BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//University of Florida | College of the Arts - ECPv6.15.18//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:20260213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260210T021028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T022957Z UID:28279-1771007400-1788022800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:The Wisdom of Ananse: Ceramic Sculptures by Alex Awuku DESCRIPTION:February 13\, 2026\, at 6:30 p.m.\, Opening Reception \n\n\n\nThe Wisdom of Ananse: Ceramic Sculptures by Alex Awuku opens Friday\, Feb 13 at 6:30pm at the Cotton Club Museum! \n\n\n\nThe exhibition will feature original clay sculptures that feature Ghanaian folk tales and the centuries-old wisdom gleaned from them. The sculptures also reveal Awuku’s concern that these stories\, and the wisdom they impart\, are being ignored and therefore lost with the current generation. Featuring Guest Curator\, Dr. Rebecca M. Nagy. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition will be on view Feb 13 – Aug 29 during regular museum hours. Free and open to the public. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/the-wisdom-of-ananse-ceramic-sculptures-by-alex-awuku/ LOCATION:Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center\, 837 SE 7th Avenue\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/02/Awuku-CCMCC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260315T152938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T154558Z UID:29271-1774630800-1777662000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Topographies of Memory | Masters of Fine Arts Candidates Exhibition DESCRIPTION:March 27\, 2026 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.: MFA I Opening ReceptionMarch 27 to April 10\, 2026 : MFA I Exhibition Open for ViewingApril 17\, 2026 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.: MFA II Opening ReceptionApril 17 to May 1\, 2026 : MFA II Exhibition Open for Viewing \n\n\n\nTopographies of MemoryMasters of Fine Arts Candidates Exhibition \n\n\n\nExhibtion Dates:MFA I : March 27 – April 10\, 2026Opening Reception: March 27\, 5:00-7:00 PM \n\n\n\nMFA II: April 17 – May 1\, 2026Opening Reception: April 17\, 5:00-7:00 PM \n\n\n\nArtistsAurora Pavlish Carpenter [I]Nicholas Phitides [I + II]Hannah Shipley [I]Kyle Selley [I]Lainie Ettema [II]Benedicta Opoku-Mensah [II] \n\n\n\nMFA I \n\n\n\nThe University Galleries at the University of Florida presents Topographies of Memory\, Master of Fine Arts Candidates Exhibition [I] with the artists Aurora Pavlish-Carpenter\, Nicholas Phitides\, Kyle Selley\, and Hannah Shipley. According to art history graduate student and curatorial assistant Rónan Shaw from the School of Art and Art History at UF\, the exhibition title comes from a series of conversations with professor and curator Jesús Fuenmayor about the bilderatlas (“image atlas”) created by the pioneering art historian Aby Warburg (1866–1929). Between 1924 and 1929\, he developed his image atlas\, organized in 63 panels encompassing around a thousand individual pieces with reproductions of Renaissance\, Baroque\, and Enlightenment artworks. Warburg hung each panel\, says Shaw\, “on a wall in a deliberate topographic configuration\, using the collective images to map the repetition of certain motifs and ideas across the ages. In doing so\, Warburg hoped to find and communicate visual and iconographic affinities he saw occurring and persisting throughout time in the work of different artists across cultures. He christened the project Mnemosyne\, after the Greek titaness of memory and the mother of the muses and borrowed the title of his project from mythology in particular because he saw the presence of Greco-Roman themes in the Renaissance as a sign of cultural awakening\, that after centuries of dormancy\, the Greek gods were ready to imprint themselves onto the cultural landscape of sixteenth-century Europe. Their resurrection from iconoclasm\, to Warburg\, was a sign of cultural memory and proof that certain images\, ideas\, and stories persisted in the imaginary of Europeans as they entered a new age.” As Shaw elaborates on his curatorial introduction\, “in borrowing from Warburg’s idea of the bilderatlas Mnemosyne\, we have gathered images and objects that evoke the idea of memory\, questioning the pathways of cultural knowledge\, embodied making\, and image survival.” \n\n\n\nIn this first part of the 2026 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition the visitors will appreciate the work of Aurora Pavlish-Carpenter\, Nicholas Phitides\, Kyle Selley and Hannah Shipley. Shaw describe these works in the following paragraph. “Using repurposed materials such as plastic\, Pavlish-Carpenter crafts an island as a space of survival and transmission of organic life. Fission (or: Don’t Worry\, It’ll Only Cost You an Arm and a Leg and Your Unborn Child evokes the fluid environment of an island as a space that shifts—subject to the tides and whims of the ocean. She implies a sense of hostility in the spiny starfish that populate the constructed landscape\, forcing viewers to carefully consider how they move about and engage with her ambitious installation\, a diorama of sorts that implies a mnemonic reconstruction of a bygone natural environment. Phitides conjures the sublimity and uncanniness of memory in his two paintings titled Final Autumn and Hot October\, respectively. In both he draws equally from the language of mass media and the collective unconscious; things that we’d never think to notice—an abandoned house\, a backyard conflagration\, a throughway—are made monumental and confrontational in their isolating and eerie environmental storytelling. As time progresses\, all things leave a mark\, or a residue. In his installation Contemplating Residue\, Selley explores residue in his indexical works involving ash and combustion. The audience witnesses the aftermath of fireworks in his paintings\, but not necessarily the pyrotechnics themselves. In a Warburgian way\, he engages with aftermath as a form of recall\, the implication of an event rather than the event itself. The happening lives on in the presence of the ashes and marks\, prolonging its occurrence. Shipley\, whose work is presented in the Focus Gallery\, brings the wall itself as the locus of her mnemonic experiment. Titled The Way We Were\, Kind of\, her crafted wallpaper’s surface replicates images of childhood characters as a metaphor for scattered\, imperfect remembrance and familial ties. By indicting memory itself as an unreliable narrator\, Shipley challenges viewers to confront their own sense of memory via the symbolic and literal construction of domestic space in the gallery.” \n\n\n\nShaw concludes his curatorial statement with a suggestive idea: “Memory is circuitous and unreliable\, yet beautiful and profound to the human experience” inviting the visitors to bring their “own memories to the works and the gallery as you explore\, however fleetingly\, [the] Topography of Memory.” \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Clockwise from upper left\, details of works by Kyle Selley\, Nicholas Phitides\, Aurora Pavlish- Carpenter\, and Hannah Shipley\, courtesy of the artists and University Galleries\, University of Florida.\n \n \n\n\n\n\nMFA II \n\n\n\nThe second part of the exhibition\, Master of Fine Arts Candidates Exhibition [II]\, will open on April 17 and close on May 1st\, 2026. More information soon. \n\n\n\nThe graduate program in Art History at the University of Florida offers a global art history program covering a breadth of content from across time and space. The program also offers a graduate certificate in curatorial studies. For more information\, please visit: arts.ufl.edu/programs-schools/school-of-art-art-history/programs-applying/minorscertificates/graduate-certificate-in-curatorial-studies/  \n\n\n\nAbout University GalleriesThe University of Florida University Galleries’ mission is to be a platform for relevant and experimental art research and a place where pressing contemporary conversations are amplified and shared with the university and expanded communities. The UG advances the School of Art + Art History’s commitment to the visual arts by offering an experimental space to bring people together around art and ideas\, improving accessibility and inclusivity through direct student and community engagement; increasing the school’s visibility as a center for critical discourse around artistic research\, production\, and scholarship\, leading with preeminent programming. \n\n\n\nUniversity Galleries are comprised of three art galleries. Gary R. Libby University Gallery (GRLUG) provides the greater Gainesville community with a contemporary venue that explores new directions in visual art\, incorporating historical perspectives. Exhibitions feature nationally and internationally known artists\, studio art faculty\, and MFA graduating thesis projects. The Gary R. Libby Focus Gallery and the Constance and Linton Grinter Gallery of International Art present art exhibitions that are organized by graduate student curators\, in conjunction with the director of the galleries\, allowing students to learn experientially about curation\, organization\, and exhibition making. \n\n\n\nGary R. Libby University Gallery is located at the intersection of SW 13th Street and SW 4th Avenue in Fine Arts Building B on the University of Florida campus. Map There is a reserved gallery parking spot located behind the main Gallery (Gary R. Libby University Gallery). From SW 13th Street\, enter campus via Stadium Road\, then take into the Gallery’s driveway to your left. A temporary parking permit can be retrieved at the Gallery’s reception desk. \n\n\n\nDaytime Parking \n\n\n\nMonday through Friday\, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. are the normal hours of restriction when an appropriate permit is required to park for most areas of campus. However\, many areas are enforced differently\, so always check the signage at each location where you park to determine the specific hours when a permit is required for that area. Please check the following link for more information: https://taps.ufl.edu/customer-resources/parking-restrictions/ \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact the University Gallery at (352) 273-3000 or visit ourwebsite at https://www.universitygalleriesufl.com/ \n\n\n\nAdditional informationDirections & Accessible Parking:Gary R. Libby University Gallery is located at the intersection of SW 13th Street and SW 4th Avenue in Fine Arts Building B on the University of Florida campus. Map \n\n\n\nAccessible Parking \n\n\n\nThere is a reserved gallery parking spot located behind the main Gallery (Gary R. Libby University Gallery). From SW 13th Street\, enter campus via Stadium Road\, then take into the Gallery’s driveway to your left. A temporary parking permit can be retrieved at the Gallery’s reception desk.UF Parking Map \n\n\n\nReception ParkingThe closest parking to the Gary R. Libby University Gallery is the lot behind (to the west of) Tigert Hall. From University Avenue\, enter campus via Buckman Drive and turn left onto Union Road. Follow Union Road through the 4-way stop. The parking lot entrance is on the right just past Walker Hall. Parking restrictions for this lot are lifted at 5:30 p.m. Questions? Contact us at (352) 273-3000. \n\n\n\nGary R. Libby University Gallery400 SW 13th StreetFine Arts Building B (FAB)Gainesville\, FL 32611 \n\n\n\nAbout the College of the ArtsThe College of the Arts is one of the 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes at the University of Florida in Gainesville\, Florida. The College of the Arts offers baccalaureate\, master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in its three institutionally-accredited schools — the School of Art + Art History\, School of Music and School of Theatre + Dance. The college is home to the Center for Arts in Medicine\, Center for Arts and Public Policy\, Center for World Arts\, Digital Worlds Institute\, University Galleries and the New World School of the Arts in Miami. More than 100 faculty members and approximately than 1\,200 students work together daily to engage\, inspire and create. The college hosts more than 300 performances\, exhibitions and events each year. Faculty and students also exhibit and perform at other local\, national and international venues. To learn more\, visit www.arts.ufl.edu URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/topographies-of-memory-masters-of-fine-arts-candidates-exhibition/ LOCATION:Gary R. Libby University Gallery\, 400 SW 13th Street\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/03/Topographies-of-Memory.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260331T161555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T161603Z UID:29513-1775239200-1775840400@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Foyer DESCRIPTION:Join us this Friday\, April 3 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the solo exhibition\, “Foyer” by Claire Moody! \n\n\n\nStatement from the artist:The quiet can attract uninvited notions– I have found that banishing these visitors can be futile. This exhibit invites them inside and gives them a place to rest\, with the knowledge that their stay is only temporary. The rendering of obscure sensations is how we accept that we may not be able to define them\, but we can harness them\, and feel them. My work stems from obsession\, and is resolved through the embrace of uncertainty. I am drawn to the medium of video due to its synthesis of painting\, sound\, sculpture\, and photography\, and the infinite permutations that this synthesis makes possible. I am informed and influenced by the surrealist movement beginning in the 1920’s\, the psychology of the subconscious\, and expressionist film. Although these bodies of thought have been explored many times over\, they are deeply and intrinsically human\, which is a characteristic that we will never evolve from or sidestep\, making these realms just as relevant and fascinating to traverse today. It is lonely to experience and agonize over thoughts that we don’t understand. I hope to articulate our most obscure and elusive sensations onto an Earthly-accessible plane and bring emotional liberation to audiences. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition will be open through Friday\, April 10. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/foyer/ LOCATION:4Most Gallery & Studio\, 534 SW 4th Avenue\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/03/Foyer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T174500 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260315T154434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T204335Z UID:29297-1775321100-1775324700@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:FLYDLPHN - Guest Artist Concert DESCRIPTION:The UF School of Music presents: FLYDLPHN – Guest Artist Concert URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/flydlphn-guest-artist-concert/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T181000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260315T154641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T140304Z UID:29301-1775495400-1775499000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:CANCELED - SOM Faculty and Staff Follies DESCRIPTION:The UF School of Music presents: SOM Faculty and Staff Follies URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/som-faculty-and-staff-follies/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T194500 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260330T195140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T165917Z UID:29423-1775499300-1775504700@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Chain of Thought - Philippe Pasquier - Generative AI\, Co-Creation\, and Computer Assisted Creativity: A Critical Survey DESCRIPTION:UF College of the Arts AI and the Arts Initiative presents Chain of Thought\, a series of talks on AI\, art and society. \n\n\n\nApril 6\, 2026 from 6:15 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. EST.: “Generative AI\, Co-Creation and Computer-Assisted Creativity: A Critical Survey” \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Philippe Pasquier\, Simon Fraser University School of Interactive Arts + Technology Metacreation Lab for Creative AI \n\n\n\nZoom Link: ufl.zoom.us/j/91492250134?pwd=hgjkk7fIbzJZR7OsLneszENENpWkam.1 Password: 142267\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Chain of Thought – Philippe Pasquier – Generative AI\, Co-Creation\, and Computer Assisted Creativity: A Critical Survey URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/chain-of-thought-philippe-pasquier-generative-ai-co-creation-and-computer-assisted-creativity-a-critical-survey/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/03/16-9-Philippe-Pasquier-Chain-of-Thought-Poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T192000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T202000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260315T154800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260315T154802Z UID:29305-1775503200-1775506800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:World Beat Ensemble Spring Concert DESCRIPTION:The UF School of Music presents: World Beat Ensemble Spring Concert URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/world-beat-ensemble-spring-concert/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T193000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260127T154512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260315T151504Z UID:27745-1775585700-1775590200@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Visiting Artist Lecture: Chie Fueki DESCRIPTION:The School of Art + Art History presents the Visiting Artist Lecture Series. \n\n\n\nJoin us for an artist talk and Q/A with Chie Fueki on Tuesday\, April 7\, 2026\, at 6:15 p.m. in Fine Arts B. (Room: FAB103) \n\n\n\nVisually striking and intricate\, Chie Fueki’s paintings picture contemporary life in spectacular motion. Created through a complex system of painting\, drawing\, cutting\, and collaging onto wood panels\, her practice is centered around the depiction of figures\, symbols\, and abstract spaces using multi-layered ornamental surfaces and fields of color. Drawing on her experience as a Japanese-born artist growing up in Brazil and later practicing in the United States\, Fueki’s work embraces the visual language from these three distinct cultures. As Fueki explains: “I consider myself a mixed-language painter with interest in eastern and western perspectival systems\, architectural graphics\, pop animation\, pre-Renaissance European painting\, and exuberant color.” \n\n\n\nChie Fueki lives and works in Beacon\, NY. Fueki was born in 1973\, Yokohama\, Japan\, and raised in São Paulo\, Brazil. She earned her MFA at Yale University and her BFA at The Ringling College of Art and Design. She is a recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship (2025)\, the Pocantico Prize\, Rockefeller Brother’s Fund (2024)\, UMOCA’s Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting (2023)\, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2022)\, Joan Mitchell Fellowship (2021-2025)\, American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Purchase Prize (2021\, 2004) and Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2004). \n\n\n\nRecent solo exhibitions include: KinoSaito Art Center\, Verplanck\, NY (2024)\, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art\, Salt Lake City\, UT (2023); DC Moore Gallery\, New York\, NY (2022); Pamela Salisbury Gallery\, Hudson\, NY (2023); Shoshana Wayne Gallery\, Los Angeles\, CA (2005\, 2008\, 2013\, 2023); Mother Gallery\, Beacon\, NY (2020)\, Mary Boone Gallery\, New York\, NY (2006\, 2011); Bill Maynes Gallery\, New York\, NY (2002\, 2003); Orlando Museum of Art\, FL (2014). She has public artwork at PS 92Q\, Queens NY\, and HHS Lerner Children Pavilion\, New York\, NY. Her work is included in permanent collections of the Hirshhorn Museum\, Washington\, D.C.; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth\, TX; Orlando Museum of Art\, FL; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, CA; San Jose Museum of Art\, CA; The Pizzuti Collection at Columbus Museum of Art\, OH; and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts\, UT. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/visiting-artist-lecture-chie-fueki/ LOCATION:Fine Arts Building B (FAB)\, 400 SW 13th St\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/01/Chie.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T192000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T202000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260315T154936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260315T154937Z UID:29309-1775589600-1775593200@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Saxophone Ensembles Spring Concert DESCRIPTION:The UF School of Music presents: Saxophone Ensembles Spring Concert URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/saxophone-ensembles-spring-concert/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T192000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T202000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260315T155059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260315T155101Z UID:29313-1775589600-1775593200@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:UF Brass Band Concert #4 DESCRIPTION:The UF School of Music presents: UF Brass Band Concert #4 URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/uf-brass-band-concert-4/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260315T155409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T151203Z UID:29317-1775674800-1775682000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Campus to Community Spring Concert DESCRIPTION:Join us April 8 as we bring the talents of UF’s student musicians to the Gainesville community for our second Campus to Community: UF School of Music Students in Recital. This new\, free concert series will feature emerging musicians from the brass\, percussion and string areas. Show your support for the next generation of performers as they showcase their musical excellence beyond campus! URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/campus-to-community-spring-concert/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, 419 NE 1st Street\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/03/CampusToCommunity_4.8.26_CotA.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T193000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260107T170519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T145455Z UID:26841-1775757600-1775763000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:HESCAH Lecture | Peter Probst\, "Thrust Reversal: Artistic Intervention and Spiritual Repair in a Nigerian Energy Landscape" DESCRIPTION:Join us for a HESCAH lecture by Peter Probst\, Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University. \n\n\n\nPeter Probst’s teaching and research are thoroughly interdisciplinary\, located at the intersection between art history\, anthropology\, and museum studies. His areas of specialty include the visual cultures of modern Africa and its diasporas\, critical museum and heritage studies in a global frame\, and modern and contemporary African art. His most recent monograph\, What is African Art? A Short History\, examines the invention and development of African art as an art historical category. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/hescah-lecture-peter-probst-thrust-reversal-artistic-intervention-and-spiritual-repair-in-a-nigerian-energy-landscape/ LOCATION:Fine Arts Building B (FAB)\, 400 SW 13th St\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/01/Loop-ProbstHESCAH.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T192000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T202000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260315T155520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T145330Z UID:29325-1775762400-1775766000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Jacaré Brazil Spring Concert DESCRIPTION:UF’s Jacaré Brazil brings together students\, faculty\, community members and international guests in a lively performance ensemble dedicated to the musical traditions of Latin America’s largest country. \n\n\n\nOur spring showcase celebrates Brazilian music’s regional and cultural variety with special guest Dr. Larry Crook\, percussionist and founder of Jacaré Brazil. \n\n\n\nFEATURING: Santa Morena • Flor e Espinho • Último Desejo • Bachianinha No. 1 • Prelúdio Encantado • Só Danço Samba • As Pastorinhas …e mais! \n\n\n\nDIRECTOR: Welson Tremura \n\n\n\nGRADUATE ASSISTANT: Luis Provillamonte \n\n\n\nASSISTED BY: Kenneth Metzker & Silviu Ciulei URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/jacare-brazil-spring-concert/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/03/2026-Jacare-Brazil_4.9.26_CotA.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T183000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260331T153301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T153304Z UID:29495-1775841000-1775845800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Dartagnan Stephen - DMA Trumpet Recital DESCRIPTION:In partial fulfilment for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Trumpet Performance\, Dartagnan Stephen presents an evening of cornet solos! Featuring works by Vassily Brandt\, Thorvald Hansen\, Herbert L. Clarke\, Eugene Bozza\, and J.B. Arban. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/dartagnan-stephen-dma-trumpet-recital/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/03/Dartagnan-Stephen-DMA-Recital.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260310T122435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T161616Z UID:29159-1775842200-1775854800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Students Thinking BIG: Student Innovation Spotlight Night DESCRIPTION:Students Thinking BIG brings together student projects across the arts\, humanities\, science\, engineering\, technology\, and business\, creating a community-facing space that connects students\, educators\, families\, and community members within Gainesville’s innovation ecosystem. Hosted in partnership with the UF Engineering Innovation Institute’s IGNITE (Innovation Gator Network)\, the UF Center for Arts\, Migration\, and Entrepreneurship (CAME)\, and the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention. \n\n\n\nFriday\, April 10\, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. | Student Innovation Spotlight Night \n\n\n\nStudent Innovation Spotlight Night is a high-energy\, thesis-style event where student founders and innovators share their ideas through rapid\, engaging 3-minute presentations. The evening combines concise storytelling with appetizers\, networking\, and informal conversation\, creating an environment that encourages connection among students\, alumni\, and community partners. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/students-thinking-big-student-innovation-spotlight-night/ LOCATION:Cade Museum\, 811 S Main St\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/03/Innovation-Spotlight.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260310T124428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T161932Z UID:29165-1775901600-1775916000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Students Thinking BIG!: Community Innovation Day DESCRIPTION:Students Thinking BIG brings together student projects across the arts\, humanities\, science\, engineering\, technology\, and business\, creating a community-facing space that connects students\, educators\, families\, and community members within Gainesville’s innovation ecosystem. Hosted in partnership with the UF Engineering Innovation Institute’s IGNITE (Innovation Gator Network)\, the UF Center for Arts\, Migration\, and Entrepreneurship (CAME)\, and the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, April 11\, 10:00am – 2:00pm | COMMUNITY INNOVATION DAY AT THE CADE \n\n\n\nCommunity Innovation Day is a family-friendly\, open showcase where students from UF andSanta Fe College share their work through creative exhibits\, demonstrations\, and storytellinginstallations. The day invites the broader community to explore how students are thinking aboutreal-world challenges and shaping ideas through design\, invention\, and creativity. The event isdesigned to be welcoming and engaging for audiences of all ages\, encouraging curiosity\,conversation\, and discovery \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Students Thinking BIG Student Innovation Night and Community Day\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n More About Student Innovation Night! URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/students-thinking-big-community-innovation-day/ LOCATION:Cade Museum\, 811 S Main St\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/03/Community-Day.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T192000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T202000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260315T154322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T125227Z UID:29293-1775935200-1775938800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Chinese Ensemble Concert DESCRIPTION:The UF School of Music presents: Chinese Ensemble Concert URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/chinese-ensemble-concert-2/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/03/ChineseEnsemble_4.11.26_CotA.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T135500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T144000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260215T173449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T173500Z UID:28455-1776002100-1776004800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Carillon Studio Recital DESCRIPTION:The UF School of Music presents: Carillon Studio Recital URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/carillon-studio-recital-2/ LOCATION:Century Tower\, 375 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/02/Century-Tower-spring-flowers-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T194500 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260330T200751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T201931Z UID:29435-1776104100-1776109500@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Chain of Thought - Sue Huang - Conjure a Ghost: AI and the Afterbody DESCRIPTION:UF College of the Arts AI and the Arts Initiative presents Chain of Thought\, a series of talks on AI\, art and society. \n\n\n\nApril 13\, 2026 from 6:15 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. EST.: “Conjure a Ghost: AI and the Afterbody” \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Sue Huang\, Rutgers Laureate; Assistant Professor\, Art and Design\, Mason Gross School of the Arts\, Rutgers University – New Brunswick. \n\n\n\nZoom Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/97929628693?pwd=tc3j1MsZkyXtsgSeBJ7UsUxzAx3dBR.1Password: 595179 \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Chain of Thought – Sue Huang – Conjure a Ghost: AI and the Afterbody URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/chain-of-thought-sue-huang-conjure-a-ghost-ai-and-the-afterbody/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/03/16-9-Sue-Huang-Chain-of-Thought-Poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T192000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260331T150823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T150830Z UID:29483-1776194400-1776200400@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Symphonic Band Spring 2026 Concert 3 DESCRIPTION:The UF School of Music presents: Symphonic Band Spring 2026 Concert 3 URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/symphonic-band-spring-2026-concert-3/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T192000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260331T151727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T151733Z UID:29489-1776280800-1776286800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Concert Bands Spring 2026 Concert 2 DESCRIPTION:The UF School of Music presents: Concert Bands Spring 2026 Concert 2 URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/concert-bands-spring-2026-concert-2/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T235959 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20251017T165203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T170240Z UID:20555-1776297600-1776643199@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Spring into Dance DESCRIPTION:To purchase tickets\, call the University Box Office at (352) 392-1653 or visit Ticketmaster. \n\n\n\nThursday April 16\, 2026 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.Friday April 17\, 2026 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.Saturday April 18\, 2026 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.Sunday April 19\, 2026 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nSpring into DanceApr. 16 through 19\, 2026Black Box TheatreDirected by Isa García-RoseThis annual faculty concert exemplifies the artistic and intellectual rigor at the center of the school’s dance program. Featuring innovative contemporary works by distinguished faculty and acclaimed guest artists\, Spring into Dance showcases the depth of research-driven creative practices that inform each piece. Performed by accomplished student ensembles\, the concert offers a compelling exploration of movement\, form\, and expression—reflecting the program’s commitment to an inclusive interpretation of contemporary dance practices. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/spring-into-dance/ LOCATION:Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion\, 1800 McCarty Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32603\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T192000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260331T150445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T150450Z UID:29479-1776367200-1776373200@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Wind Symphony Spring 2026 Concert 3 DESCRIPTION:The UF School of Music presents: Wind Symphony Spring 2026 Concert 3 URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/wind-symphony-spring-2026-concert-3/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T192000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260215T180038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260215T180049Z UID:28479-1776453600-1776457800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Organ Studio Recital DESCRIPTION:Members of the UF organ studio perform organ works from Baroque to contemporary. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/organ-studio-recital/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/02/UA-Organ-Pipes1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T235959 DTSTAMP:20260404T035201 CREATED:20260123T193908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T122757Z UID:27645-1780099200-1780271999@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:International Piano Festival DESCRIPTION:Day 1 (May 30): Festival Competition\, Festival Artist Concert\, Reception\n\n\n\nDay 2 (May 31): Masterclass\, UF School of Music\n\n\n\nThe International Piano Festival at the University of Florida assembles promising young pianists for lessons and masterclasses with distinguished piano teachers from North America and across the globe. Originating in 2007 as the Chinese-American International Piano Institute (CAIPI)\, the event has hosted some of the finest performers and teachers from around the world. \n\n\n\nPlease note that the 2026 festival will take a 1.5-day format due to the School of Music renovation project over the summer. \n\n\n\nRegistration Timeline (2026)\n\n\n\nApplication deadline: April 25\n\n\n\nFestival Competition requirements:\n\n\n\n\nAges between 13-18\n\n\n\nMust perform at least two pieces in contrasting styles\n\n\n\nMinimum length: approx. 8 minutes\n\n\n\nMaximum length: approx.. 15 minutes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFestival Fee: $0 (All the accepted participants’ festival fees are covered by the scholarship from the festival sponsors)\n\n\n\nFestival fee includes participation in the festival competition\, a ticket to the festival artist concert\, reception\, and a masterclass. \n\n\n\nFestival Competition Awards\n\n\n\n\nFirst Prize: $500\n\n\n\nSecond Prize: $300\n\n\n\nThird Prize: $150\n\n\n\n\nApplication Procedures\nComplete the online application (application fee: $50) – Application fee is non-refundable.   \n\n\n\n \n \n Register here \n\n\n\n\n\nSend the following items electronically to UFIPF@arts.ufl.edu   — Video files or links (YouTube\, etc.) of at least two contrasting works performed by the applicant (it can be the same or different from the pieces you wish to perform at the festival)\n\n\n\nList of the pieces you wish to perform at the festival competition and timing for each piece.\n\n\n\n\n\nAccommodations & Travel\nParticipants are responsible for securing their own hotel accommodation\, as the festival does not offer accommodation through the UF housing office this year. \n\n\n\nHoliday Inn University (across the UF campus\, about 12 min walk to School of Music) offers a discount for the UFIPF participants: \n\n\n\nHoliday Inn Gainesville- University Center1250 W. University AveGainesville\, Florida\, 32601 \n\n\n\n\n \n \n Festival Artists/Competition Judges\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Kevin Robert Orr\n \n\n \n \n \n School Director and Professor of the School of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n School of Music\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n korr@ufl.edu\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Evan Mitchell\n \n\n \n \n \n Assistant Professor\n \n \n \n \n \n School of Music\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n evan.mitchell@ufl.edu\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Hsiang Tu\n \n\n \n \n \n Assistant Professor\n \n \n \n \n \n School of Music\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n hsiangtu@ufl.edu\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Festival Director\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Jasmin Arakawa\n \n\n \n \n \n Associate Professor\n \n \n \n \n \n School of Music\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n jarakawa@ufl.edu\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nMake a donation\n\n\n\nUFIPF brings you fifteen events each year\, all of them open to the public\, free of charge. The festival attracts many young talents nationally and internationally as well as world-renowned guest artists. If you enjoyed any of our concerts\, please consider becoming a sponsor to help us continue to bring young talents to Gainesville!! \n\n\n\n \n \n Make a gift URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/international-piano-festival/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR