Ideas for Creative Exploration
2.14.22
http://ice.uga.edu
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1. Opportunity: Creature Comforts AIR (deadline 3/13)
2. Lecture: Christian Kronsted (2/16)
3. Lecture: Shawnya L. Harris (2/17)
4. Lecture: Zipporah Camille Thompson (2/21)
5. Global Georgia Conversation: Muslim Women and Comics (2/22)
6. Opportunity: ATHICA Calls for Entries
7. Best Shot UGA TikTok Competition (deadline 4/1)
8. Groundworks Ask-an-Editor (2/15,16,18)
9. Idea Lab Mini Grants
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1. Opportunity: Creature Comforts Artist-in-Residence
Deadline: March 13
https://getcurious.com/get-artistic/air/
Creature Comforts Brewing Co. seeks an Athens-based visual artist for its next Artist-in-Residence (AiR). The AiR will work with Creature Comforts and local collaborators throughout the year to create artwork and develop a community-based creative project. Additionally, supported by residency funding, the AiR will engage with professional development resources throughout the year (books, courses, workshops.) The AiR will receive a $5,000 stipend for a commissioned work of art for Creature Comforts' permanent collection and to support their professional and creative development.
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2. Lecture: Christian Kronsted
Wednesday, February 16 at 2 PM
New Dance Theatre, Department of Dance
"Let's Go Clubbing- The Dynamics and Cognition of Crowded Dance Floors"
Christian Kronsted is a competitive breakdancer with Stylin Out Crew (Chicago) and 5 Crew Dynasty (New York City). Christian has competed, taught, and performed internationally and has a Ph.D. in philosophy and cognitive science from the University of Memphis. When he is not hitting the dancefloor, Christian daylights as an academic working on issues in embodied cognition, group cognition, and the dynamics of crowd interaction. Co-sponsored by the UGA Departments of Philosophy and Dance. To register for remote Zoom access to this event:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqdOutrD4jHdC5a_1jnUpAqqUCHDxgoFYg
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3. Lecture: Shawnya L. Harris
Thursday, February 17 at 12:45 PM
101 LeConte Hall
"Made Visible: Collecting and Curating Black Artists at the Georgia Museum of Art"
Shawnya L. Harris, Ph.D. is the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art at the Georgia Museum of Art, where she has worked since 2015. Harris has curated numerous exhibitions including Mary Bendolph: Quilted Memories, Richard Hunt: Synthesis, and Expanding Tradition: Selections from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection, whose publication garnered the James A. Porter and David C. Driskell Book Award in African American art history in 2018. She is currently organizing a 2021 traveling retrospective and publication centering on the work of artist Emma Amos (1937-2020).
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4. Lecture: Zipporah Camille Thompson
Monday, February 21 at 4 PM
The Athenaeum
https://athenaeum.uga.edu
Zipporah Camille Thompson is a ceramist, weaver, sculptor, and activist based in Atlanta, Georgia -- land of the Muskogee. A native Carolinian, Thompson explores alchemical transformations through clay and textiles, examining marginalized bodies and eliciting social change through her work. Sculpted shapeshifters and hybrid landscapes investigate otherness. Thompson received her MFA from the University of Georgia and her BFA from North Carolina Charlotte. Her work has been featured in numerous publications and shown in spaces, nationally and internationally. Zipporah Camille Thompson is a 2021 MOCA GA Working Artist Project Fellow, a 2020 Artadia Atlanta Awardee, a Watershed Zenobia Scholarship Award grantee, an NCECA Multicultural Fellow, and an Idea Capital Travel Grant recipient. Thompson is represented by Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta, GA. She is a history addict, roller-skater, and lover of unicorns, zombies, the moon, tarot, and all things fantasy.
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5. Global Georgia Conversation: Muslim Women and Comics
Tuesday, February 22 at 2 PM
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5e-LuUIwQsOosrUFQoePaA
"Muslim Women and Comics" is a symposium sponsored by UGA's Diversity Research and Scholarship Grant program, and by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). It is presented as part of the Global Georgia Initiative public events series of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
The symposium's speakers are:
- Esra Mirze Santesso, associate professor of English, UGA (moderator)
- Ozge Samanci, associate professor of communication, Northwestern University; author of "Dare to Disappoint"
- Leila Abdelrazaq, author of "Baddawi"
- Aliyah Khan, associate professor of English and director of Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
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6. ATHICA Calls for Entries
https://athica.org
Five Commissions "By Any Other Name"
Deadline: February 28
https://athica.org/updates/call-action/
Artists working in any/all media are invited to this free call for entries. Five selected artists will be offered a commission contract, specifications, and stipend of $750 on submission of commissioned work. Interested artists should submit a single PDF containing up to 10 images that are representative of their work in any media.
2022 Members' Showcase
Deadline: February 21
https://athica.org/updates/call_2022_showcase/
During the weeks of February 26, 2022 through March 27, 2022, the work of ATHICA members is featured in this annual members' showcase. As an all-volunteer and membership-based organization, ATHICA serves as a community-hub for artists seeking conversation, collaboration, and a venue for sharing and experiencing contemporary art. The 2022 Members' Showcase is a prime opportunity for all of these essential components of the arts in Athens.
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7. Best Shot UGA TikTok Competition
Deadline: April 1
https://coe.uga.edu/events/bestshot-uga
Win $1000 in prizes to local Athens businesses! Help support vaccine confidence!
How?
Make a TikTok supporting vaccine
Use #bestshotuga
Tag @bestshotuga
Win?
$1000 in prizes to local Athens businesses. Winners will be announced mid-April, and prizes will be given for TikToks that are the most entertaining and informative in their support of vaccines.
What to help but don't have TikTok?
Email us at [log in to unmask] and we can help you create videos!
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8. Groundworks Ask-an-Editor
February 15, 16, and 18
https://groundworks.io
Thinking about where you'll publish your unique arts-integrative research?
Ground Works is a2ru's online peer-reviewed platform for arts-integrated research, providing a unique publication venue for those researchers working at the intersection of the arts and other disciplines. In February, we are offering potential submitters the opportunity to talk informally with Editorial staff about their projects and about the Ground Works submission and review processes. This is a great time to ask questions and get feedback!
Twenty-minute slots are available:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c49a9ad2aa1fcc70-askaneditor1
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9. 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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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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