Welcome Fall 2025
Welcome to a new semester at UGA! If this is your first visit to the UGA Arts Collaborative website, please take a few moments to explore and learn about some of the current and past projects and events. You may…
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Reading Room: In Pursuit of Creativity
In Pursuit of CreativityNewsletter from the UGA Torrance Center for What we see today in the world is so much of creativity being used for dark purposes A conversation with Robert Sternberg on how our notions of creativity and…
Reading Room: Centering the Arts in the Age of AI
Centering the Arts in the Age of AI: Advancing Education, Innovation, and Workforce Development through Creative PracticesBy Daragh Byrne (Carnegie Mellon), Maryrose Flanigan (the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities), Benjamin Knapp (Virginia Tech), Aaron Knochel (Penn State) &…
US Regional Arts Organizations Joint Statement on the National Endowment for the Arts
May 9, 2025 Dear valued member of our community, Last Friday, many though not all active and pending direct grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) were terminated. One of the projects that was terminated was the…
Reading Room: With federal funding in question, artists can navigate a perilous future by looking to the past
With federal funding in question, artists can navigate a perilous future by looking to the pastBy Johanna K. Taylor and Mary As scholars who study the arts, activism and policy, we’re watching the latest developments with apprehension. But we think it’s…
Creativity and Collaboration
Creativity and CollaborationFall 2025 GradFIRST Open to first-year graduate students Creativity and collaboration are fundamental to addressing today’s socio-environmental challenges. This seminar will include arts-based, STEM-friendly activities developed by UGA researchers from the arts, humanities, and sciences designed to…
2025 a2ru National Conference
2025 a2ru ConferenceCall for a2ru’s next annual conference will take place October 23-25, 2025 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. This will be an in-person conference. This year’s theme, “Creative Futures: Driving Interdisciplinary Innovation Through the Arts,” explores…
a2ru Statement on Executive Orders and the Effect on Higher Education
Mar 11, 2025 Dear a2ru Members, Partners, and Friends, “I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.” —John Fitzgerald Kennedy (inscribed on the…
Interdisciplinary insights from the Arts Collaborative
Interdisciplinary insights from the Arts CollaborativeBy Meredith What is the role of the arts in a research university? How can we sustain a culture of creativity and critical thinking? These are questions that animate the University of Georgia Arts…