A meal can be the center of the universe among a gathering of people. Offering, sharing, and eating with familiar faces or strangers is one of the most important and elementary manifestations of sociality in cultures around the world. Magic Stew: A Group Soup is a vision of 14 artists that invites all to a […]
WOMEN ARTISTS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHINA: A PREHISTORY OF THE CONTEMPORARY Dr. Julia Andrews, Distinguished University Professor, Ohio State University This talk will reflect on two intersecting themes, the rise of women as artists and as female subjects for art, in the context of the evolving status of women in twentieth-century China. Against the backdrop of […]
CALLIGRAPHIC LANGUAGE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE Dr. Kuiyi Shen, Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, University of California, San Diego Calligraphy entered contemporary Chinese art at the time modernist art reappeared in China in the 1980s, and gradually became an important component in contemporary art. Because the Chinese written language is partially ideographic and partially […]
2G00DHOTD@MN.V4 is a collective of works by UF undergraduates of mostly studio art disciplines that analyzes and considers the “at sign” (@) through various mediums such as 3D modeling, AI, digital fabrication, drawing, printmaking, video, and sculpture. From the scriptures to emails and social media, the “at sign” is malleable in use. The artists discover […]
Please join us for a lecture by visiting artist Cosmo Whyte on Tuesday, March 7 at 6:15 p.m. at Little Hall, Room 101.Cosmo Whyte (b. 1982, St. Andrew, Jamaica) employs drawing, sculpture, and photography to explore the intersections of race, nationalism, and displacement. Whyte received a BFA from Bennington College, a post-baccalaureate at Maryland Institute […]
Exhibition Dates: Friday, March 10 through Wednesday, March 29Florida Prisoner Solidarity (FPS) is a carceral abolitionist collective with membership expanding across the state, both inside and outside prisons. Their efforts are focused around the needs of all incarcerated individuals, their care networks, and the people in community with them.Opening Reception: Friday, March 10, 7:00 p.m. […]
SPARC352 is hosting a critical community conversation in the Porters neighborhood to elevate and empower local voices. This particular session will address safe housing and neighborhood preservation. The art form we will be using during this event is podcasting. Our facilitator, Lo Weaver, will be recording a live podcast with community participants:
Fleeting Imaginaries: Master of Fine Arts Candidates Exhibition I presents mixed-media installations featuring painting, sculpture, performance, and AI-inflected video that grapple with the paradoxical nature of a contemporary world that simultaneously isolates individuals and conglomerates masses. These artists contemplate the (im)possibility of escape through an exploration of fleeting realities and manifested connections. Featuring work by McKinna Anderson, Michael […]
Moa Petersén is an associate professor at the Department of CulturalSciences at Lund University. Her research explores how people relateto and represent technology, biology and nature. In the last few years,her research has focused on the history of photography, digital techand human rights, artistic representations of climate change, andbiohacking. In February 2023 she completed a […]
POSING QUESTIONS ON POSING BEAUTY: A CONVERSATION WITH DEBORAH WILLISDeborah Willis, University Professor and Chair, Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York UniversityJoin us for a conversation with Deborah Willis, award winning MacArthur Fellow, artist, curator, professor and eminent scholar in the history of Black photography, and Jade […]