a2ru creates community & culture change for the arts and arts integrative teaching, research and learning in higher education.

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19 Dec 2024
Join us at @UofMaryland January 22-23 for "Teaching the Arts in the Age of A.I: A Symposium," featuring keynotes, panels, performances and more. Learn more & register: arts.umd.edu/teaching-arts-i…
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2 Dec 2024
Thursday: join an informational webinar at noon Eastern for the 2025 @ReneeFleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards administered by @artsandmindlab & NeuroArts Blueprint. Register here: aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webin…
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22 Nov 2024
We are hiring! Are you our next Financial & Membership Coordinator? This vital member of our team will support organizational operations & our growing network of member institutions. The role is based at a2ru's host institution @UMich . Learn more & apply: a2ru.org/jobs/financial-and-…
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19 Nov 2024
a2ru Ground Works has released "Creating Knowledge in Common," a new special edition focused on university-community partnered research. Learn about the issue and upcoming associated programs & virtual events: a2ru.org/a2ru-ground-works-r…
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The @a2ruconnect National Conference is happening on the #RIT campus this week! Practitioners and researchers will gather to share innovations and perspectives in the arts — including keynote speaker Kelly Hurlburt ’17 (new media design) of @Adobe. ➡️ brnw.ch/21wOzwT
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1 Nov 2024
Arts Deans: @ICFAD1 has extended its early bird pricing through November for its 2025 International Symposium in Qatar, taking place May 25-30. Learn more about this unique cultural experience: icfad.org/international-symp…

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30 Oct 2024
Next week! Join us on Zoom Thurs 11/7 3-4:30pm as leaders from @umichsmtd @elonuniversity @FloridaState @UFCOTA @UF_CAME & @UTAustin discuss "The Future(s) of Arts Entrepreneurship Education: Models to Prepare Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Careers." a2ru.org/event/the-futures-o…
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18 Oct 2024
At the recent @BrainMind2020 Special Forum "Your Brain on Art", @ReneeFleming , the famed soprano & co-author of "Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness," sat for an interview with Diana Ayton-Shenker from @LeonardoISAST . Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=lHzZdbU0…
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17 Oct 2024
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@SpringboardArts has expanded its Guaranteed Income for Artists pilot, one of the longest guaranteed income trials in the U.S. & the only one to include rural artists. The pilot will now support 100 artists with $500/month. springboardforthearts.org/gu…
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17 Oct 2024
Artists from the pilot are currently exhibiting work in “Exhale: Reflections on Guaranteed Income" in the Cargill Gallery at Minneapolis Central Library through November 23. hclib.org/about/news/2024/oc…
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16 Oct 2024
As the 2024 general election approaches, two a2ru network universities--@UMich and the @UofMaryland --are using the arts & design to encourage students to vote.
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16 Oct 2024
At Michigan, the Creative Campus Voting Project has partnered with the @A2GOV clerk's office, UMMA and the Duderstadt Center Gallery to design voting hubs on campus. The CCVP is a nonpartisan initiative based at the @UM_Stamps . record.umich.edu/articles/cu…
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16 Oct 2024
At Maryland, a mobile pop-up designed by @UMD_MAPP @TheClariceUMD @umd_arhu Arts for All & TerpsVote called "VOTE (Fearlessly)!" helps the community register to vote, understand election day & voting out of state, & serves as a shared civic space. arch.umd.edu/events/vote-fea…
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16 Oct 2024
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOV. 1--CALL FOR PROPOSALS & ARTWORK: Understanding of the arts’ impact on the health & wellbeing of communities continues to blossom. Join @psuarts_arch & @huckinstitutes for "Expanding Capacities of Care" symposium & group exhibit. sites.psu.edu/expandingcare/
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15 Oct 2024
Supported by @UMich_Engaged , a2ru recently piloted a single-campus version of its Emerging Creatives Student Summit, w/the theme "Migration." From zines to a pop-up "Third Place," learn what students from around U-M created as part of the Summit: a2ru.org/a2ru-pilots-single-…
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14 Oct 2024
Campus art museums, including from a2ru members @UMich @penn_state @UWMadison @UofIllinois @UofMaryland @michiganstateu @UNLincoln & @UMNews , have created "Art & Conversation: What Does it Mean to Be An American?," an online/downloadable discussion game. umma.umich.edu/art-conversat…
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11 Oct 2024
NEW PUBLICATION: On the occasion of UNGA Healing Arts Week 2024, the @j_artshealthlab has published “How Do We Realize the Potential of the Arts to Support Health and Wellbeing in the United States?” Read the report here: jameelartshealthlab.org/poli…
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10 Oct 2024
CALL FOR PAPERS: @LeonardoISAST seeks papers on "Artful Minds: Health and Well-being," merging insights from the arts, music, sciences, medicine, and healthcare. The deadline for abstracts is 12/18; the deadline for manuscripts is 12/31. Learn more: leonardo.info/opportunity/ca…
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10 Oct 2024
Congratulations to our colleagues @StanfordArts , who recently unveiled a new website & visual identity. "The collaged ‘S’ unites our constellation of arts organizations and programs...representing the ensemble story we tell every day." arts.stanford.edu/
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8 Oct 2024
NEXT WEEK: Our fall webinar series kicks off on Thurs. 10/17, 3:30-4:30pm EST, with Gray Davidson Carroll & Jill Sonke from @ONOP_2024 and Arts for EveryBody presenting "Defining the Landscape: The Case for Poetry in Public Health Research." Register: a2ru.org/event/defining-the-…
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