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Apply to Be a Collaborative Arts Research Initiative Fellow

January 25, 2019

The University of Alabama’s Collaborative Arts Research Initiative, or CARI—which is a new research incubator dedicated to interdisciplinary, arts-focused inquiry—is announcing applications for its inaugural faculty fellowships. Applications will be open Feb. 4 through March 6, and information sessions for the fellowships will be held in January and February. “The faculty fellowships are a critical mechanism by which CARI and The University of Alabama are supporting high impact, interdisciplinary research and creative projects led by faculty with the interest and […]

Professor to Strengthen Digital Dynamics of Dance via NEH Grant

January 23, 2019

With support from the National Endowment for Humanities, a dance professor at The University of Alabama will lead an innovative effort to improve online access to digital dance resources for education and scholarship. Rebecca Salzer, assistant professor of dance and interim director of the UA Collaborative Arts Research Initiative, received a Digital Humanities Advancement grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in a funding round announced this month. “While digital video makes recording dance easier, archives of recorded dance have not […]

Director of Dance and Technology at Ohio State to Speak at CARI Information Sessions

January 18, 2019

Norah Zuniga Shaw, the director of Dance and Technology at Ohio State University Department of Dance and Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) will be a guest speaker during two information sessions. Faculty interested in applying for a CARI Fellowship are encouraged to attend one of the four information/inspiration sessions. Norah Zuniga Shaw is an artist and creative director best known for her award-winning digital projects that center choreographic ideas as catalysts for interdisciplinary and intercultural discovery. […]

R. Benjamin Knapp to Speak at CARI Information Sessions

January 18, 2019

R. Benjamin Knapp, the Director of the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT) at Virginia Tech will be a guest speaker during two information sessions about CARI Fellowships. Faculty interested in applying for a CARI Fellowship are encouraged to attend one of the four information/inspiration sessions. R. Benjamin Knapp is the Founding Executive Director for ICAT and Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. ICAT seeks to promote research and education at the nexus of art, design, engineering, and […]