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2009
Katerie Gladdys, Assistant Professor- School of Art and Art History
Piles of citrus and loquats sit uneaten beneath trees in the ubiquitous subdivisions that characterize the landscape. The fruit trees that dot people’s yards become a potential resource for nutrition. I think about what can be done with fruit and imagine systems of distribution that could serve as metaphors to create community from a marginalized and unused resource. This project explores the act an exchange—asking for something that is free requiring no effort on the part of the owner other than access to their personal space, transforming the fruit into jam (product) and finally returning the fruit not only to the owner of the tree, but to other neighbors who own fruit trees in the form of jars of jam. My research consists of walking and driving through the neighborhoods around my home and mapping the location of loquat trees and citrus. I ask permission of the people who live at each location to pick their fruit, collecting not only fruit, but recording narratives about their relationship to their trees, perspectives on giving, ownership, and the potential transformation of space that could occur when a resource is shared.
For more information:
http://layoftheland.net
2009
Katerie Gladdys, Assistant Professor- School of Art and Art History
Piles of citrus and loquats sit uneaten beneath trees in the ubiquitous subdivisions that characterize the landscape. The fruit trees that dot people’s yards become a potential resource for nutrition. I think about what can be done with fruit and imagine systems of distribution that could serve as metaphors to create community from a marginalized and unused resource. This project explores the act an exchange—asking for something that is free requiring no effort on the part of the owner other than access to their personal space, transforming the fruit into jam (product) and finally returning the fruit not only to the owner of the tree, but to other neighbors who own fruit trees in the form of jars of jam. My research consists of walking and driving through the neighborhoods around my home and mapping the location of loquat trees and citrus. I ask permission of the people who live at each location to pick their fruit, collecting not only fruit, but recording narratives about their relationship to their trees, perspectives on giving, ownership, and the potential transformation of space that could occur when a resource is shared.
For more information:
http://layoftheland.net
2009
In the fall of 2009 the advanced drawing class at the UF School of Art and Art History were invited by Lynn Horton, director of the Tacachale farm to participate in a beautification project at a farm located at Gainesville’s Tacachale community.
The mural project was an opportunity to engage the eleven senior majors in community-based initiative. Students were challenged to critically think and to look closely at the Tacachale community to enable participants to experience, discuss, and understand social issues in a significant way. The students assisted the community by making the farm facility more identifiable as well as draw attention to it to highlight its goal of sustainability, community and general better place in which to work and live
The aim of the experience is to contribute volunteer hours to communities in need, and to positively influence the life of each student. Students were emboldened to take educated steps toward valuing and prioritizing their own communities. As we know many of the students attending UF are from out of town and call Gainesville ether home for four years. Professor Lake felt that the experience would increase the likelihood that participants will transfer their experience on-site back to their own communities upon graduating.
Organized by: Lauren Garber Lake, Associate Professor- School of Art + Art History
2009
In the fall of 2009 the advanced drawing class at the UF School of Art and Art History were invited by Lynn Horton, director of the Tacachale farm to participate in a beautification project at a farm located at Gainesville’s Tacachale community.
The mural project was an opportunity to engage the eleven senior majors in community-based initiative. Students were challenged to critically think and to look closely at the Tacachale community to enable participants to experience, discuss, and understand social issues in a significant way. The students assisted the community by making the farm facility more identifiable as well as draw attention to it to highlight its goal of sustainability, community and general better place in which to work and live
The aim of the experience is to contribute volunteer hours to communities in need, and to positively influence the life of each student. Students were emboldened to take educated steps toward valuing and prioritizing their own communities. As we know many of the students attending UF are from out of town and call Gainesville ether home for four years. Professor Lake felt that the experience would increase the likelihood that participants will transfer their experience on-site back to their own communities upon graduating.
Organized by: Lauren Garber Lake, Associate Professor- School of Art + Art History
2010
Picture a 12 year old boy living in a cardboard shack on the Guatemala City dump. He was born in the dump, his alcoholic parents died of cirrhosis, and works every day alongside other children and families who glean through the garbage for food to eat or something to sell. He’s never been to school. He has no dreams beyond survival.
Picture a 20 year old UF student with a heart for service. She speaks some Spanish but would like to be fluent. She wants to see the world before returning to Florida to pursue her career.
UF in Guatemala: International Service Learning will bring these two young people together for 6 weeks. She will live with a Guatemalan family and work with him at Safe Passage, helping with homework, sharing her musical and sports talent, studying current issues in Central America and reflecting on the challenges they both face. She’ll return to Florida to work with at-risk Hispanic youths. He will graduate from high school. Their dialogue will continue, it will shape their lives and their countries.
For more information: www.spanishandportuguese.ufl.edu
Contact: Kathy Navajas navajas@ufl.edu
2010
Picture a 12 year old boy living in a cardboard shack on the Guatemala City dump. He was born in the dump, his alcoholic parents died of cirrhosis, and works every day alongside other children and families who glean through the garbage for food to eat or something to sell. He’s never been to school. He has no dreams beyond survival.
Picture a 20 year old UF student with a heart for service. She speaks some Spanish but would like to be fluent. She wants to see the world before returning to Florida to pursue her career.
UF in Guatemala: International Service Learning will bring these two young people together for 6 weeks. She will live with a Guatemalan family and work with him at Safe Passage, helping with homework, sharing her musical and sports talent, studying current issues in Central America and reflecting on the challenges they both face. She’ll return to Florida to work with at-risk Hispanic youths. He will graduate from high school. Their dialogue will continue, it will shape their lives and their countries.
For more information: www.spanishandportuguese.ufl.edu
Contact: Kathy Navajas navajas@ufl.edu
2010
The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere gathers a panel of UF faculty working in Haiti to hold a public discussion and answer questions about the obstacles to rebuilding Haiti on January 13 (4:30pm, Reitz Union 286). Rebuilding Haiti: Perspectives from the Field will address the issues involved in relief efforts and sustainable development from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Panelists: Michael Bannister (Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences), William Tilson (College of Design, Construction and Planning), Ben Hebblethwaite (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), Timothy Townsend (College of Engineering), Andrew Kane (College of Public Health and Health Professionals), and Bernard Okech (Emerging Pathogens Institute).
Moderator: Marilyn Swisher (Department of Family, Youth, & Community Sciences).
2010
The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere gathers a panel of UF faculty working in Haiti to hold a public discussion and answer questions about the obstacles to rebuilding Haiti on January 13 (4:30pm, Reitz Union 286). Rebuilding Haiti: Perspectives from the Field will address the issues involved in relief efforts and sustainable development from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Panelists: Michael Bannister (Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences), William Tilson (College of Design, Construction and Planning), Ben Hebblethwaite (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), Timothy Townsend (College of Engineering), Andrew Kane (College of Public Health and Health Professionals), and Bernard Okech (Emerging Pathogens Institute).
Moderator: Marilyn Swisher (Department of Family, Youth, & Community Sciences).
2010
Each year, UF art education students work with local elementary school children on a special project as part of their preparation as art teachers. These after-school art programs typically last seven weeks and culminate in a school exhibition of the artwork made during the project. The above photo shows a group of fourth and fifth grade students at Duval Fine Arts Academy in Gainesville working on a map of their community under the tutelage of a UF art education student.
For more information: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/programs/arteducation.aspx
Dr. Craig Roland: croland@ufl.edu
2010
Each year, UF art education students work with local elementary school children on a special project as part of their preparation as art teachers. These after-school art programs typically last seven weeks and culminate in a school exhibition of the artwork made during the project. The above photo shows a group of fourth and fifth grade students at Duval Fine Arts Academy in Gainesville working on a map of their community under the tutelage of a UF art education student.
For more information: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/programs/arteducation.aspx
Dr. Craig Roland: croland@ufl.edu
2010
In a UF campus conversation Derek Bok, president emeritus of Harvard University, addressed the decline in civic engagement and resulting apathy toward public life by students.
“Bok said colleges and universities need to play a role in reversing the trend. He proposed measures such as requiring courses in important civic issues such as economics, adding a political component to community service, encouraging participation in student government and registering students to vote.”
2010
In a UF campus conversation Derek Bok, president emeritus of Harvard University, addressed the decline in civic engagement and resulting apathy toward public life by students.
“Bok said colleges and universities need to play a role in reversing the trend. He proposed measures such as requiring courses in important civic issues such as economics, adding a political component to community service, encouraging participation in student government and registering students to vote.”
2010
Sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, Activists Among Us (Thursday, April 8, 2010 from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Matheson Museum) will bring together local activists from the 1950s through the present to discuss the ongoing struggle for social justice, gender equality, and human rights. Moderated by Dr. Tricia Hilliard, this event will include members from Gainesville Women for Equal Rights, and interracial organization of women whose active work for civil and human rights changed the course of history in Gainesville. It will also include activists in the pivotal women’s liberation movement of the 1960s.
2010
Sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, Activists Among Us (Thursday, April 8, 2010 from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Matheson Museum) will bring together local activists from the 1950s through the present to discuss the ongoing struggle for social justice, gender equality, and human rights. Moderated by Dr. Tricia Hilliard, this event will include members from Gainesville Women for Equal Rights, and interracial organization of women whose active work for civil and human rights changed the course of history in Gainesville. It will also include activists in the pivotal women’s liberation movement of the 1960s.
2010
The STEAM Learning Network seeks to explore, refine and widely distribute methods for infusing arts-based techniques into the learning and retention of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) concepts across America. By incorporating successful practices from the performing and digital arts into the K-12 classroom experience, the STEAM project aims to raise interest and achievement in the STEM areas while heightening exposure and participation in the Arts on a daily basis.
Please see the 2010 STEAM Team from PK Yonge Elementary bring the house down in performance at the University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance on the two-part series on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLwxAO913jU&feature=related
Organized by:
James C. Oliverio, Executive Director Digital Worlds Institute
2010
The STEAM Learning Network seeks to explore, refine and widely distribute methods for infusing arts-based techniques into the learning and retention of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) concepts across America. By incorporating successful practices from the performing and digital arts into the K-12 classroom experience, the STEAM project aims to raise interest and achievement in the STEM areas while heightening exposure and participation in the Arts on a daily basis.
Please see the 2010 STEAM Team from PK Yonge Elementary bring the house down in performance at the University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance on the two-part series on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLwxAO913jU&feature=related
Organized by:
James C. Oliverio, Executive Director Digital Worlds Institute
2010
Museum Studies master’s students Molly Conley and Sarah Smith spent the Summer 2010 lending skills to two museums in Alaska. The program helps small institutions by providing them with interns academically and professionally trained in museum work. Molly and Sarah were placed at the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive and the Resurrection Bay Historical Society.
The internships were valuable experiences for them as well as significant contributions to the museums and communities in which they worked. Their specialized expertise allowed them to complete projects that the small volunteer staffs had not been able to accomplish. Their work also supplemented and enriched their studies at UF, and they were able to return to the museum studies program and share their practical experiences with their colleagues.
2010
Museum Studies master’s students Molly Conley and Sarah Smith spent the Summer 2010 lending skills to two museums in Alaska. The program helps small institutions by providing them with interns academically and professionally trained in museum work. Molly and Sarah were placed at the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive and the Resurrection Bay Historical Society.
The internships were valuable experiences for them as well as significant contributions to the museums and communities in which they worked. Their specialized expertise allowed them to complete projects that the small volunteer staffs had not been able to accomplish. Their work also supplemented and enriched their studies at UF, and they were able to return to the museum studies program and share their practical experiences with their colleagues.
2010
In 2010, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, with the support of the Robert and Margaret Rothman Endowment for the Humanities, began a program to award summer fellowships to faculty in the humanities disciplines. The objective of these fellowships is to allow recipients to make significant progress on existing creative/research projects during the summer months.
2010
In 2010, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, with the support of the Robert and Margaret Rothman Endowment for the Humanities, began a program to award summer fellowships to faculty in the humanities disciplines. The objective of these fellowships is to allow recipients to make significant progress on existing creative/research projects during the summer months.
2010
The heart of I____LOCAL rests on identifying qualities that encourage and strengthen a community — individuals working together exchanging stories, unique perspectives, and valuable experiences with one-another in a single locality. The diversity and variety of individual histories and knowledges has the power to connect citizens to each-other and empowers the individual as well as enrich the community.
Our mission is to foster a community that embraces shared exchanges and citizens’ diverse backgrounds. Through interactive photo booth and user-generated advice, I____LOCAL provides opportunity for people to contribute distinct experience and create a community from the ground-up. The collection becomes a range of local tips supplied by a diverse collection of local people.
I____LOCAL was created in the Fall 2010 by a diverse group of graduate students in the Graphic Design MFA program in the School of art + art history at UF.
2010
The heart of I____LOCAL rests on identifying qualities that encourage and strengthen a community — individuals working together exchanging stories, unique perspectives, and valuable experiences with one-another in a single locality. The diversity and variety of individual histories and knowledges has the power to connect citizens to each-other and empowers the individual as well as enrich the community.
Our mission is to foster a community that embraces shared exchanges and citizens’ diverse backgrounds. Through interactive photo booth and user-generated advice, I____LOCAL provides opportunity for people to contribute distinct experience and create a community from the ground-up. The collection becomes a range of local tips supplied by a diverse collection of local people.
I____LOCAL was created in the Fall 2010 by a diverse group of graduate students in the Graphic Design MFA program in the School of art + art history at UF.
2010
On the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, Kole Odotula (Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, LLC) worked with UF students and the Nigerian community of Northern Florida to plan a week of vibrant scholarly and cultural events on and off campus.
This one-day symposium will feature Adewale Ajadi (UK), Professor Robin Poynor (Art History, UF), Professor Wolfgang Bender (Director, Center for World Music, Universität Hildesheim), Professor Ken Harrow (English, Michigan State University), Tunde Akinloye (Founder, Nigeria Web Radio, Texas), Dr. Rachel Hastings (Linguistics, Evergreen State College), Ms. Bunmi Oyinsan (Canada), Professor Chuck Ambler (History, University of Texas), Professor Tunga Lergo (Santa Fe College), and Professor Su O'Brien (UF).
2010
On the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, Kole Odotula (Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, LLC) worked with UF students and the Nigerian community of Northern Florida to plan a week of vibrant scholarly and cultural events on and off campus.
This one-day symposium will feature Adewale Ajadi (UK), Professor Robin Poynor (Art History, UF), Professor Wolfgang Bender (Director, Center for World Music, Universität Hildesheim), Professor Ken Harrow (English, Michigan State University), Tunde Akinloye (Founder, Nigeria Web Radio, Texas), Dr. Rachel Hastings (Linguistics, Evergreen State College), Ms. Bunmi Oyinsan (Canada), Professor Chuck Ambler (History, University of Texas), Professor Tunga Lergo (Santa Fe College), and Professor Su O'Brien (UF).
2011
Led by UF dance faculty members Kristin O'Neal and Angela DiFiore, UF School of Theatre and Dance and Center for Arts in Healthcare will partake in the Florida Waterways Dance Project at Earl P. Powers Park on Newnan's Lake. The performance will include student dancers from the UF, Santa Fe College, Duval Elementary School, and the College of Central Florida.
This is a state-wide collaborative initiative which celebrates arts in education by uniting Florida's arts institutions in simultaneous site-specific performances inspired by Florida's unique waterways. Simultaneous performances will occur at eight different Florida waterways.
2011
Led by UF dance faculty members Kristin O'Neal and Angela DiFiore, UF School of Theatre and Dance and Center for Arts in Healthcare will partake in the Florida Waterways Dance Project at Earl P. Powers Park on Newnan's Lake. The performance will include student dancers from the UF, Santa Fe College, Duval Elementary School, and the College of Central Florida.
This is a state-wide collaborative initiative which celebrates arts in education by uniting Florida's arts institutions in simultaneous site-specific performances inspired by Florida's unique waterways. Simultaneous performances will occur at eight different Florida waterways.
2011
IFAH in their 4th annual Empty Bowls dinner for the fight against hunger. For a donation of $10, participants will be able to enjoy a simple meal of soup and bread out of a handmade bowl, which they will get to take home with them as a reminder of the hunger crisis that persists around the world. All proceeds will go towards the St. Francis House homeless shelter.
uf.ifah@gmail.com
2011
IFAH in their 4th annual Empty Bowls dinner for the fight against hunger. For a donation of $10, participants will be able to enjoy a simple meal of soup and bread out of a handmade bowl, which they will get to take home with them as a reminder of the hunger crisis that persists around the world. All proceeds will go towards the St. Francis House homeless shelter.
uf.ifah@gmail.com
2011
Dr. Willumson’s Exhibition Seminar students assisted the Lincoln High School alumni in memorializing Gainesville’s African-American high school. LHS was Gainesville’s segregated African-American school until a court order forced the integration of Gainesville schools. Shut down by the school board in the middle of the year, LHS’s students were bused to Gainesville HS. Three years later, the building that was LHS re-opened as Lincoln Middle School. To ensure the memory of their school is never forgotten, the group of museum studies students worked with LHS Alumni Committee to design the interior and exhibition space of the Memorial Room at Lincoln Middle.
2011
Dr. Willumson’s Exhibition Seminar students assisted the Lincoln High School alumni in memorializing Gainesville’s African-American high school. LHS was Gainesville’s segregated African-American school until a court order forced the integration of Gainesville schools. Shut down by the school board in the middle of the year, LHS’s students were bused to Gainesville HS. Three years later, the building that was LHS re-opened as Lincoln Middle School. To ensure the memory of their school is never forgotten, the group of museum studies students worked with LHS Alumni Committee to design the interior and exhibition space of the Memorial Room at Lincoln Middle.