Beyond the ‘Global Renaissance’: Imperial Gardens and Early Modern Cosmopolitan Rule in Qing-Era Eurasia, a talk from the UCLA Department of Art History Center for 17th and 18th Century studies, is taking place on Thursday June 8 from 12:30–1:30 p.m. via Zoom. For more information, please click the link above or contact cynthiafang@g.ucla.edu to register for the Zoom Link.
Talk: Beyond the ‘Global Renaissance’: Imperial Gardens and Early Modern Cosmopolitan Rule in Qing-Era Eurasia
June 7th, 2023“Avian AI” A Talk With Maya Livio @ Caltech
June 7th, 2023| Avian AI Wednesday, June 14, 2023 4:00–5:00 PM Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room) MAYA LIVIO Spring 2023 Artist in Residence, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Assistant Professor of Climate, Environmental Justice, Media, and Communication, American University In this talk, Maya Livio will present her research and creative practice on the eco-technical interface—where ecosystems and technological systems come into contact. In particular, Livio’s work centers on the recent proliferation of digital technologies for conservation, from camera traps to bioacoustic monitoring to AI. Introducing her multimodal project in progress, Salvaging Birds, she will open up questions on the logics of avian computation. The work investigates bird datafication and queer ecology by weaving together critical and creative uses of machine learning, including custom-generated birdsong and animation, to produce imaginary birds. In doing so, it complicates technology-led approaches to conserving what and who is left of our shared world. Livio is the spring 2023 artist-in-residence in the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences’ Caltech-Huntington Program in Visual Culture and an Assistant Professor of Climate, Environmental Justice, Media, and Communication at American University. Her interdisciplinary, justice-oriented research and practice probe at the interfaces of ecosystems and computational systems. Her work has been supported and presented by organizations such as the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, Redline Contemporary Art Center, and Labocine by Imagine Science Films, and has been featured and published in venues such as The Washington Post, the Institute of Network Cultures, and NPR. Livio has commissioned and programmed new media as Curator of MediaLive, an annual international festival at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) and old media as Curator of the Media Archaeology Lab, a collecting institution for historical technologies. She holds a PhD from the University of Colorado, Boulder and MA from the University of Amsterdam. The Caltech-Huntington Program in Visual Culture, which is funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and based in the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), features new undergraduate course offerings, guest lecturers, and other programming to foster conversations between humanists and scientists. Its activities are organized by HSS and other Caltech faculty in collaboration with scholars at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Questions? Please contact Mary Martin (mmartin@caltech.edu). https://bit.ly/CHVC2023 |
Making Space: A Workshop on Space, Sci-Art, & Society
June 7th, 2023Making Space: A Workshop on Space, Sci-Art, & Society
July 14-16 in Pasadena, CA
Making Space is an interdisciplinary workshop for artists, scientists, and educators about space and society, where we use art to explore scientific concepts and humanity’s relationship to the solar system. This workshop is about connecting with the cosmos, blending knowledge and art, and the role artists can play in space exploration, and features a combination of talks, discussion, and art-making. The theme of this event is Oceans & Ice: Exploring Icy Moons with NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission, featuring the mission’s Project Scientist (lead) Dr. Robert Pappalardo from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, celebrated LA artist and environmental activist Kim Abeles, and other guests. Come make art and explore space with us! https://makingspace.psi.edu/
SAN Arts Program
June 7th, 2023San Diego International Airport’s Arts Program is celebrating the joint designation of San Diego and Tijuana as the 2024 World Design Capital (WDC) through our upcoming temporary exhibition. The Arts Program invites artists, curators, and cultural, community, or educational organizations working in all media to submit proposals that showcase the culture of our binational region as they explore the border of art and design. This exhibition theme will investigate how artists use art and design both for function, and to reveal what is important to the creators and their audience. Selected artwork and collections representing the theme will be displayed throughout the airport for up to one year beginning in January 2024. Up to twenty participating artists and/or organizations will be chosen for the exhibition, each will receive a stipend of $1,000. Submissions of existing, in-process and/or new work are welcome.
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May 24th, 2023Art Lives Here 2023/24 Season Guidelines
Geffen Playhouse seeks four artists to create an original artwork to be displayed in our lobby welcoming back audiences this fall to celebrate our 2023/24 Season. We are a home for the arts, and we believe our physical space should also reflect and be representative of our ongoing commitment to diversity in our audience, productions as well as our community at large. It is our mission to create, foster and nourish an environment that is open and welcoming for all.
We’re inviting local artists to create works that bring our community together, inspired by theater experiences and reflective of our shared values. We call it “Art Lives Here.” As with our plays, we seek works of art that speak boldly, have meaningful purpose and feed the soul. A total of four artists will be chosen by a selection committee from all submissions received. Each art piece will be displayed for approximately two months in our theater lobby and featured in Playbill programs during the course of the 2023/2024 season. Join us in this endeavor.
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May 24th, 2023Position: Art teacher (part-time)
Possible courses may include Drawing, Painting, and/or AP Studio Art (2-D, 3-D, Drawing)
Reports to: Dean of Academics
Residency Openings at Taleamor Park
May 24th, 2023Dates with openings for artists’ and writers’ residencies at Taleamor Park currently include June 11-25, July 9-23, July 30-August 13, and September 17-October 1.
Located near Lake Michigan 60 miles east of Chicago, Taleamor Park offers trails, woods, pollinator habitats, and ponds within a working grain and farm.
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May 24th, 2023| SUN POTENTIALS: Creative Research with Solar Power Thursday, June 1, 2023 12:00–1:00 p.m. Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room) ALEX NATHANSON, Founder of Solar Power for Artists (NYC) HUNTREZZ JÁNOS, Artist (LA) In the face of climate crisis, a growing number of artists and designers have been experimenting with incorporating solar power and other environmentally-informed methods into their creative practice. In A History of Solar Power Art and Design, Alex Nathanson examines the lineage of creative applications of photovoltaic (PV) solar power. In this talk, Nathanson will introduce research on solar sound art, wearable technology, public art, industrial design, and digital media. Huntrezz János is currently building EXTRATERRACETRILL, an off-grid infrastructure project that uses atmospheric water generation, solar panels, and other eco-technologies to support a BIPOC, Queer, and artist community in the heart of Los Angeles. János will present this project in the context of her creative work. Alex Nathanson is a designer, technologist, artist, and educator. His work is primarily focused on exploring both the experimental and practical applications of sustainable energy technologies. He is the founder and lead designer of the education and art platform Solar Power for Artists and its partner studio, Energy Transition Design LLC. The mission of both organizations is to make sustainable energy accessible, tactile, and understandable. As a solar power designer, he has created interactive and educational projects for the Climate Museum, Solar One, and the NYC Department of Education. In collaboration with Tega Brain and Bennedetta Piantella, he co-created the Solar Protocol project. His book A History of Solar Power Art and Design was published by Routledge in 2021, and the paperback version will be released in May 2023. Huntrezz János is a boundary-breaking Afro-Hungarian Transcorporealist woman whose work spans across mediums including architectural construction and installation, augmented and virtual realities, painting, sculpture, performance, and poetry, to name a few. János uses sharp renders, digital simulations, and anarchic vaporwave aesthetics to explore the layered nature of identity and the lived experiences of systemic oppression and exclusion. Janos uses her work to challenge preconceived notions surrounding identity, community, social infrastructure, and the intersectionality of her experiences. With her own multidimensional digital creations, Janos introduces fantastic and until recently, impossible virtual realities to ‘natural’ physical space. The Caltech-Huntington Program in Visual Culture, which is funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and based in the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), features new undergraduate course offerings, guest lecturers, and other programming to foster conversations between humanists and scientists. Its activities are organized by HSS and other Caltech faculty in collaboration with scholars at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Lunch provided. Please RSVP to Fran Tise (ftise@hss.caltech.edu). https://bit.ly/CHVC2023 |
Fellowship Opportunity for Art History Graduate Students
May 24th, 2023The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art seeks a talented emerging curator for the position of Kress
Interpretive Fellow, a one-year full-time position. Reporting to the Chief Curator, the Fellow will work
with the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art’s Kress holdings of European art that spans the thirteenth to
the eighteenth centuries.
UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge
May 17th, 2023The Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLAGC) is looking for undergraduate students from all majors ready to make a sustainable difference in Los Angeles and beyond!
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