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January 12, 2023 Update
A curated bulletin of news and trends spotlighting the creative and cultural economies at the heart of migration.
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Ravyn Gale - SPARC352 Communication Assistant
We are pleased to welcome Ravyn Gale to our communications team. Ravyn was born and raised in Crystal River, Florida. Her parents encouraged and fostered her creativity from a young age. Coming from a long line of artists that sacrificed their creativity to get a steady job, Ravyn falsely believed that she wouldn’t be able to get a career in art, and so she attended the University of Minnesota Duluth for a B.A. in Computer Science and a minor in Arts in Media. After graduation and having little interest in STEM, she started a business in art at the local markets. Ravyn loves using her art to make people laugh and smile. "I am excited to be a part of the SPARC team as I want to make art more accessible, feasible, and to make a difference using art". -Ravyn
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Kione Forrest - SPARC352 Community Relations
We are also pleased to welcome Kione Forrest to our team. Kione was raised in Miami and and loves creating different kinds of art, including clothes and music. He joins the team to support community outreach and engagement. "I'm excited to be part of SPARC352 because of its progressive community work." - Kione
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Ty Van Duyn - CAME Communication Specialist
We also welcome Ty Van Duyn. He joins us as CAME's Communications Specialist. Ty is from Jacksonville, Florida. He earned his B.S in Advertising from the University of Florida in 2021. During his four years at UF, Ty served as the official mascot of UF, Albert. Upon graduation, Ty moved to Macon, Georgia to work for a baseball club (the Macon Bacon) before enrolling for further studies at UF. Ty looks forward to earning his M.A. in Mass Communications with a specialization in Social Media. "I am excited to be a part of the CAME team this year. I look forward to diversifying my background and entering a new realm where I can bring my communication background with me to further accelerate the growth of an already active and community-focused center."-Ty
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The University of Florida School of Theater and Dance helped to plan the 28th anniversary performance of Agbedidi this past December, 2022. Photos courtesy of TFGuntrup & Michael A. Eaddy and videography courtesy of Darius Brown.
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In December, the University of Florida School of Theater and Dance (SoTD) presented 28th Anniversary Performance of Agbedidi. Agbedidi 2022 featured choreographic works by Associate Professor Trent Williams Jr., Assistant Professor of West African Dance Rujeko Dumbutshena, and Adjunct Faculty Christa Sylla. SoTD master musicians, Aboubacar Camara, Aboubacar “Amo” Soumah, and Kenneth Metzker (funded by CAS) also graced the stage.
Support from CAME made it possible for guest master musicians Lansana (Tasana) Camara and Dr Djo Bi Irie to perform in Agbedidi as well. From the School of Music, the African Popular Music Ensemble, directed by Assistant Professor Sarah Politz, also performed in this year’s production. With a CAME Project Fund award in 2022, Politz and Dumbutshena premiered a piece arranged by multi-instrumentalist Zivanai Masango; performed by guest artists Barakissa Couibaly and Alana Jackson; and accompanied by the African Popular Music Ensemble.
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Spotlight: Kenneth Broadway
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Dr. Kenneth Broadway, a professor in the UF School of Music, is an accomplished percussionist with specialization in timpani, steel pan, and the drumset. He has served as the Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Florida since 1997. During the CAME affiliate faculty meeting last December, Kenneth shared a presentation about his performances in the 'Intersections' recital at the College Music Society/NACWPI National Conference in Long Beach, California in 2022.
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The Cyber-Rock Mixtape: A virtual hip hop dance listening cypher
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Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies, an annual publication of the Dance Studies Association (DSA), is dedicated to current themes and debates in the field of dance studies. CAME Affiliate Faculty member Rachel Carrico currently serves as the editor of this e-journal, which recently launched its first open-access issue with Michigan Publishing Services.
The 2021 issue, The Cyber-Rock Mixtape: A virtual hip hop dance listening cypher, is published as a series of conversations - including video recording and accompanying transcript - between hip hop practitioners and scholars. As a multi-media publication, Cyber-Rock Mixtape is a particularly accessible and tells a living history and encourages dance studies educators to engage with its respondents directly, as an act of political, financial, and cultural investment.
Contact DSA for information on inviting any of the featured hip hop practitioners to give a lecture, master class, and/or lecture/demonstration.
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RESOURCES & OPPORTUNITIES
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UF Innovate - Getting Your Startup from Idea to Funding
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Virtual Seminar | January 18, 12:00 - 1:30 PM EST
This primer on startups is targeted to students and researchers new to the startup world. The presentation will cover company formation, capital considerations, pitch deck information, and venture capital concerns. Ajay Rayasam and Dr. Mitra Mitri from the venture capital firm OUP will provide both a physical science and life science perspective on the basics of creating an academic startup and how you can impress investors.
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Dance Studies Association Virtual Symposia - Call for Submissions
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| Submit a proposal for presentation by January 30, 2023 for Dance Studies Association's virtual symposia "Radical Acts of Translation: Mobilizing Reciprocities across the Bodily Arts". Hosted by Universidade Federal da Bahia in Salvador, Brazil, this event on May 12, 2023 will seek to break away from the limiting sectarianism of artistic languages and the distinctions between theories and practices across the performing arts. This is an event under the Movement, Mobility, and Reciprocity symposia series. Submissions will be accepted in both English & Portuguese. |
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2023 UF Summer B Catalyst Grants - Call for Proposals
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With support from the UF Office of the Provost, the College of the Arts invites faculty and staff across UF to propose diverse, creative, innovative, and imaginative activities to animate the campus during the Summer B term (July 3 - August 11, 2023). 2023 Summer B Catalyst Grant applicants are invited to engage with the theme of Arts & Recovery.
Priority will be given to proposals featuring national and international guest artists to involve UF students and faculty in the creation of original works commissioned for the world stage, nationally visible partnerships for UF that advance UF’s strategic initiatives in AI and globalization, integrative research and teaching across the UF campus, and connections to community and civic cultural programs in Gainesville.
Application deadline: February 3, 2023. Contact creativeb@arts.ufl.edu with questions.
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Neo-endogenous revitalisation: Enhancing community resilience through art tourism and rural entrepreneurship
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To promote community resilience, art- and creativity-based strategies are emerging as important means for rural revitalisation. This study, published in the Journal of Rural Studies, adopts a neo-endogenous perspective to examine how socially engaged art can represent an effective tool for revitalising communities and strengthening their resilience. The article discusses the case of Japan’s Setouchi Triennale, an international art festival which aims at revitalising twelve small islands by promoting socially engaged art and festival tourism. The link below provides more information about elements that are necessary for increased rural resilience through art.
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