UGA Arts Collaborative

Quantum Castle

Exhibition: Quantum Castle
February 5 – March 20
Lamar Dodd Building Suite Gallery (3rd floor)
https://art.uga.edu/exhibition/quantum-castle/

There exists a realm beyond the visible — always present, ever shifting. Deep within this imaginal space lies the Quantum Castle, where visitors learn of the Time Guardian’s quest and begin a whimsical journey. Made interactive through games, riddles, and activities, works of art engage with cross-disciplinary ideas from quantum mechanics, philosophy, world spiritualities, and depth psychology.

The exhibition is coordinated by Arts Collaborative Research Affiliate Jeanne Marie Martineau and featured artists Adah Bennion, Eve Brown, Brian George, Jana Ghezawi, Clara-Beth Hamill, and Maddy Underwood.

Supported in part by the UGA Arts Collaborative.

Conversation: Benjamin Wolff

Arts Collaborative Conversation: Benjamin Wolff
Friday, January 30 at noon
Lamar Dodd Building Room S360

Benjamin Wolff will virtually join the Arts Collaborative for an informal conversation about creative leadership. He is a New York City-based writer, speaker, and cellist who has been a Forbes Leadership contributor since 2017, reporting on insights for business from the world of the arts. Wolff graduated from Columbia University with a degree in history and studied cello and chamber music at the Juilliard School and Rice University. He is the author of The Value of Immeasurable Things: Why The Arts—and Artists—Are Essential to the Future Of Work.

https://www.bwolff.com

Lyrric Jackson Events

Lyrric Jackson Performance and Workshop
Thursday, February 5 at 1:15 PM
Dance Building room 276

Visiting artist Lyrric Jackson will perform an excerpt from The Last Rest Stop Before Jupiter, followed by audience discussion and a mini workshop in breathwork and movement syncing. Co-hosted by the UGA Arts Collaborative and the Department of Dance. Free and open to the public.

Arts Collaborative Conversation: Lyrric Jackson
Friday, February 6 at noon
Hugh Hodgson School of Music Building room 264

Visiting artist Lyrric Jackson will share insights from her practice about creativity, leadership, and collaboration. Co-hosted by the Arts Collaborative student organization and the Student Composers Association in the Dancz Center for New Music. Free and open to the public.

Lyrric Jackson is an American multidisciplinary artist, educator, and data scientist. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Lyrric Jackson Dance Company, a Lecturer of Dance Performance and Choreography at Spelman College, an Atlanta University Center Consortium Data Science Initiative Faculty Affiliate, a Spelman Faculty CODE Scholar, a Certified Data Carpentries Instructor, and a Sloan Data Science Faculty Fellow. Her work extends to local and global arts and educational institutions, including Brenau University, Emory University, and Mashirika Performing Arts in Kigali, Rwanda. She received her BA in Drama/Dance Concentration from Spelman College and holds an MA in Arts Administration and an MFA in LXFM from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

https://www.lyrricjacksondance.com

Webinar: Expanding Pathways

Webinar: Expanding Pathways: Crafting Arts in Health Careers
Tuesday, February 10 at 3 PM
https://a2ru.org/event/expanding-pathways-crafting-arts-in-health-careers/

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

This webinar will look at the broadening range of arts in health careers, ranging from creative therapies to positions within the rapidly growing area of social prescribing/arts on prescription. The panel, moderated by Jen Cole, Dean of the Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University, will explore the range of arts in health roles available to graduates; current efforts by NOAH (National Organization for Arts in Health) to further professionalize and expand the field; the most important skills and competencies for students to develop that are interested in arts in health careers, and more.

Panelists

Sarah Hoover, Associate Dean for Innovation in the Arts and Health, Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Adrienne Hundley, Head of Community Strategy, Art Pharmacy

Presented in partnership with the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) and International Council for Arts Deans (ICFAD)

2026 a2ru National Conference

2026 a2ru National Conference
Call for Proposals
Deadline: March 23
https://a2ru.org/event/2026-a2ru-conference-how-we-thrive-arts-health-and-human-flourishing/

a2ru’s next annual conference will take place October 22-24, 2026, at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. This will be an in-person conference.

This year’s theme, “How We Thrive: Arts, Health and Human Flourishing,” explores the many ways that the arts can drive health and wellness for individuals and communities. The rapidly expanding, international field of arts in health has established foundational research and continues to innovate across disciplines and in a range of clinical and community settings.

We are accepting proposals for workshops, presentations, panels, and posters/artwork.

Track One: Arts, Health and Human Flourishing
Track Two: Practical Applications for Arts Integration in Higher Education
Track Three: Steps Toward Change

Reading Room: Malady Mysteries

Reflecting on the Process: Devising an Interactive Murder Mystery Using Medical Improv
by Jennifer Marks

Etudes theatre and performance studies journal
December 2025
http://www.etudesonline.com/dec2025marks.html

The Malady Mysteries Project is an interdisciplinary practice-as-research project led by students and faculty in theatre and medicine. The project opens actors and audiences to a world inhabited by people with chronic illness and disability, creating a space to work out the anxieties of the present within the safety of the past to give us hope and promise for the future.

Malady Mysteries is supported in part by the UGA Arts Collaborative.