ICE Announcements 3.15.21
http://ice.uga.edu
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1. Idea Lab Mini Grants CFP
2. Idea Lab Conversation: Alden DiCamillo (3/17)
3. Idea Lab Conversation: Montu Miller (3/26)
4. Rap on Trial: Criminalizing Black Culture (3/17)
5. a2ru Webinar: Funding Arts and Design (3/18)
6. Lecture: Megha Majumdar (3/18)
7. Lecture: Susie Ganch (3/18)
8. Panel Discussion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Magic Realism (3/18)
9. Lectures: Victoria Dugger and Luka Carter (3/18)
10. NEA Webinar: The Art of Reopening (3/23)
11. Elevate: Minority Short Film Festival (4/10)
12. Opportunity: Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (3/29)
13. Opportunity: Earth Day 2021 Art Challenge (deadline 4/15)
14. Opportunity: Farmers Market Friends (call for artists)
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1. Idea Lab Mini Grants
Call for Proposals
No deadline
http://ice.uga.edu/grants/
Idea Lab, a UGA student organization dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary creative collaboration, is offering up grants up to $500 each to support projects and team formation. Recipients of Idea Lab mini grants will receive mentorship and feedback from Idea Lab members. Proposals will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary selection committee in order of receipt, pending availability of funds.
Proposal requirements:
- brief description of project goals (up to 150 words)
- team should include at least one currently enrolled UGA student
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. Idea Lab Conversation: Arts + Community with Alden DiCamillo
Wednesday, March 10 at 1 PM
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUuc-qgpjkvHtddffzRWXJsbD29HnOqLE5f
How can organizations and artists work together to support vibrant communities? Join Alden DiCamillo, UGA MFA, queer (demiboi) artist, poet, arts writer, and mutual aid organizer through Athens Mutual Aid Network and an independent arts space called @l_.emon_drop. Free and open to the public via Zoom.
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3. Idea Lab Conversation: Arts + Community with Montu Miller
Friday, March 26 at 1 PM
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqduGsrDgpGt0wRCSQHjOY5SZdTXlmtw29
How can organizations and artists work together to support vibrant communities? Join Montu Miller, ATHfactor-Liberty Entertainment Chief-Operating-Officer and Hip-Hop Advocate. Free and open to the public via Zoom.
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4. Rap on Trial: Criminalizing Black Culture
Wednesday, March 17 at 7 PM
Streaming: youtube.com/c/AcslawOrg
Zoom: http://getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/802
Over the last three decades, as rap became increasingly popular, prosecutors saw an opportunity: they could present the sometimes violent, crime-laden lyrics of amateur rappers as confessions to crimes, threats of violence, evidence of gang affiliation, or revelations of criminal motive--and judges and juries would go along with it. Now, an alarming number of aspiring rappers are imprisoned. No other form of creative expression is treated this way in the courts.
Join the ACS Athens and Georgia Lawyer Chapters, the University of Georgia School of Law Student Chapter, the First Amendment Clinic at the University of Georgia School of Law, and ATHfactor-Liberty Entertainment-ALE for a discussion that will address this issue from the perspectives of scholarship, advocacy, art and public policy.
Welcome and Reform Update:
Hon. Deborah Gonzalez, District Attorney, Western Judicial Circuit of Georgia
Panel:
Andrea L. Dennis, Associate Dean for Faculty Development & John Byrd Martin Chair of Law, University of Georgia School of Law; Author, "Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America"
Montu Miller, Founder, ATHFactor-Liberty Entertainment-ALE and activist
Hon. Mariah Parker, Commissioner, Athens-Clarke County Commission and hip hop artist (Linqua Franqa)
Moderator:
Samantha C. Hamilton, Clinic Fellow, University of Georgia School of Law First Amendment Clinic
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5. Funding Arts and Design: Advancing scholarship, education, and creative practice
https://www.a2ru.org/webinars/
The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) and the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT) at Virginia Tech invite members from a2ru institutions to participate in a series of three interactive Zoom workshops to learn about and discuss funding strategies and opportunities in the arts and design. Each workshop will be 90 minutes and will include a panel of experts in the field of arts funding. During the first hour, panelists will discuss critical aspects for successful proposals, potential avenues for funding, and ways to strengthen future proposals. The remainder of the workshop will be devoted to answering participants' particular questions.
Part One: Federal Funding
Thursday, March 18 at 3 PM
Melissa Menzer, Program Analyst in Research & Analysis, National Endownment for the Arts
Jesse A. Johnston, Senior Research Development Office, Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Michigan
Part Two: Foundations
Thursday, April 8
Part Three: Corporate Foundations
Thursday, April 29
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6. Betty Jean Craige Lecture: Megha Majumdar
Thursday, March 18 at 4 PM
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kD5p0V9URuOoWO1ujH0J5w
Author Megha Majumdar will give her talk, "Writing Socially Engaged Fiction," as the Department of Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies's annual Betty Jean Craige Lecture, co-sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts in partnership with the Department of English and the Creative Writing Program. Megha Majumdar was born and raised in Kolkata, India. She moved to the United States to attend college at Harvard University, followed by graduate school in social anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. She works as an editor at Catapult, and lives in New York City. Her first book, A Burning, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of 2020 and longlisted for a National Book Award in fiction.
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7. Lecture: Susie Ganch
Thursday, March 18 at 5:30 PM
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwuc-qsqjwpGdP7yvsrZhbLHs6RQKDJDGna
Susie Ganch is a first-generation American artist of Hungarian heritage. She is a sculptor, jeweler, and educator living in Richmond, VA where she is Interim Chair for the Department of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. Ganch received her MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Part of her practice is Directing Radical Jewelry Makeover, an international jewelry mining and recycling project that continues to travel across the country and abroad. Issues of waste and cultural habits of consumption are imbued through her work.
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8. Panel Discussion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Magic Realism
Thursday, March 18 at 1 PM
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GBdRr8qURT-i7iA6rVU71g
A major trend that spanned art and literature in the 20th century, "magic realism" is a term that embraces contradiction: reality and unreality, the commonplace and the spectacular, the ordinary and the extraordinary. It is also a global phenomenon, encompassing painting in the United States, modern film, the writings of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and more. In this panel discussion, faculty from UGA and Clark Atlanta University will discuss magic realism against the backdrop of selected objects from the exhibition "Extra Ordinary: Magic, Mystery, and Imagination in American Realism." The panel will begin with a brief introduction to the exhibition and will be moderated by the exhibition's curator, Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of American art at the museum. Panelists include: Nora Benedict, assistant professor of Spanish and digital humanities, UGA; Nell Andrew, associate professor of art history, UGA; Maurita Poole, director and curator at Clark Atlanta University Art Museum; and Richard Neupert, professor of film studies, UGA.
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9. Lyndon House Virtual Artist Talks: Victoria Dugger and Luka Carter
Thursday, March 18 at 6 PM
LOCATION
https://www.instagram.com/lyndonhouseartscenter/
These MFA candidates will discuss their solo exhibits on Instagram Live. Victoria Dugger's work is about disability extending from her experience living as a disabled woman of color. She will discuss her pieces filled with patterns, bodily forms and forest references on view in the Lounge Gallery. Luka Carter has transformed the Lobby Case into "Flywheel," a window display that captures snapshots of energy and objects suspended in place. Luka will talk about curating sketches, studies, and found objects.
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10. Webinar: The Art of Reopening
Tuesday, March 23 at 3 PM
https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_KC0h42zvSFeQxIVyGKmAxQ
The National Endowment for the Arts will host "The Art of Reopening: A Virtual Conversation Reengaging Arts Audiences in Physical Spaces." A panel discussion with NEA Research & Analysis Director Sunil Iyengar and three arts organization leaders, the event will feature opening remarks by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.
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11. Elevate: Minority Short Film Festival
Saturday, April 10 at 8 PM
UGA Parking Lot E01
UGA's Black Theatrical Ensemble presents the event of the semester -- Elevate: Minority Short Film Festival!
The festival is dedicated to showcasing the talent of minority filmmakers at UGA and in the Athens community.
Please join us for a drive-in screening of nominated films on April 10 at 8 PM at parking lot E01 by the Intramural Fields. We look forward to celebrating these amazing films with you - you don't wanna miss this!!
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12. Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC)
Call for Volunteers
Deadline: March 29
https://www.accgov.com/acac
The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) is seeking two qualified candidates to fill 3-year volunteer positions. The mission of the ACAC is to foster the development and enjoyment of performing, visual, cultural, and other arts in the Athens-Clarke County (ACC) community and to make recommendations to the Mayor and Commission in many areas of ACC planning and development.
The ACAC meets on the second Monday of each month at 6:00 PM, and additional committee work is conducted between these meetings. Applicants must be Athens-Clarke County residents and have interest in the arts, public administration, community engagement, outreach, grant writing, and/or arts education and arts advocacy.
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13. Earth Day 2021 Art Challenge
Deadline: April 15
https://sustainability.uga.edu/community-engagement/art-challenge/
In an act of unity, partnering organizations are collectively calling on the UGA and Athens community to reflect, embody, and create artworks in alignment with the goals of Envision Athens' 2021 Year of the Good Neighbor. Prompt: Create a work of art that celebrates and inspires good neighbors - caretakers of people and the planet - to establish a more unified, equitable, prosperous, and compassionate community. All people are eligible and all art mediums that can be experienced online are accepted. Awards offered in three categories: Appreciation, Awareness, and Action.
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14. Call for Artists
Farmers Market Friends
Miller Learning Center/Tate Plaza sidewalk
Beginning in March, every Wednesday, 11 AM - 3 PM
The new on-campus farmers market, brought to UGA by Farmers Market Friends, is requesting creative students to send in brief proposals to run an arts booth during the weekly farmers market. Farmers Market Friends is a student-run initiative aimed to bring fresh produce from local farmers to UGA's students. Purchases at the market can be made through UGA's PAW points system. Ideas for proposals may be performance-based, interactive, or art installations but should maintain Covid-19 safety protocols. Limited technical support will be provided to chosen recipients on the day of the market. Proposals should be limited to 150 words and will be accepted on a rolling basis. Final submissions or questions may be sent to [log in to unmask] Sale of art at the market is also welcome, but these inquiries should be directed to the Lamar Dodd Ambassadors through [log in to unmask]
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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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