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We support and highlight innovative artistic research and research-creation practices at the University of Alberta. We champion the role of artistic methods and literacies in remaking the university and addressing pressing global challenges.

 

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Q & A with the CoLAB’s 2022 Fulbright Scholar — Rachel Epp Buller
Q & A with the CoLAB’s 2022 Fulbright Scholar — Rachel Epp Buller

Dr. Rachel Epp Buller (she/her) is a Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Arts and Humanities at the University of Alberta for the Spring 2022 semester. She is a feminist art historian, a visual artist, and a mother of three.

Learn more about her practice and upcoming talk for the Sound Studies Institute Lecture Series:

“Winter Walking and Other Scores: Listening as Artistic Practice.”

March 23, 2022
7:00–8:00 pm MST

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Speculative Energy Futures added to the Library of Creative Sustainability (Creative Carbon Scotland)
Speculative Energy Futures added to the Library of Creative Sustainability (Creative Carbon Scotland)

Speculative Energy Futures uses arts-based practices to re-imagine energy futures beyond what we currently think is possible. 2017- Ongoing.

5th ARC Talks with Natalie Loveless
5th ARC Talks with Natalie Loveless

Tuesday, June 20th at 19:00 at Nieuwe Sint Jansstraat 35 in Groningen. With the title “Work as Art: Performing Ecological Interventions,” Natalie brings instruction scores as an art form to the forefront

DY3CORIPA OPENS JUNE 17th
DY3CORIPA OPENS JUNE 17th

DY3CORPIA will launch on 17th June 2021 in a two-storey digital twin of Enterprise Square Galleries.

Art, Activism & Global Crisis: Amanda Gutiérrez
Art, Activism & Global Crisis: Amanda Gutiérrez

June’s Art, Activism & Global Crisis series features artist Amanda Gutiérrez

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We are most delighted to be hosting an artist talk tomorrow evening with current @ualberta #writerinresidence @jrcarpenter! Please join us from 5-7pm mst for this free, public lecture. Register via Eventbrite // link in bio. @ualberta_arts #ualberta
For the month of February, as part of the @researchcreation 2021 Art, Activism, and Global Crisis Speaker Series, @jrcarpenter will be leading the discussion and workshop! . Please register via eventbrite in the link found at RESEARCHCREATION.ca .
Wishing you all the best as this semester & year come to a close! Despite the many ups & downs of 2020, @spar2c shares in many highlights with you all — 2021 holds so much space for shifts in thinking, creating, researching & colla
The @researchcreation team is excited to announce Stephanie Loveless as the first guest of the 2021 Art, Activism, and Global Crisis Speaker Series! . Please visit RESEARCHCREATION.ca to register on eventbrite. . Stephanie Loveless is a sound and me
We would like to extend our thanks to Marilyn Arsem and all of you for making the first of the Art, Activism, and Global Crisis Speaker Series such a success. Our hearts are so full! If this first speaker series acts as a benchmark for all that can b
Great new! @researchcreation will be hosting Dylan Robinson this November, which means a thought provoking conversation is in the horizon for the end of this month! PUBLIC ARTIST TALK - NOVEMBER 26 (1PM MST) Dylan Robinson's artist talk will be hap
 

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