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May 2022
Flow Tuscaloosa Lantern Parade
Join us for the first ever lantern parade on the Tuscaloosa Riverwalk! You make the magic by crafting a paper lantern and joining the parade on the evening of Saturday, May 21. To participate in the parade, arrive at the entrance to the Riverwalk at the terminus of Greensboro Ave (by the Bama Belle) at 7:00pm. The procession will begin at 7:30pm. This is a free event for all ages. The parade will be followed by an "Evening at the…
Find out more »Flow Tuscaloosa Lantern Building Workshop
Join us at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center for Flow Tuscaloosa's final lantern building workshop on Friday, May 6th at 5pm. During this workshop, build a lantern that evokes the history and ecology of our waterways. You are invited to bring your lantern to the Flow lantern parade on the evening of May 21, 2022, along the Tuscaloosa Riverwalk.
Find out more »April 2022
CoffeeLab
Join CARI on April 22nd at 10am in Maxwell Hall for CoffeeLab, a series of open house events for UA faculty and staff interested in interdisciplinary collaborative arts research. Learn more about the initiative, meet CARI Faculty Fellows, discuss your research ideas and learn what others are working on during these informal gatherings in Maxwell Hall.
Find out more »Swimming Together exhibit opening
Join CARI and Flow Tuscaloosa at the exhibit opening of Swimming Together at the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum at 9am on April 19, 2022.
Find out more »Flow Tuscaloosa Lantern Building Workshop
Join us at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center for Flow Tuscaloosa's next lantern building workshop on Friday, April 1st at 5pm. During this workshop, build a lantern that evokes the history and ecology of our waterways. You are invited to bring your lantern to the Flow lantern parade on the evening of May 21, 2022, along the Tuscaloosa Riverwalk. There will be a final lantern building workshop on Friday, May 6th at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in…
Find out more »March 2022
Violin Duo Miolina: Mioi Takeda and Lynn Bechtold
Join us on Monday, March 28th at 7:30pm in Moody Recital Hall for NYC-based violin duo Miolina as they premiere a new work by Holland Hopson, UA composer and CARI Faculty Fellow.
Find out more »Empty Columns are a Place to Dream, Lecture by Ric Kadour
Monuments are ubiquitous in the landscape. Common and omnipresent, they blend into the background and go unnoticed until someone points them out. In recent years, monuments have become flashpoints of cultural controversy across the globe. Debates about monuments in the U.S. have focused on whether Confederate statues should stay or be removed. While this is an important debate, this talk invites a different conversation: What role do we want monuments to play in our community? What shared ideas or collective memories do…
Find out more »February 2022
Field Recordings of Mind in Morning
Join CARI Fellow Holland Hopson and Hank Lazer on Thursday, February 24th at 6pm in celebrating the newly-released collaborative poetry-music book, Field Recordings of Mind in Morning. Poet Hank Lazer and musician Holland Hopson will read and perform musical improvisations for voice & banjo at Harrison Galleries. Hank and Holland will also discuss the meditative aspect of the book and their collaboration.
Find out more »Zoom Networking Event
The next Zoom Networking event will be held Feb. 4th from 10-11:30 am! CARI's networking sessions are co-hosted by the Office of Research and Economic Development and are designed to assist UA faculty interested in pursuing collaborative arts research to further existing projects or to initiate new collaborative partnerships. Please register for this event here by Feb. 2nd: https://uaosp.formstack.com/forms/proposaldevelopment_workshop_copy
Find out more »November 2021
Barnes, Washington & The University of Alabama: Recreating a 1910 Event for Understanding the Afterlives of Slavery in the 21st Century
What happens when an historian and a performing artist collaborate on a project? History comes alive! Join us for the University of Alabama premier of “The Visit” – a short documentary film premiere about the historic Address given by Booker T. Washington at First African Baptist Church on February 20, 1910. The viewing will be followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Hilary Green, Associate Professor in Gender and Race Studies, Dr. Luvada Harrison, Assistant Professor in Theatre and Dance, Dr. Alexis Davis-Hazell,…
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