UGA Arts Collaborative

Project MACAW

Project MACAW (Managing Avian Collisions at Windows) is an interdisciplinary research team working to identify and prevent bird-window collisions at UGA. The project is looking for volunteers to help monitor avian conservation by surveying buildings around campus. Involvement is flexible, and surveys will be occurring through the fall migration season until late November.

If you are an undergraduate student interested in joining the team, visit:
https://uga.infoready4.com/#freeformCompetitionDetail/1996932
Deadline: November 17

If you would like to assist with the project, please take a picture of any fallen bird near a window on campus and upload it here:
https://forms.gle/FLMiP8KzBXnU5iBG8

If you are interested in volunteering on a regular basis and signing up for morning bird walks, please complete this interest form:
https://forms.gle/sRjyTSrawG9vdFkT9

Team Leads: Richard Hall (Ecology), Clark Rushing (Forestry and Natural Resources), Susan Tanner (Anthropology), Jon Calabria (Environment and Design), Mark Callahan (UGA Arts Collaborative), Michael Marshall (Art).

https://vipr.uga.edu/team/project-macaw-managing-avian-collisions-at-windows/

Reading Room: How Arts Alumni are Thriving and Adapting

How Arts Alumni are Thriving and Adapting in Today’s Workforce
Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) Pulse Report
By Sachal Shaikh
September 2025
https://snaaparts.org/findings/snapshots/how-arts-alumni-are-thriving-and-adapting-in-todays-workforce

Arts and design alumni across the United States are navigating a mix of opportunities and evolving dynamics in today’s workforce, according to the latest SNAAP Pulse survey. With 84% employed and 57% working full-time in the arts, most graduates report professional satisfaction and financial security — while also identifying issues, such as the rise of artificial intelligence, funding considerations, and changing government policies — as factors shaping their work.

Conversation: Arts Funding Trends

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

Conversation: Maddy Underwood

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 Events

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.

a2ru A[]RTS Webinar

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.