UGA Arts Collaborative

Reading Room: Building the Field of Neuroarts

Grantmakers in the Arts Reader
“Building the Field of Neuroarts: A Framework for Success and Impact”
By Susan Magsamen and Ruth J. Katz
June 29, 2026
https://reader.giarts.org/read/building-field-neuroarts

This is a pivotal moment in recognizing the essential role of the arts in service to society through the evolution of neuroarts, a field emerging at the intersection of the arts, science, and technology. For decades, artists, scientists, clinicians, arts practitioners, educators, technologists, architects, culture bearers, and others with either professional expertise or lived experience have independently advanced how creative and aesthetic experiences shape the human brain and body, as well as our behavior and wellbeing.

Welcome Fall 2026

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 be interested in joining the Arts Collaborative listserv, a newsletter with local events and opportunities in the arts.

Please also welcome our new recipients of Graduate Assistantships in Interdisciplinary Arts Research: Edward Hemphill (Art), Julien Berger (Music), and Mingjun Han (Theatre and Film). These exceptional graduate students will develop creative research and collaborative work across disciplines with faculty, students, and community members.

Listen Athens

Listen Athens
Monday, May 4 at 1 PM
Lamar Dodd Building Room N140

What would Athens tell you if you truly listened?

Listen Athens is a project developed through recording, mapping, and archiving the soundscapes of Athens-Clarke County. The project takes shape as an interactive website that invites visitors to explore Athens through sound. Join us to meet the team behind the project and listen in.

Project site: https://www.listenathens.org

Refreshments will be provided! All are welcome to join in this year-end event hosted by the Arts Collaborative student organization.

Project participants

Jared Holton, Music
Peter Van Zandt Lane, Music
James A. Owen, Institute of Native American Studies
Allison Injaian, Ecology

Supported in part by an Arts Collaborative Mini Grant.

Conversation: Art-Science Integration

Arts Collaborative Conversation: Art-Science Integration
Friday, April 17 at noon
Lamar Dodd Building Room S360

How are university research programs supporting the integration of art and science?

Mary Beth Leigh, Lissy Goralnik, and Megan Halpern will virtually join the Arts Collaborative for an informal conversation about convergent research and collaboration.

Leigh (University of Alaska Fairbanks) and Goralnik (Michigan State University) direct the In a Time of Change (ITOC) project, an incubator for advancing environmentally focused art-science integration in Alaska. ITOC is supported by the National Science Foundation, USDA Forest Service, and the Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research Program in Alaska.

Halpern and Goralnik are leaders of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Collaboration, Learning, and Engagement (CIRCLE) program at Michigan State University. CIRCLE launched in the fall of 2023 to build community, provide training and support for interdisciplinary activities, and conduct research on interdisciplinarity.

For more information, visit:

http://inatimeofchange.org

https://research.msu.edu/circle

Hosted by the Arts Collaborative student organization.

Marie A. Douglas Events

Digital Diaspora Events
Monday, April 20

The Digital Diaspora project, supported by the Arts Collaborative Mini Grant program, explores the intersection of technology and live performance through a new piece for the UGA Wind Symphony in collaboration with composer Dr. Marie A. Douglas.

Project participants

Jack Eaddy, Music
Alvin Crews, Enterprise Information Technology Services
Marie Douglas, composer

Dr. Marie A. Douglas discussion and Q&A
5:30 PM
Music room 412

Dr. Douglas will speak about her new composition and provide perspectives on music education and performance of new band music.

UGA Wind Symphony
7:30 PM
UGA Performing Arts Center

Co-hosted by the UGA Collegiate National Association for Music Education and the Arts Collaborative.

Live Insect Zoo Reopening

UGA Entomology Live Insect Zoo
Grand Reopening Reception
Wednesday, April 15 from 3:30-5 PM
Cedar St. Building B, Room 453
https://www.instagram.com/uga.ento.dept/

Meet our amazing critters in their habitats! Ask the experts all about terrestrial arthropods!

The UGA Insect Zoo houses a variety of arthropods from around the world. The UGA Entomology department teamed up with students from the Scientific Illustration program in the School of Art to create installations as part of the newly renovated Insect Zoo. The dynamic space helps to educate and inspire visitors from as diverse of backgrounds as the bugs that are modeled.

Supported in part by the UGA Arts Collaborative.