UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Arts and Design Research Incubator (ADRI) kicks off its spring 2019 programming schedule on Tuesday, Jan. 15, with a dialogue titled “#HereToo Project: The Intersection of Activism and Art” by Tectonic Theater Project member and #HereToo co-creator, Barbara Pitts McAdams.
#HereToo is a two-pronged project involving a web portal to aggregate stories, images and media clips that will inform an original “Laramie-Project-like” interview-based play chronicling the first-person experiences of gun violence survivors and the work of young activists across the United States.
From Monday, Jan. 14 through Friday, Jan. 18, Pitts McAdams will visit Penn State to work with School of Theatre students on the creation of #HereToo. The residency, organized by School of Theatre Associate Professor Jeanmarie Higgins and co-sponsored by the Penn State School of Theatre and the ADRI, will culminate in a performance in progress, followed by a discussion on gun violence in the United States.
Also distinguishing the spring 2019 program schedule are workshops on “Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement,” “Rhythmic Connections,” featuring movement and percussion, “Storying Through Movement,” and the “Art of Interviewing for Research,” to name several examples.
Dialogues will feature topics on reframing presence in performance using current research in neuroscience; using the camera as an ethnographic tool to explore the rise of diabetes in Senegal; collaborating across disciplines of anthropology and forensic art; examining impacts of incorporating data sonifications into education; and a diverse array of others.
This semester features two full-day symposia joining art with various disciplines. "MADE Sense: 2019 Matters of Art & Design Education Symposium" will explore ways in which the sensorium is integrated and embodied in research and creative practice, along with the pedagogical possibilities that arise through sensing. "HEART: A Symposium at the Junction of Health & Art" joins artists of varying genres with practitioners, educators, researchers, and others in the fields of health and medicine to explore and envision new approaches to pervasive questions in these areas.
According to ADRI Director Andrew Belser, “The hope is to connect presenters and audience members from multiple disciplines and across domains through this programming, and to open new channels for groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary work to come out of those connections.”
The full list of dialogues, workshops, and events appears below. All ADRI programs are free and open to the public, but registration is required for those with limited seating. Visit the website for details at http://adri.psu.edu/calendar.
ADRI Programs Spring 2019
Tuesday, Jan. 15
Dialogue Title: #HereToo Project: The Intersection of Activism and Art
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Barbara Pitts McAdams, Tectonic Theater Project member and co-creator of #HereToo Project
Friday, Jan. 18
Event Title: #HereToo @PennState: A Performance in Progress
Time: 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Pavilion Theatre
Presenter: Barbara Pitts McAdams, Tectonic Theater Project member and co-creator of #HereToo Project
Wednesday, Jan. 23
Workshop Title: Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM)
Time: 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Andrew Belser, ADRI director and professor of movement, voice, and acting
Registration: https://feldenkrais-1.eventbrite.com
Thursday, Jan. 24
Workshop Title: Rhythmic Connections
Time: 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenters: Christiana Usenza, ethnomusicologist, and Michele Dunleavy, associate professor of dance, School of Theatre
Registration: https://rhythmic-connections-1.eventbrite.com
Friday, Jan. 25
Workshop Title: Pigment Workshop: The Materiality of Artists’ Colors
Time: 10:00 a.m. to noon
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Sarah K. Rich, associate professor, Department of Art History
Registration: https://pigment-making.eventbrite.com
Tuesday, Jan. 29
Dialogue Title: Sonifications of Ocean-Related Data
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Mark Ballora, professor of music technology, School of Music
Wednesday, Jan. 30
Workshop Title: Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM)
Time: 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Andrew Belser, ADRI director and professor of movement, voice, and acting
Registration: https://feldenkrais-2.eventbrite.com
Sunday, Feb. 3
Workshop Title: Rhythmic Connections
Time: 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenters: Christiana Usenza, ethnomusicologist, and Michele Dunleavy, associate professor of dance, School of Theatre
Registration: https://rhythmic-connections-1.eventbrite.com
Wednesday, Feb. 6
Dialogue Title: Color in the Making
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Sarah K. Rich, associate professor, Department of Art History
Wednesday, Feb. 6
Workshop Title: Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM)
Time: 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Andrew Belser, ADRI director and professor of movement, voice, and acting
Registration: https://feldenkrais-3.eventbrite.com
Saturday, Feb. 9
Workshop Title: Seeing and Asking: The Art of Interviewing for Research
Time: Noon to 5 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenters: Anthony Bak Buccitelli, associate professor of American studies and communications; Ralph Godbolt, doctoral candidate in American studies; and Raven Haymond and Jaimie Kinsley, doctoral students in American studies
Registration: https://interviewing-research.eventbrite.com
Wednesday, Feb. 13
Workshop Title: Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM)
Time: 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Andrew Belser, ADRI director and professor of movement, voice, and acting
Registration: https://feldenkrais-4.eventbrite.com
Thursday, Feb. 14
Workshop Title: Rhythmic Connections
Time: 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenters: Christiana Usenza, ethnomusicologist, and Michele Dunleavy, associate professor of dance, School of Theatre
Registration: https://rhythmic-connections-3.eventbrite.com
Wednesday, Feb. 20
Dialogue Title: The Fugitive Artist in the Dog-Sniff-Dog World: On the Horizontal Laboratory of the Six Viewpoints
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Tony Perucci, associate professor of performance studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sunday, Feb. 24
Workshop Title: Rhythmic Connections
Time: 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenters: Christiana Usenza, ethnomusicologist, and Michele Dunleavy, associate professor of dance, School of Theatre
Registration: https://rhythmic-connections-4.eventbrite.com
Tuesday, Feb. 26
Dialogue Title: Teaching Art and Anatomy
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenters: Benjamin Andrew, assistant teaching professor, College of Arts and Architecture, and Nicole Squyres, assistant teaching professor, biology
Tuesday, March 12
Dialogue Title: Imaging Incidence: Visualizing Diabetes in Senegal
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Steven Rubin, photographer and professor of art, School of Visual Arts
Tuesday, March 19
Dialogue Title: Rethinking Presence in Performing Arts
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Andrew Belser, ADRI director and professor of movement, voice, and acting
Wednesday, March 27
Dialogue Title: Remix, Code, and Originality in Art and Media Design
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenters: Eduardo Navas, assistant professor of art, School of Visual Arts, and Michael Collins, assistant professor of art, School of Visual Arts
Friday, April 5
Event Title: MADE Sense: 2019 Matters of Art & Design Education Symposium
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Organizers: Yasmine Abbas, assistant teaching professor, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs, SEDTAPP; and Aaron Knochel, assistant professor of art education
Registration: https://made-2019.eventbrite.com
Thursday, April 11
Workshop Title: Storying through Movement: Walking, Sensing, and Making Places
Time: Noon to 2 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenters: Kimberly Powell, associate professor of education, art education, and Asian studies; and Andrew Hieronymi, associate professor of art, School of Visual Arts
Registration: https://story-movement.eventbrite.com
Tuesday, April 23
Dialogue Title: Anthropology and Forensic Art Collaborations
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: ADRI (16 Borland Building, University Park)
Presenter: Jenny Kenyon, ADRI research associate and forensic artist
Friday, April 26
Event Title: HEART: A Symposium at the Junction of Health & Art
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Organizer: Cristin Millett, professor of art, School of Visual Arts, with keynote presentations by Oron Catts, director of SymbioticA, the Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts within the School of Anatomy and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia; and Ionat Zurr, artist, curator, researcher and academic coordinator of SymbioticA
Registration: TBA
The Arts and Design Research Incubator provides support for high-impact arts and design research projects. All programs are free and open to the public and, unless otherwise noted, take place in the ADRI (16 Borland Building).
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