PM
Rescue Fashion Event: Thursday, May 23 at 6 PM
Rescue: Waste and Redemption exhibition is guest curated by Lizzie Zucker Saltz. This group exhibit was a call for submissions in which Saltz selected 22 artists from 90 submissions. Artists included consider the transformation of industrial byproducts into artworks or craft objects thus creating artworks that save materials from the landfill or rescue raw materials from the fate of becoming environmental pollutants.
"I love the idea of redemption through transformation, and how the artists in RESCUE embody that kind of material alchemy." - Lizzie Zucker Saltz, Curator.
Artists selected are: Paul Blake, Lisa Freeman, Heather Bird Harris, Susan Lenz, Adah Bennion, Casey McGuire, Larry Millard, Zachary Naylor, Johanna Norry, Emily Peters, Pilar, Paula Reynaldi, Nell Ruby, Lisa Schnelinger, Lenore Solmo, Kelly Thompson, Gregor Turk, Jon Vogt, Michael Webster, Matthew White, Kelsey Wishik and Joni Younkins.
Guest Curator Saltz believes that "Rescue's twenty-four artists' will heighten audiences' awareness of these core environmental issues."
Guest Curator Lizzie Z. Saltz is a freelance arts worker based in Athens, GA. She is best known as the founder of Athens Institute for Contemporary Art in 2001, which she directed for a decade after. She has worked for several local environmental non-profits such as The Athens Land Trust and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. This is the fourth exhibit she has curated for the Lyndon House Arts Center. Sugar Und Salt Designs, her small business, rejuvenates used clothing.
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4. Arts Collaborative Conversation: Summit Reports
Friday, April 19 at noon
Lamar Dodd room S360
Learn more about the a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Summit and South Arts/Creative Placemaking Communities South and Appalachian Creative Placemaking Summit from UGA students who attended them. Sophie James, Emily Dustman, Jana Ghezawi, and Saurabh Anand will share their experiences in an informal conversation open to all.
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5. Torrance Festival of Ideas
April 23-25
https://tinyurl.com/2024ideasfest
The 2024 Torrance Festival of Ideas commemorates 40 years of the Torrance Center at UGA with the festival theme of creativity and learning. This global online three-day festival features presentations from world-renowned scholars on their pioneering ideas in creativity, learning, and education.
Registration is FREE but seats are limited!
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6. "The Mask You Wear" Performance and Conversation
Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 PM
Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave.
"The Mask You Wear" is a musical composition collaboratively created by composer Julien Berger and composer and lyricist Cassie Chantel. Supported by the Athens Hip Hop Harmonic, this work blends classical saxophone quartet music with multi-genre vocalist and recording artist Chantel's riveting lyrics. This event will include a live performance of the piece, featuring saxophone quartet Mixed Media with Chantel, and a discussion with the composers and moderator Nkululeko Zungu.
Berger is an Athens, GA-based composer and saxophonist whose music is rooted in storytelling. Julien is influenced by contemporary wind ensemble music, saxophone chamber and solo music, and other contemporary styles, such as hip hop, jazz, and pop. His aim is to connect with audiences with his music across the boundaries of genre and style.
Leading with the story-telling element of classic hip hop while being as unorthodox as today's rap/pop music, Chantel is an artist whose body of work cannot be categorized with generic labels. The tone of her voice defies gender and sexuality stereotypes with its ambiguous depth and transcends into her image. Known for embodying both feminine and masculine energy, Chantel gives a fresh perspective to the music industry.
Zungu will moderate a discussion with Julien and Cassie, discussing the creative and collaborative process behind this piece. Zungu is a South African-born Black composer whose passion for music started in Cape Town, South Africa where he was surrounded by many styles and genres of music. His own expression is influenced by soundscapes and introspective art that can be found in music exploring avant-pop, trip-hop, electronic music, and spiritual styles. He can be seen performing under the alias 'Kuza.
This event is presented by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, the Athens Hip Hop Harmonic, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. It is part of the Willson Center's Global Georgia public events series.
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7. Arts Prescriptions on Campus: Offering Art on Prescription to Students in Higher Education
Monday, April 25 at noon
https://a2ru.org/event/arts-prescriptions-on-campus-offering-art-on-prescription-to-students-in-higher-education/
*As an a2ru member institution, UGA students, faculty, and staff are eligible for free registration.*
In January 2024, Stanford University launched a pilot program to connect students with art on prescription. In the program, participants receive an arts prescription which contains 9 "doses" of arts and culture. Each dose is a single engagement for an on campus activity or event (such as attending a concert, participating in a workshop, visiting a museum, etc.). Deborah Cullinan, Vice President for the Arts at Stanford, will share the story behind why the Stanford Arts Prescribing Program was launched, working with a complex network of campus and external partners, and what they've learned since launch.
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8. Willson Center Major Grant and Fellowship Workshops
The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts offers assistance preparing applications for external grants and fellowships for research and practice in the humanities and arts, including online workshops tailored to specific opportunities.
Guggenheim Fellowships
Wednesday, April 10 at noon
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/willson-center-major-grant-and-fellowship-workshop-guggenheim-fellowships-with-andrew-herod
NEH Grants and Fellowships
Wednesday, April 17 at noon
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/willson-center-major-grant-and-fellowship-workshop-neh-grants-and-fellowships-with-jennifer-l-palmer
NEA Grants for Arts Projects
Wednesday, April 24 at noon
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/willson-center-major-grant-and-fellowship-workshop-nea-grants-for-arts-projects-with-mark-callahan-and-melisa-cahnmann-taylor
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9. South Arts Professional Development Workshops
https://www.southarts.org/programs/professional-development
South Arts is offering three workshops between March and June. Register for our free online workshops today and review our library of previously recorded sessions.
Essential Social Media Tips
March 21 at 11 AM
Join South Arts and working visual artist and creative Erin Kendrick for this special South Arts virtual learning opportunity. During our time together, Erin will share how she uses the social media tool Linktree and other social media platforms to promote her art, archive her work, and sell her art. We will begin with the basics and dive into real examples provided by Erin, a Southern working artist.
Crafting Your Video Pitch: Techniques for Preparing a Video Submission
March 28 at 11 AM
Funders, residency programs, grant applications, scholarships, etc. are utilizing video rather than (or in addition to) the standard narrative proposal. What do you need to know to offer your best self on camera? Join South Arts and guests on March 28, 2024, to learn about basic video techniques for a stellar submission. Facilitators Wes Browing and Malesha Taylor Browning will lead this workshop as they discuss camera angles, lighting, and more. All you need is your smartphone with a camera.
The Role of the Arts in Climate Adaptation and Migration
June 12 at 11 AM
Increasing population shifts are predicted in the future resulting in communities throughout the United States receiving newcomers. This presentation provides an introduction to climate adaptation and migration in addition to strategies and resources to help prepare communities to welcome newcomers, whether they are climate migrants, refugees, or immigrants. Since both environmental and cultural changes disproportionately impact marginalized communities, planning should not be color-blind to help not replicate past injustices. Discussions include roles, players and issues in your location, assessing your situation, and taking action.
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10. Creative Capital Grants
Deadline: April 4
https://creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award/
For our 25th Anniversary in 2025, Creative Capital welcomes innovative and original new project proposals in visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms.
The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants up to $50,000 which can be drawn down over a multi-year period, bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities.
Grants are awarded via a democratic, national, open call, external review process. The first round of the application process consists of 6 questions. Our goal is to fund approximately 50 individual artists creating conceptually, aesthetically, and formally challenging, risk-taking, and never-before-seen projects.
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11. CURO Research Awards (Summer)
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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12. Dance Exchange OAC Climate Institute
July 25-28
Application Deadline: May 10, 2024
https://www.danceexchange.org/dx-institutes/summer
Dance Exchange's 2024 OAC Climate Institute will focus on the role of artmaking and creative engagement within the climate movement. Join movers, makers, artists, and leaders from across the country to explore, energize, and advance creative solutions for a life-giving future in the face of the climate crisis. As part of our Organizing with Artists for Change Initiative (OAC), the 2024 OAC Climate Institute will celebrate process and performance, dialogue and dancemaking, and the role of artists as changemakers.
Dance Exchange's 2024 OAC Climate Institute will be led by Dance Exchange Lead Artists in collaboration with Dr. Jame McCray and Christina Catanese, two artist-activists, climate workers, and Dance Exchange partners doing incredible work in 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.
http://arts-collab.uga.edu
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