ICE Announcements 3.1.21
http://ice.uga.edu
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1. Idea Lab Mini Grants CFP
2. Idea Lab Conversation: Carmon Colangelo (3/10)
3. Reading Room: Reckoning with a Reckoning
4. Here's Where I Stand: A Cabaret (until 3/5)
5. Conversation: Defiance Project Awards (3/2)
6. Lecture: Why Old Places Matter (3/3)
7. Opportunity: Farmers Market Friends (call for artists)
8. Opportunity: History of Slavery at UGA (deadline 3/1)
9. Call for Nominations: Athens Poet Laureate (deadline 3/2)
10. Opportunity: #NotAStereotype Exhibition (deadline 3/15)
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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 Carmon Colangelo
Wednesday, March 10 at 1 PM
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtfuyvqDorE9QjZZ3w3rsMIZA4YEJgR5XY

How can organizations and artists work together to support vibrant communities? Join Carmon Colangelo, artist, dean of the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, and founding director of Ideas for Creative Exploration. Free and open to the public via Zoom.
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3. "Reckoning with a Reckoning: How Cultural Institutions Can Advance Equity"
By Kim Zeuli, Maria Rosario Jackson, and Seth Beattie
Source: Nonprofit Quarterly
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/reckoning-with-a-reckoning-how-cultural-institutions-can-advance-equity/

"Arts and culture are not a monolith. There are countless arts organizations that directly invest in the social and economic priorities of the communities they serve -- often doing so with fewer resources and against the tide of underinvestment. We write this article as a call for arts and cultural organizations to do more in the name of community justice, both by learning from the equity practices of others in the sector and by actively collaborating with (and financially compensating) these experts and catalysts."
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4. Here's Where I Stand: A Cabaret
March 2 - 5 at 8 PM
https://www.ugatheatre.com/whereistand

"Here's Where I Stand" is a musical cabaret curated by UGA faculty and students that reflects on the tumultuous past year. Recorded in their own rooms, cast members sing the songs that have gotten them through the ongoing pandemic and political unrest that has marked all of our lives. "Here's Where I Stand" is a reminder that despite being apart, through creativity and song we can still stand together. Featuring the music of Buffalo Springfield, Joni Mitchell, Brandi Carlile, and others.
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5. Conversation: Morton Theatre Corporation Defiance Project Awards
Tuesday, March 2 at 4 PM
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cn1VM3yOQ4KxaXhGrUtrUwean

A virtual conversation centered on the historic Morton Theatre Corporation's Defiance Project Awards, a series of grants in support of projects "created to document and/or explore the Black Lives Matter Movement and/or everyday experience." The event is presented by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts as part of the 2021 Global Georgia Initiative public events series, in partnership with the Institute of African American Studies, the Morton Theatre Corporation, and Flagpole magazine.

The conversation will be moderated Carolyn Medine, professor of religion and director of the Institute for African American Studies. The participants are Thomas Brazzle, Morton Theatre Corporation programming committee chair; and four award recipients: visual artists Noraa James and Broderick Flanigan; musical artist Kxng Blanco; and filmmaker Booker T. Mattison, assistant professor of entertainment and media studies in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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6. Why Old Places Matter: Heritage, Belonging, and Place  
Wednesday, March 3 at 4:30 PM
https://uga-ced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZnGQ9I7FQQS_GE1bHMtdjg  

How does saving and reusing the old places in our communities support our sense of well-being?  Thompson Mayes, General Counsel, National Trust for Historic Preservation, is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Rome Prize and author of "Why Old Places Matter." Lecture made possible with financial support from the UGA College of Environment and Design and the Eleanor Ferguson Vincent fund.
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7. 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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8. Call for Papers, Presentations, and Performances History of Slavery at the University of Georgia Symposium on Recognition, Reconciliation, and Redress
Deadline: March 1

We invite proposals for presentations, research papers, themed sessions, workshops, and performances on the histories of slavery at the University of Georgia to be part of an inaugural symposium on April 30 and May 1, 2021.

Scholars, activists, community members, political representatives, artists, educators, students, and practitioners are all welcome to participate. We are interested in works that seek to recognize, reconcile, and/or redress the historical and contemporary impacts of slavery at UGA and on Athens. We understand the history of slavery to be a broad and interdisciplinary topic with many entry points into analysis and discussion. We also recognize that the history of slavery is related to the history of settler colonization and Indigenous land dispossession. This could include (but is not limited to) the following topics:

- Stories, memories, visual representations, and legacies of enslavement at UGA/Athens - Slavery, land dispossession, white supremacy, and segregation at UGA

- Emancipation, Abolition, Black resistance, Afro-futures, Decolonization

- Methods of recognition regarding the legacy of slavery at UGA

- Possibilities for redress, reparations, and racial justice at UGA 

- University responses and resistance

This symposium will be a space for a conversation among a broad group of people and organizations interested in exploring racial justice within and beyond the UGA community.

Proposal Format and Submission
Interested participants should submit a proposal for a single paper (15-20 minute presentation) or a full session with a proposed theme and participants (60-75 minutes). Symposium organizers will place single paper abstracts into appropriate grouped sessions.

Interested individuals or organizations should submit the following information:

-Title
- Presenter name(s), affiliations, contact Information
- Type of presentation (e.g. research paper, entire themed session, artistic work)
- Brief description of proposed presentation (200 words or less)
- Statement of relevance to the symposium theme and purpose

Please submit proposals to Jennifer L. Rice ([log in to unmask]) by March 1. Submission of proposal does not guarantee acceptance. Responses will be communicated by March 15.
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9. Inaugural Athens Cultural Affairs Commission Poet Laureate
Call for Nominations
Deadline: March 2
https://www.accgov.com/9713/Call-for-Nominations---Poet-Laureate

Athens-Clarke County announces the creation of a Poet Laureate program funded and administered by the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC). ACAC views the Poet Laureate position as a means to further enhance the profile of poets, poetry, and literary arts in our community and beyond. The Poet Laureate is expected to bring poetry to segments of our community that have less access or exposure to poetry: senior citizens, youth, schools and more. The Poet Laureate will be a creative person with the demonstrated ability to enact their vision. The Poet Laureate will make several guest appearances during the term, promoting poetry throughout the community.
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10. #NotAStereotype Exhibition
Call for Artists and Art Submissions
Deadline: March 15
https://www.accgov.com/9880/NotAStereotype

The Lyndon House Arts Foundation (LHAF) and the Lyndon House Arts Center (LHAC) are pleased to announce La Ruchala A. Murphy as the Guest Curator for a project to expand our commitment to increase the visibility and contribution of Black /African American identifying artists.  #NotAStereotype is an exhibition designed to give voice and space to artists with a focus on the black experience. The call for art will feature all mediums of art created by artists that identify as black/ African American to highlight positive images of black culture and contribute to the legacy of black artistry underrepresented in fine and contemporary art spaces. Open to artists living and working in the southern states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina or Tennessee.
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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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