Arts Collaborative Conversation: Arts Funding Trends
Friday, November 14 at noon
Lamar Dodd Building Room S360

What is the future of arts funding?

Graduate assistants in interdisciplinary arts research present a report about trends in arts funding based on recent data from Creative Capital, MAP Fund, South Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Grantmakers in the Arts, and Americans for the Arts.

Hosted by the Arts Collaborative student organization.

This event is part of the UGA Spotlight on the Arts festival. For a full schedule, visit:
https://arts.uga.edu/spotlight-on-the-arts/

are.na channel:
https://www.are.na/uga-arts-collaborative/cultural-policy-research

Research Recap: Maddy Underwood
Friday, October 10 at noon
Lamar Dodd Building Room S360

Join Arts Collaborative Graduate Assistant Maddy Underwood for a presentation about her summer research in Marblehead, Massachusetts supported by a Willson Center Graduate Research Award. There she investigated the history of Marblehead Handprints, a textile company founded in 1971 by two young mothers, and its role in translating Scandinavian modernist textiles like Marimekko for American consumers.

Hosted by the Arts Collaborative student organization.

The Living Forest: A Proposal for Indigenous-Led Conservation and Climate Change Mitigation
Monday, October 13

Lecture: Tulio Viteri
3 PM
Park Hall 265
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/the-living-forest-a-proposal-for-indigenous-led-conservation-and-climate-change-mitigation

Tulio Viteri, an indigenous leader from the Kichwa community of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon, will give a presentation on the Living Forest Proposal, a grassroots initiative for Indigenous-led conservation and climate change mitigation.

Film Screening and Q&A with Director Eriberto Gualinga
5:30-8 PM
Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave.
https://calendar.uga.edu/event/helena-from-sarayaku-film-screening-and-director-qa

Helena from Sarayaku depicts Sarayaku’s struggle against environmental degradation in their territory. Traveling between her life in Finland and her mother’s homeland deep in the rainforests of Ecuador, 17-year-old Helena Gualinga yearns to protect her Indigenous community from extractive development and the repercussions of climate change.

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A[]RTS: Artificial intelligence, artistic intelligence & possible futures for the arts
Thursday, October 9 from 3:35-5 PM
https://a2ru.org/event/arts-artificial-intelligence-artistic-intelligence-possible-futures-for-the-arts/

As an a2ru member institution, UGA students, faculty, and staff are eligible for free registration.

What might the future of the Arts look like in the age of AI? Join us for a transdisciplinary conversation that critically explores the disruptive impacts of artificial intelligence on creative labor, education, and artistic identity–while imagining new, generative possibilities for artistic practice made possible by creative uses of generative AI.

This webinar is ideal for creatives, educators, technologists, and anyone curious about the evolving relationship between AI and human creativity. Whether you are a designer, performer, writer, or educator, this session provides a platform to rethink your role in a world increasingly shaped by AI-enhanced workflows for creative practice.

Join us to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping creative practice — and how artists, educators, and cultural institutions can respond with critical insight, ethical intention, and imaginative action.