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-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: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:20261028T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T203000 DTSTAMP:20261013T004654Z CREATED:20261005T215651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T004654Z UID:33209-1793215800-1793219400@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Paul Richards\, Faculty Composition Recital DESCRIPTION:A recital featuring two new works by composer Paul Richards: “Short Stories for Big Band”\, featuring the University of Florida Jazz Band\, and “Destination Unknown”\, featuring faculty performers Janna Lower\, violin; Steven Thomas\, cello; and Jasmin Arakawa\, piano. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/paul-richards-faculty-composition-recital/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/10/PaulRichards_10.28.26_CotA-Calendar-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T181500 DTSTAMP:20261020T150045Z CREATED:20261018T210126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T150045Z UID:33623-1793294100-1793297700@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:In Conversation at UF with Stephen Endelman DESCRIPTION:Daniel Pickering\n\n\n\nProducer\, entrepreneur\, and visual effects artist. \n\n\n\nDaniel Pickering is a British film and animation producer\, visual effects artist\, and entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in film\, television\, and animation. \n\n\n\nHe is the creator and producer of the internationally successful animated series Little Charley Bear\, which has been broadcast in more than 120 countries. Pickering also served as Executive Producer for Gerry Anderson\, working alongside the British creator during the final years of his career. \n\n\n\nHis career has brought him together with respected names in filmmaking\, including two-time Academy Award-winning visual effects artist Brian Johnson\, who served as a CGI consultant on his work. \n\n\n\nPickering is the founder of Pickering Animation Studios\, a British animation studio based in Berkshire that combines British storytelling and creative talent with new technology. \n\n\n\nAfter three decades in the industry\, he continues to develop original film and television projects across animation\, visual effects\, and live-action filmmaking\, with a focus on ambitious entertainment and a distinct British creative identity. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/in-conversation-at-uf-with-stephen-endelman/ LOCATION:Digital Worlds Institute – The Polymodal Immersive Classroom Theater (PICT)\, 624 SW 12th Street\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/10/In-Conversation-at-UF-Event-Graphic-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T213000 DTSTAMP:20260918T163340Z CREATED:20260914T193515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T163340Z UID:32561-1793302200-1793309400@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:UF Opera Theatre presents: Opera Scenes\, Evening 1 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an enchanting evening of famous excerpts from a variety of your favorite operas and composers. The talented graduate and undergraduate students from the UF Opera Theatre program will bring our annual opera scenes production to the stage for two nights on October 29\, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. and on October 31 at 7:30 p.m. in the School of Music MUB 101 recital hall. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/uf-opera-theatre-presents-opera-scenes-evening-1/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/Opera-Scene.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T204000 DTSTAMP:20260810T162109Z CREATED:20260810T162107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T162109Z UID:31575-1793388600-1793392800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Annual Halloween Spooktacular DESCRIPTION:Members of the UF organ and carillon studios present a Halloween-themed program. The event will begin in the University Auditorium on the Andrew Anderson Memorial Pipe Organ. After about a half-hour\, the event moves outside to Century Tower\, where a large screen will allow audience members to view carillonneurs performing on the 61-bell cast bell carillon. Fun for all ages!\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Andrew Anderson Memorial Organ in the University Auditorium. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/annual-halloween-spooktacular/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/Century-Tower-Blue-Lighting-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T213000 DTSTAMP:20260902T175413Z CREATED:20260901T014415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T175413Z UID:32287-1793388600-1793395800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Reveries DESCRIPTION:Pre-concert lecture at 6:45 p.m. \n\n\n\nProgram Overview: \n\n\n\nDebussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun \n\n\n\nBarber’s Violin Concerto\, Op. 14 with Aubree Oliverson\, Violin \n\n\n\nBerlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique\, op. 14 URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/reveries/ LOCATION:Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts\, 3201 Hull Road\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32607\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T150000 DTSTAMP:20261020T023905Z CREATED:20261008T233010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T023905Z UID:33269-1793440800-1793458800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:UF Trombone Day DESCRIPTION:UF Trombone Day with guest artist Megan Boutin and host Dr. Jemmie Robertson. \n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\n10:00 a.m.\n\n\n\nGroup Warmup\, MUB 101 \n\n\n\n10:30 a.m.\n\n\n\nParticipant Ensemble Rehearsal\, MUB 101 \n\n\n\n11:15 a.m.\n\n\n\nUF Trombone Ensemble with Megan Boutin\, MUB 101; HS Masterclass with Dr. Jemmie Robertson\, MUB 121 \n\n\n\n12:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMegan Boutin Masterclass\, MUB 101 \n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nPizza Lunch\, Atrium \n\n\n\n2:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFinale Concert featuring Megan Boutin and Brian Hargrove\, the UF Trombone Ensemble\, and the HS Participant Finale\, MUB 101 \n\n\n\n3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nTrombone Day concludes URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/uf-trombone-day/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/10/TromboneDay_26_CotA-Register.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T150000 DTSTAMP:20261008T235327Z CREATED:20261008T234421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T235327Z UID:33281-1793455200-1793458800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:UF Trombone Day Finale Concert DESCRIPTION:The Finale Concert of UF Trombone Day will feature guest artist Megan Boutin in recital with pianist Brian Hargrove and UF Trombone Professor Jemmie Robertson. The concert will also include a brief performance by members of the UF Trombone Ensemble and an exciting finale featuring all participants. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/uf-trombone-day-finale-concert/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/10/TromboneDay_26_CotA-Concert.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T213000 DTSTAMP:20260918T164220Z CREATED:20260914T193712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T164220Z UID:32567-1793475000-1793482200@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:UF Opera Theatre presents: Opera Scenes\, Evening 2 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an enchanting evening of famous excerpts from a variety of your favorite operas and composers. The talented graduate and undergraduate students from the UF Opera Theatre program will bring our annual opera scenes production to the stage for two nights on October 29\, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. and on October 31 at 7:30 p.m. in the School of Music MUB 101 recital hall. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/uf-opera-theatre-presents-opera-scenes-evening-2/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/Opera-Scene.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR