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.
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.
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.
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.
Arts Collaborative Conversation: Malady Mysteries Friday, September 26 at noon Lamar Dodd Building Room S360
Join Grace Snuggs (Augusta University and UGA Medical Partnership) to learn more about the Malady Mystery Project, a collaboration of medical students and experts in theatre, improv, and gender studies. This interactive murder mystery set in the 1890s blends dramaturgy, feminist praxis, and historical research to examine gender, class, disability, and medicine. How does embodying different roles impact empathy?
Hosted by the Arts Collaborative student organization. The Malady Mystery Project is supported in part by the UGA Arts Collaborative.
For decades, research has shown artistic endeavors including music, painting, writing, crafting and others can provide therapeutic benefits for people experiencing PTSD, depression, or anxiety. What’s been missing is a framework to ensure cohesive, rigorous evidence underpins the field of neuroaesthetics.
“The biggest takeaway from the talks, in terms of individual activities that you can undertake to improve or engage your own creativity, is to experience very widely,” says neuroscientist and conference co-organizer Leandre Ravatt at the Charite – Berlin University of Medicine and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Berlin. “A lot of early-career researchers feel that they’re often pigeonholing themselves into a specialization,” Ravatt explains, “often focusing really strongly on the literature of their field.”
“What we learnt from the conference is that if you do this, you’re actually blocking out a lot of avenues for creativity. The biggest recommendation was to read from other fields; go to talks from other fields,” she says.
