Artists & Scholars in Public Life at the University of Florida and Beyond
UF is proud to be a member-institution of Imagining America (IA), a national consortium committed to using the arts, humanities, and design to enact a more just and liberatory world. Faculty, staff, students, and community partners are invited to join the UF Imagining America Working Group and advance public scholarship through IA gatherings, collaborative projects, and resources.
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Recent Projects
2009
Katerie Gladdys, Assistant Professor- School of Art and Art History, transforms mapped landscapes and familiar interactions into alternative geographies. Slash and burn land clearing in Florida provides an optimal habitat for edible weeds. This piece is a micro-video documenting the tragedy, irony, and possible redemption of these landscapes.
Rampant land development—condominiums, churches, and subdivisions— marks/mars the Florida landscape and is part of the ongoing history of the state. Before the recession, developers cleared land at a breathtaking pace. Forest and ranch land one week, strip mall and suburban homes following. What was there will never be as it was. One land clearing practice is to slash, bulldoze, and burn destroying entire ecosystems. Next, a road replete with a cul-de-sac is etched into the landscape, followed by hydrants and signage purposing the land into sale-able lots.
With the advent of the recession, the cleared land is left to its own devices, providing a habitat for edible weeds and creating a slim “green lining” in light of greater destruction. The research for this piece was done with the assistance of Susan Marynowski of the Alachua County Native Plant Society. The piece consists of micro-videos that document the tragedy, irony, and possible redemption of these landscapes left fallow by the recession.
2009
Katerie Gladdys, Assistant Professor- School of Art and Art History, transforms mapped landscapes and familiar interactions into alternative geographies. Slash and burn land clearing in Florida provides an optimal habitat for edible weeds. This piece is a micro-video documenting the tragedy, irony, and possible redemption of these landscapes.
Rampant land development—condominiums, churches, and subdivisions— marks/mars the Florida landscape and is part of the ongoing history of the state. Before the recession, developers cleared land at a breathtaking pace. Forest and ranch land one week, strip mall and suburban homes following. What was there will never be as it was. One land clearing practice is to slash, bulldoze, and burn destroying entire ecosystems. Next, a road replete with a cul-de-sac is etched into the landscape, followed by hydrants and signage purposing the land into sale-able lots.
With the advent of the recession, the cleared land is left to its own devices, providing a habitat for edible weeds and creating a slim “green lining” in light of greater destruction. The research for this piece was done with the assistance of Susan Marynowski of the Alachua County Native Plant Society. The piece consists of micro-videos that document the tragedy, irony, and possible redemption of these landscapes left fallow by the recession.
2009
Jaymes Moore, a senior graphic design student at UF, stands with the visual display he constructed on campus for World AIDS Day, an international day held every Dec. 1 since 1988 to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS around the globe.
Gainesville Sun Article: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20091201/articles/912019867
2009
Jaymes Moore, a senior graphic design student at UF, stands with the visual display he constructed on campus for World AIDS Day, an international day held every Dec. 1 since 1988 to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS around the globe.
Gainesville Sun Article: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20091201/articles/912019867
2009
The UF National Art Education Association sponsors informational, community outreach, and promotional activities, provide an effective transition from art education preparation to professional practice, promote an exchange of ideas in substantive art education and all areas of the visual arts, and maintain a high standard of quality art education on campus and in the community.
For more information: http://plaza.ufl.edu/mtilland/index.html
2009
The UF National Art Education Association sponsors informational, community outreach, and promotional activities, provide an effective transition from art education preparation to professional practice, promote an exchange of ideas in substantive art education and all areas of the visual arts, and maintain a high standard of quality art education on campus and in the community.
For more information: http://plaza.ufl.edu/mtilland/index.html
2009
design for development (d4d) is an international initiative to explore how graphic designers, in partnership with marginalized communities, can use design processes, products, and strategies to develop sustainable solutions for local economic, social, cultural, and environmental problems. In doing this work, we move from our traditional places of work—our studios—to rural project sites in southern Mexico to work directly with project partners, including honey producers, organic farmers, community/ecotourism providers, and artisans as well as other disciplinary experts whose knowledge is necessary for project development. Our work provides unique challenges as well as opportunities to use graphic design—theories, methods, and resulting products—as a catalyst for change and development. In the long-term, it has the potential to positively impact participants’ economy, society, culture, and environment. While this work has taken place in Mexico, it has every potential to be replicated in the United States and I am currently developing a manuscript on the d4d methodology to share with other interested in innovative and responsible ways to integrate design into community development.
Organized by: Maria Rogal, Associate Professor- School of Art and Art History
For more information: www.design4development.org
2009
design for development (d4d) is an international initiative to explore how graphic designers, in partnership with marginalized communities, can use design processes, products, and strategies to develop sustainable solutions for local economic, social, cultural, and environmental problems. In doing this work, we move from our traditional places of work—our studios—to rural project sites in southern Mexico to work directly with project partners, including honey producers, organic farmers, community/ecotourism providers, and artisans as well as other disciplinary experts whose knowledge is necessary for project development. Our work provides unique challenges as well as opportunities to use graphic design—theories, methods, and resulting products—as a catalyst for change and development. In the long-term, it has the potential to positively impact participants’ economy, society, culture, and environment. While this work has taken place in Mexico, it has every potential to be replicated in the United States and I am currently developing a manuscript on the d4d methodology to share with other interested in innovative and responsible ways to integrate design into community development.
Organized by: Maria Rogal, Associate Professor- School of Art and Art History
For more information: www.design4development.org
2009
Beginning in 2009, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere has used funds from the Rothman Endowment to sponsor a grant competition among University of Florida faculty and graduate students to expand the existing University of Florida library collections in areas in and related to the humanities that are currently underserved. Resources may include print, digital, or audio-visual media that enhance scholarly research and teaching in the humanities as well as affiliated disciplines. Requests that address the needs of broader constituencies of the University beyond the immediate applicants are judged especially favorably.
2009
Beginning in 2009, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere has used funds from the Rothman Endowment to sponsor a grant competition among University of Florida faculty and graduate students to expand the existing University of Florida library collections in areas in and related to the humanities that are currently underserved. Resources may include print, digital, or audio-visual media that enhance scholarly research and teaching in the humanities as well as affiliated disciplines. Requests that address the needs of broader constituencies of the University beyond the immediate applicants are judged especially favorably.
2008
The Franklin County Project supported the preservation of the Apalachicola Bay seafood industry and estuaries by preserving the health, images and stories of its workers. The project brought awareness to the industry, including its unique artistry and individuals who form the culture, through simultaneous oral history, mural and health projects.
An interdisciplinary team of faculty, students and health professionals from the UF Center for the Arts in Healthcare spent a week in Franklin County documenting histories of the industry and its workers and creating a set of murals reflecting the industry, the bay, and the lives of people who sustain them. The team’s health professionals from the UF College of Nursing and Shands Hospital, will provide health screenings and health information to seafood workers and community members.
Students participated in the project through the UF International Fine Arts for Healing student organization.
For more information: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/cahre/ifah.as
2008
The Franklin County Project supported the preservation of the Apalachicola Bay seafood industry and estuaries by preserving the health, images and stories of its workers. The project brought awareness to the industry, including its unique artistry and individuals who form the culture, through simultaneous oral history, mural and health projects.
An interdisciplinary team of faculty, students and health professionals from the UF Center for the Arts in Healthcare spent a week in Franklin County documenting histories of the industry and its workers and creating a set of murals reflecting the industry, the bay, and the lives of people who sustain them. The team’s health professionals from the UF College of Nursing and Shands Hospital, will provide health screenings and health information to seafood workers and community members.
Students participated in the project through the UF International Fine Arts for Healing student organization.
For more information: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/cahre/ifah.as