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:20260420T012118 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:20260420T012118 CREATED:20260315T152938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T140634Z 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\nExhibition 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\nThe University Galleries at the University of Florida presents Topographies of Memory\, Master of Fine Arts Candidates Exhibition. \n\n\n\nAccording 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\nMFA I \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\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\nIn this second part of the 2026 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition\, the visitors will appreciate the work of Benedicta Opoku-Mensah\, Lainie Ettema\, and Nicholas Phitides. The work of Opoku-Mensah speaks to the idea of inherited memory and cultural practice via her convening of African women in the act of macramé. In Weaving Our Haven\, Opoku-Mensah literally and figuratively weaves a tapestry of memory and survivance\, grounded in the ideas of Africana Womanism that locates itself in the specificity of the global Black experience. Nicholas Phitides conjures the sublimity and uncanniness of memory in his paintings Faultlines and Vandals (red sky) that draw 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\, an eerie throughway—are made monumental and confrontational in their isolating and eerie environmental storytelling. In Slippage\, Lainie Ettema brings the liminal space of a restroom to the gallery. Her work uses a drain as her canvas\, onto which a feminine body is abstracted and dismembered. By using the mundane site of the drain as the ground of such vibrant abstraction\, Ettema teases the boundary between individual and collective experiences with body\, hygiene\, and gender using the bathroom as a battleground of societal regulation. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Clockwise from top\, aspects of works by Lainie Ettema\, Benedicta Opoku-Mensah\, and Nicholas Phitides\, courtesyof the artists and University Galleries\, University of Florida.\n \n \n\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\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:20260417T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T012118 CREATED:20260415T205454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T205456Z UID:29859-1776445200-1776790800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Departure: BA Senior Exhibition DESCRIPTION:April 17\, 2026 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.: Opening ReceptionApril 20\, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Additional Gallery HoursApril 21\, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Additional Gallery Hours \n\n\n\nJoin us in seeing the work of the BA in Art seniors in the final exhibition of their undergraduate careers. \n\n\n\nParticipating Artists: Sophie Araque-Liu\, Sofia Fenix\, Sarah Gaskins\, Andreina Gonzalez-Mansilla\, Sari Homer\, Bryan Lee\, Anthony Madorsky\, Reed Mann\, Genesis Munoz-Vera\, Ramey Ritchie\, Emma Riutort\, Kayla Rukab\, & Ethan Toper URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/departure-ba-senior-exhibition/ LOCATION:Gary R. Libby Focus Gallery\, 1370 Inner Road\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/04/2026-BFA-showcase.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T140000 DTSTAMP:20260420T012118 CREATED:20260418T141822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T141850Z UID:29925-1776690000-1776693600@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Collision DESCRIPTION:Collision Events is a series that fosters informal\, spontaneous intellectual exchanges between the College of the Arts (COTA) and the College of Engineering. The events are organized monthly and feature 2 short presentations (7min each) from COTA and Engineering followed by discussion and collision time! The events are free and open to the public. Cookies and refreshments will be provided URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/collision/ LOCATION:Malachowsky Hall\, 1889 Museum Rd\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32606\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/04/Collision.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T160000 DTSTAMP:20260420T012118 CREATED:20260418T143117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T143216Z UID:29941-1776762000-1776873600@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Keepsake: Senior Showcase DESCRIPTION:April 21\, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Open for ViewingApril 22\, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Showcase Day \n\n\n\nYou are warmly invited to “Keepsake\,” the Graphic Design Senior Showcase for the Class of 2026. This year’s theme reflects the collection of memories\, objects\, and moments that have defined our time here in Gainesville\, Florida. It will be a moment to celebrate individuality while honoring the shared experience of the two cohorts. \n\n\n\nThe showcase will take place on Wednesday\, April 22\, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Building\, 1555 Museum Rd\, Gainesville\, FL 32603. The work will also be exhibited a day prior in the same space on Tuesday\, April 21 for viewing. \n\n\n\nWe would be delighted to have you join us at any point during the day to experience the work and support our wonderful group of graduating students. We will have catering\, so please come and enjoy some free food. Parking is limited\, but the walk from FAC is less than ten minutes. \n\n\n\nInstagram: @ufkeepsake URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/keepsake-senior-showcase/ LOCATION:UF Division of Public Safety\, 1555 Museum Road\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32603\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/04/Keepsake.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T200000 DTSTAMP:20260420T012118 CREATED:20260406T014259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T141424Z UID:29579-1776967200-1777060800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:A Staged Reading of Between Memory and Momentum DESCRIPTION:A free staged reading of a new student written work\, Between Memory and Momentum. The play is written by BA Theatre Senior Kirsten High\, directed by graduating Senior BA Theatre student Sophie Torri\, stage managed by graduating SoTD student Leonidas Markos\, as well as starring several SoTD students. This is a show exploring the intersection between loss and how art can be a medium to pull one out of the darkness. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/a-staged-reading-of-between-memory-and-momentum/ LOCATION:Reitz Union\, 655 Reitz Union Drive\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32603\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/04/Between-memory-and-Momentum.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T012118 CREATED:20260415T210023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T210025Z UID:29869-1777053600-1777222800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:And Also This… DESCRIPTION:April 24\, 2026 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.: Opening Reception \n\n\n\nJoin us in seeing the BFA in Art Senior Group Show\, the final exhibition of their undergraduate careers. \n\n\n\nArtists: Adrian Cadena\, Sachi Christman\, Charis Cochran\, Lauren Ebaugh\, Cing Huai\, Tanner Jehlen\, Lance Madridondo\, Tea McGregor\, Claire Moody\, Amanda Moran\, Brittney Parnicky\, Brandon Poll\, & Kayli Richter \n\n\n\nAdditional gallery hours to be confirmed for April 25 and April 26. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/and-also-this/ LOCATION:4Most Gallery & Studio\, 534 SW 4th Avenue\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/04/And-Also-This.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T163000 DTSTAMP:20260420T012118 CREATED:20260413T030849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T142310Z UID:29809-1777215600-1777221000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Sonic Memory Mapping and Archiving Workshop DESCRIPTION:As part of the Stores for Sustainability series\, the Sonic Memory Mapping and Archiving Workshop will focus on connecting personal sonic memories to public landmarks. During the ninety-minute workshop\, participants will begin with associative activities and then dive into individual and partner work\, with the goal of audio-recording a sonic memory. The workshop will be led by Dr. Laura Dallman (School of Music). Advance registration is requested\, as space at the workshop venue will be limited. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Dr. Laura Dallman\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Workshop Registration QR Code URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/sonic-memory-mapping-and-archiving-workshop/ LOCATION:Alachua County Headquarters Library\, 401 E University Ave\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/04/TheFutureIsListening_CotA_4.26.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T150000 DTSTAMP:20260420T012118 CREATED:20260418T141035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T141041Z UID:29919-1777384800-1777388400@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Info Session: Arts in Health Graduate Program Path to Practice DESCRIPTION:Join us for an overview of the Master of Arts\, Graduate Certificate\, and Combination Program at the UF Center for Arts in Medicine. Learn about curriculum\, student experience\, and how these programs prepare graduates for impactful careers across healthcare\, public health\, and community settings. Hear directly from program leaders and faculty\, including Anna Carapellotti\, Lecturer; Ferol Carytsas\, Director and Senior Lecturer; and Heather Spooner\, Associate Scholar\, as they share insights into the learning experience and opportunities within the field of arts in health. \n\n\n\nRegistration: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/6817757564397/WN_jogdCnpVS4-XZRhub9WtEQ#/registration URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/info-session-arts-in-health-graduate-program-path-to-practice/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/04/Path-to-Practice-Title.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T140000 DTSTAMP:20260420T012118 CREATED:20260418T161018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T161023Z UID:30015-1778158800-1778162400@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Collision DESCRIPTION:Collision Events is a series that fosters informal\, spontaneous intellectual exchanges between the College of the Arts (COTA) and the College of Engineering. The events are organized monthly and feature 2 short presentations (7min each) from COTA and Engineering followed by discussion and collision time! The events are free and open to the public. Cookies and refreshments will be provided. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/collision-2/ LOCATION:Malachowsky Hall\, 1889 Museum Rd\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32606\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/04/Collision-May-7.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T235959 DTSTAMP:20260420T012118 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