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: 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)

Like Art? Hire Artists: The Cultural Infrastructure for Creative Collaboration
Friday, November 14 at noon
https://a2ru.org/event/like-art-hire-artists-the-cultural-infrastructure-for-creative-collaboration/

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

This webinar will explore the transformative potential of integrating artists into non-art academic structures in long-term positions. Drawing on five years of experience from the Target Studio for Creative Collaboration at the University of Minnesota’s Weisman Art Museum, the speakers will present theoretical and practical approaches to curating sustainable artist-researcher partnerships across disciplines. They will present case studies from mental health research and engineering pedagogy, demonstrating how artists’ unique perspectives enhance clinical, research and teaching practice.

Throughout, they will address crucial questions: What kinds of artists can be effective collaborators in university settings? How can universities create sustainable structures for these partnerships? How do we fund collaborations outside predetermined disciplinary frameworks? The presenters will offer practical insights for cultivating meaningful artist-researcher partnerships that advance arts integration across higher education.