BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//University of Florida | College of the Arts - ECPv6.17.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:University of Florida | College of the Arts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://arts.ufl.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for University of Florida | College of the Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260820T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T235900 DTSTAMP:20260803T192616Z CREATED:20260803T192544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T192616Z UID:31495-1787184000-1792195140@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Call to Artists: Center for Arts in Medicine Inaugural Art Showcase DESCRIPTION:The University of Florida’s Center for Arts in Medicine is inviting UF students and alumni to submit original artwork for its first-ever Student Art Showcase\, celebrating the many ways creativity intersects with health and well-being. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition\, themed “Arts in Health\,” will be on display in the Reitz Union Gallery throughout the Spring 2027 semester. Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme in whatever way is most meaningful to them\, with submissions welcomed across all artistic disciplines. \n\n\n\nThe showcase is open to all current UF students and alumni\, regardless of major or artistic background. There is no limit to the number of pieces an artist may submit. The Center is seeking work in a wide range of creative modalities\, including: \n\n\n\n\nVisual art (painting\, photography\, sculpture\, and more)\n\n\n\nDigital art\n\n\n\nMusic\n\n\n\nDance\n\n\n\nTheater\n\n\n\nPoetry and creative writing\n\n\n\nOther artistic disciplines\n\n\n\n\nIn addition to the gallery exhibition\, artists whose submissions are performance-based (including music\, dance\, theater\, and spoken word) may be selected to perform during a live showcase event in late January 2027 at the Reitz Union Auditorium. Performances may also be recorded and incorporated into the exhibition. \n\n\n\nArtists are invited to include an artist statement describing the inspiration\, process\, or meaning behind their work. Those whose pieces reflect experiences with the Center for Arts in Medicine’s academic programs or arts in health initiatives are encouraged to share those connections. \n\n\n\nThe deadline to submit artwork is October 16\, 2026. \n\n\n\nSelected works will be featured in the inaugural exhibition\, providing an opportunity for artists to share their work with the broader UF community while exploring the powerful role the arts can play in health\, healing\, and human connection. \n\n\n\nClick here to apply! \n\n\n\n \n \n \n UF Center for Arts in Medicine Student Art Showcase. Selected works will be displayed in the Reitz Union Gallery throughout the Spring 2027 semester. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/call-to-artists-center-for-arts-in-medicine-inaugural-art-showcase/ LOCATION:Reitz Union\, 655 Reitz Union Drive\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32603\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/CAM-StudentShowcase16x9.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260820T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261218T220000 DTSTAMP:20260929T140032Z CREATED:20260928T165242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T140032Z UID:32851-1787205600-1797631200@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Excavating a Legacy: Dr. Kathleen Deagan DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kathleen Deagan began her career as one of only a few women archaeologists. Despite the professional challenges that brought\, she pioneered historical archaeology techniques that are utilized worldwide. Since 1972\, she has excavated in St. Augustine\, Florida. Her work there led to one of her most significant achievements\, identifying Ft. Mose\, the first free Black community in what would later become the United States. Today\, after more than 50 years in the field\, she is a world-renowned scholar who continues to publish books and excavate historic sites. \n\n\n\nExcavating a Legacy was curated by Maile McCall\, in partial fulfillment of a Master of Arts in Museum Studies (UF). McCall worked with Dr. Gifford Waters (Collections Manager for Historical Archaeology\, Florida Museum of Natural History) and Lourdes Santamaría-Wheeler (Exhibits Director\, Smathers Libraries) to research and create the exhibit. It was designed by Katiana Bagué (Exhibits Associate\, Smathers Libraries) and Lourdes Santamaría-Wheeler. The exhibit features items from the Smathers Libraries\, excerpts from oral history interviews\, and artifacts from the Florida Museum of Natural History\, where Dr. Deagan was Curator of Historical Archaeology for 28 years. Exhibition highlights include 16th-\, 17th-\, and 18th-century archaeological artifacts\, several of Dr. Deagan’s numerous publications\, and personal letters and ephemera. \n\n\n\nThe exhibit is on view on the second floor of Marston Science Library from August 20\, 2026 through December 18\, 2026. The building is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. except for university holidays and semester breaks. For exceptions and holidays view the building hours on the Libraries’ shared calendar. All exhibitions are open to the public and free of charge. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/excavating-a-legacy-dr-kathleen-deagan/ LOCATION:Marston Science Library\, 444 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/ExcavatingLegacy_flyer-19_8.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T190000 DTSTAMP:20260901T211054Z CREATED:20260901T211053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T211054Z UID:32309-1789059600-1793386800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Transmitted Futures: bytes not boxes — Solarpunk\, Cofuturisms and other everyday tomorrows DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: September 10\, 2026 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nThe Gary R. Libby University Gallery presents “Transmitted Futures: bytes not boxes — Solarpunk\, Cofuturisms and other everyday tomorrows” curated by Flounder Lee\, Visiting Professor of Studio Art at UF’s School of Art and Art History. Lee draws upon “many\, sometimes conflicting\, ways of imagining what comes next” to suggest that futures are always multiple\, negotiated and made through everyday life.  \n\n\n\nThe exhibition brings together a range of visions for everyday life in possible futures: a coastline heard through headphones\, two video game players cooperating through a first contact that has not yet happened\, fictional organisms sprouting from a corner\, a hovercraft with its storm shield raised\, a deck of cards asking viewers to remember how things were done somewhere better\, a trashcan resembling a reliquary\, a greenhouse in an arid world and a time machine made from plywood and projections. Rather than presenting a single vision of the future\, these works explore the many ways that the future might be imagined\, constructed and experienced. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition features work from fifteen artists and collectives around the world. Rather than shipping finished physical objects\, the artists transmitted their work as files\, which were then transformed into physical works in Gainesville through processes including 3D printing\, inkjet printing\, projection\, cutting and construction. Some files arrived ready to be printed or played\, while others were developed through months of conversation that transformed a flat drawing into a full-color object that could be experienced in physical space. \n\n\n\nLee frames the exhibition through two ideas: Solarpunk and Cofuturisms. Solarpunk is a hopeful but practical strand of art and design that is less interested in simply imagining future worlds than in building them from technologies that already exist\, emphasizing many small solutions rather than one sweeping answer. Cofuturisms is a broader term for art and writing that understands the future as something made collectively and incorporates perspectives including Afrofuturism and Indigenous Futurisms. \n\n\n\n“A file is not finished\,” Lee said. “It is an instruction\, and someone has to decide how large it is\, what it is made from\, what color it comes out. Those decisions get made in a particular place with particular tools\, which is a reasonable description of how futures arrive anywhere.” \n\n\n\nArtists and collectives represented in “Transmitted Futures” include Saks Afridi\, Morehshin Allahyari\, Nicole Dextras\, Finbarr Fallon\, Jason J Ferguson\, Terence Hannum\, Dustin Jacobus\, Mirabelle Jones\, Golan Levin and Shawn Sims\, Maize Longboat\, Ong Kian Peng\, Kate Paxman\, Saba Qizilbash\, Solarpunk Surf Club and Taryn Walker. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/transmitted-futures-bytes-not-boxes-solarpunk-cofuturisms-and-other-everyday-tomorrows/ LOCATION:Gary R. Libby University Gallery\, 400 SW 13th Street\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/transfut_thumbnail.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261202T170000 DTSTAMP:20260916T201128Z CREATED:20260901T205857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T201128Z UID:32303-1789059600-1796230800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Vico's Spiral: Half a Century of Artists' Books DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: September 10\, 2026 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nGary R. Libby Focus Gallery from September 10 through December 2\, 2026 \n\n\n\nConstance and Linton Grinter Gallery from September 10 through November 12\, 2026. \n\n\n\nThe University Galleries at the University of Florida presents Vico’s Spiral: Half a Century of Artists’ Books curated by Robbin Ami Silverberg and Carole Naggar. The exhibition includes a thoughtful selection of historical and contemporary works\, referential documents and related memorabilia. Originating at the Center for Book Arts in New York in 2024 to celebrate its 50th anniversary\, the exhibition provides a unique opportunity to appreciate\, examine and reflect on the recent history of the artist’s book. It will be on view at the Gary R. Libby Focus Gallery from September 10 – December 2\, 2026 and at the Constance and Linton Grinter Gallery from September 10 – November 12\, 2026. \n\n\n\nThis rich history is covered by presenting a selection of fifty artists’ books\, each of them echoing the unique immanent hybridity of this centuries-old practice\, emblematic for fluently incorporating the contradictions and paradoxes between the new and the old\, the traditional and the experimental\, the radical and the conversative and the political and the aesthetics\, all within one’s own reach. \n\n\n\nThis international global survey presents a broad selection of artists\, including widely recognized artists such as Tauba Auerbach\, Bruno Munari\, John Lathan\, Bruce Nauman and Liliana Porter. According to curator Silverberg\, the exhibition was “curated using the rubric of Vico’s Spiral\, a nonlinear conception of history developed by Giambattista Vico (1668-1744)\, an Italian historian\, political philosopher and jurist credited with founding the philosophy of history. Vico argued that ‘distinct periods of history can have identical or similar general characteristics; therefore\, we can discuss them using an analogy’ and that history’s tendency ‘to repeat itself’ resembled the movement of a spiral or helix. Structured after Vico’s Spiral\, the exhibition pairs books created in different decades yet concerned with similar themes or questions.” \n\n\n\nA comprehensive and fully illustrated\, 256-page catalog was published to accompany the exhibition\, which includes curatorial introductions and thoughtful essays\, revisions of the artists’ books history\, theoretical debates\, a playful list of books defining the field and a well-informed look to the global reach of the practice. It will be available for purchase at UG’s main space for the duration of the exhibition. \n\n\n\nThe artists’ books and the referential documents will be shown at the Gary R. Libby Focus Gallery\, and the second part of the exhibition\, which is focused on various ephemera including posters\, flyers and postcards\, can be seen at the Constance and Linton Grinter Gallery. Seventy-seven artists\, including collectives\, individual members and ephemera authors\, are participating in the exhibition. \n\n\n\nRobbin Silverberg will be giving a virtual talk for students and other members of our community; the dates will be announced in the coming weeks. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition is possible thanks to the generosity of the Center for Book Arts\, its Director’s Corina Reynolds and staff\, the curators\, and our exhibition coordinator Kayli Ricther\, the installation manager Mario Mutis\, the assistant Tabatha Seiter\, and the grad assistants Elise Goosen\, Kyle Christiana\, Kodie Mahone\, Jiwon Seo\, and Azariah Rodriguez. We are thankful to Dianne Caple\, Brian Caple\, Colleen Rua and Dr. Elizabeth Ross for their vital support. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/vicos-spiral-half-a-century-of-artists-books/ LOCATION:Gary R. Libby Focus Gallery\, 1370 Inner Road\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/vicospiral_eventthumbnail.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T190000 DTSTAMP:20260906T155643Z CREATED:20260906T155641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260906T155643Z UID:32389-1789758000-1792782000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Craig Smith: Social Practices (2001-2026) DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: September 18\, 2026 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nA solo exhibition by Craig Smith is coming to the campus of Santa Fe Community College (Santa Fe Art Gallery) from September 18\, 2026 through October 23\, 2026. The exhibition is entitled: Craig Smith: Social Practices (2001-2026) and includes photography\, sculptures and video documenting twenty-five years of socially engaged artworks and exhibitions in New York\, London\, Pittsburgh\, Beijing and now\, Gainesville.  \n\n\n\nThis exhibition in the Santa Fe College Art Gallery includes videos\, photographs\, and sculptural ‘relics’ from Smith’s individual and collaborative art projects over the last twenty-five years. Each section of the exhibition focuses on a particular element of socially engaged art\, or an art form that\, in part\, utilizes social relations as a formal element in the production of art. The artworks on view in the exhibition include video and photographs produced during public performances on the streets of New York and in the shadows of the World Trade Center just weeks before 9/11. The exhibition also includes large-scale “social sculptures” of art seeking viewer participation in the handling\, curating and exhibition of federally controlled commodities such as firearms. There are also documents of live sound performances by Smith accompanied by New York punk legends the Vores\, collaborations with long-time colleague Colin Beatty\, as well as photographs produced with the New York-based group “C” featuring Smith with artists Lillah Friedland and Matthew Bakkom.  \n\n\n\nCraig Smith is a visual and performing artist whose research and practice explores the foundations of social relations as an agent in cultural production. Smith creates photographs\, videos\, sounds\, and live performances for a wide range of exhibition spaces including museums\, galleries\, athletic facilities\, health care clinics\, and financial institutions. Smith has been included in solo exhibitions and performances across thirteen countries. Smith has been featured at PS1MOMA in New York\, the Tate Modern in London\, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C. and has been featured as an artist and a curator by CEPA Gallery in Buffalo\, one of New York state’s oldest not-for-profit galleries specializing in testing the boundaries of the photographic. Smith’s most recent book of photography is entitled American Ace: Limited Edition (with Ben Wise) and is available from Printed Matter in NYC. His most recent book of theory is entitled Relational Art: A Guided Tour (published by Bloomsbury LLC). Smith has released multiple sound recordings with both Lunacy Records and Legacy 405 (produced by Dave Copenhaver) and has performed these sound pieces live at venues including the Cantor Film Center in New York City and the Central Academy of Fine Art (CAFA) in Beijing\, China. Smith is currently a senior faculty member in the College of the Arts at the University of Florida. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/craig-smith-social-practices-2001-2026/ LOCATION:Santa Fe College\, 3000 NW 83 Street\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32606\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/COTAcalendar_eventthumbnail.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T210000 DTSTAMP:20260928T213659Z CREATED:20260928T213657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T213659Z UID:32951-1791401400-1791406800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:UF Brass Band DESCRIPTION:Join the University of Florida School of Music for an extraordinary evening of brass music by the UF Brass Band in their opening concert\, “Kingdom of Dragons”. Featuring works by Philips Sparke\, Ben Hollings\, John James Powell\, Dorothy Gates\, T.J. Powell\, and Philip Harper. Whether you’re a longtime brass band enthusiast or experiencing this unique instrumentation for the first time\, this program promises to leave you wanting more! \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact Dr. Danielle VanTuinen\, director of the UF Brass Band. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Danielle VanTuinen\n \n\n \n \n \n Associate Professor\n \n \n \n \n \n Brass\n •\n School of Music\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n dvantuinen@arts.ufl.edu URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/uf-brass-band/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/Kingdom-of-Dragons.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR