Join us for a lecture by Dr. Monica Amor, Associate Professor at Maryland Institute College of Art. Dr. Amor will lecture on specific chapters of her career-long research on late modern artistic practices by artists from Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela as it implies a reflection on historical, local, and material conditions of cultural production beyond […]
Michael Mandiberg (b. 1977, Detroit) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work manifests the poetics and politics of the information age. Mandiberg works within systems to make visible processes that are often hidden in plain sight, or on public web servers. While technically sophisticated, their projects exceed novelty to make propositions about how our lives are […]
Next up in The Carter Lectures 2021 is African Time: A New World-Thinking by Qudus Onikeku. Qudus Onikeku is Maker-in-Residence and research assistant professor at the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. His current research looks into the last five years of his accidental entrepreneurial work with the QDanceCenter in Lagos. Alongside his partner Hajarat […]
Please join us at the Boxcar event space at Depot Park!SPARC352 will join other community-based organizations and reimagineers in a celebration of community collaborations. Hosted by the Partnership for Reimagining Gainesville, this event is an opportunity to learn about PRG's model for community-based collaboration and meaningful impact and to experience some of the incredible community […]
The exhibition No One will have the Same Knowledge Again involves a body of work by Myles Dunigan, an American artist and educator born in Massachusetts. His work addresses ecological anxieties and the role of technology in imaging the natural world through the apocalyptic and the uncanny. The artworks on view at the 4Most Gallery consist of […]
Location: Constans TheatreJoin the School of Theatre and Dance as they present their annual production of Agbedidi. Agbedidi celebrates the diaspora and fusion of African dance cultures and offers works featuring both traditional West African Dance and contemporary dance by African American choreographers. You won’t want to miss this dance spectacular—where diversity is celebrated, differing […]
Producing a live dance performance or an album was already a challenging endeavor, and then a global pandemic appeared. Join the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship (CAME) and the Digital Worlds Institute as we present an in-depth conversation about challenge, creativity, and resilience with Qudus Onikeku, Hajarat Alli, and José Valentino Ruiz; facilitated by […]
Join us for a lecture by Cheryl Finley, Associate Professor of Art History at Cornell University. "Black Art Futures" examines the state of the contemporary arts ecosystem to propose sustainable pathways for art, innovation and activism. Drawing on a book in progress of the same name, this talk is inspired by the current exhibition, "Shadow […]
Join us for a lecture by visiting artist Alexis Rockman.Born in 1962 and raised in New York City, Rockman has exhibited extensively worldwide since 1985. He has been the subject of many international solo and group exhibitions, including a major retrospective organized at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. His work is also included in public […]
Music Building Room 101 (MUB 101)Join the Center for Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship with Qudus Onikeku for a film screening and discussion of "Re:INCARNATION."The point of departure for this creation is the result of five years of research by the Nigerian choreographer into body memory. This urban piece for ten dancers and a musician, designed […]