Hello. Here is this week’s Digital Arts & Culture Digest. It will look a little different for the rest of the semester. We are happy to have you send us your comments or items to include. Thanks for your engagement and empowerment! We hope everyone is safe and healthy.
Thursday, April 2 – Sunday, April 12
VIRTUAL EVENTS
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THURSDAY, APRIL 2
OnMilwaukee.com’s Virtual Happy Hour
5 pm
Come one come all to OMC’s virtual happy hour LIVE on Facebook. Join in from wherever you may be practicing social distancing with a cocktail, beer, soda, mocktail, or whatever fits your fancy. #InThisTogetherMKE
https://www.facebook.com/events/501650203855781/
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
Virtual Innovation Session
9 am – 11 am
Meet other professionals, students, entrepreneurs, and innovators for two hours of new faces and new thinking. Participants will explore new innovation tactics while leveraging this unique way of collaborating through technology.
https://www.isolationinnovation.com/
Artist Talk with Mindy Wittock
7 pm
In Mindy Wittock’s work, she uses sewing and stitching techniques to create soft sculptures and textiles that are inspired by the intangible phantom of nostalgia. She collects objects and cloth to build pieces and cover surfaces that explore memory of a time passed. The act of sewing, of passing each object through her hands as she embellishes, is the act of preserving the limitations of memory and fusing together the past and present with each stitch.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-talk-with-mindy-wittock-tickets-101264900042
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
Milwaukee Window Sing-a-Long
7 pm
Every Saturday at 7 p.m. the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music is hosting the social distancing approved party. This week’s song is Cheap Trick’s “I Want You To Want Me.”
https://www.wcmusic.org/milwaukee-wide-window-sing-along/
MONDAY, APRIL 6
Artist Talk with Frank Korb
7 pm
Frank Korb is known for his abstract and plein air works and focuses on the formality of the push and pull of the elements and principles of art in his work. Through the act of laying down the textures of bible pages to build a grid and real texture, he then adds colors, shapes, and additional texture as he considers the dynamics of the space in the picture plane and works toward a balance and harmony. While the intent with which Korb begins each work is important, he is equally concerned with the interpretation of the viewer regarding the relationships he creates within his work.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7
Throwback Movie Night on Netflix Party
7 pm
Join CAB as they host a Throwback Movie Night on Netflix Party. They will be watching Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. THREE Simple steps to join below! The link will be posted 1 hour before the event. Students must have the Netflix Party extension downloaded on their laptop/desktop.
-Go to – https://www.netflixparty.com/
-Click on the link sent 1 hour before the event.
-Click on the red NP in the top left corner of your browser.
Enjoy the fun!
*Only available on Chrome browsers on desktop or laptop computers.
https://uwm.edu/studentinvolvement/event/john-hughes-throwback-movie-night/
THURSDAY, APRIL 9
Explorations in Disruptive Technologies: Democracy and Governance (Streamed Online)
12 pm – 1:30 pm
The purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for research faculty, staff, and students from all disciplines to meet to discuss shared interests in topics related to disruptive technologies, democracy, and governance.
FELLOWSHIP
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C21 Graduate Student Fellows
The Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) has an opening for one graduate student fellow for the 2020-21 year. This position is open to students at the master’s or doctoral level. Working at C21 provides graduate students the opportunity to meet visiting scholars, attend C21 events, and help with outreach and research initiatives. Application deadline is April 6.
https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2020/03/PAcall_2020-21.pdf
INTERNSHIP
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Nonprof-IT
This started as a School of Information Studies program but has become a joint endeavor with the BS in Information Science and Technology, to include the Digital Arts and Culture Program, and Peck School of the Art’s Design and Visual Communication area. Adam Hudson, who coordinates this internship program, creates teams of website designers, image and media specialists, social media managers, technology and usability assessment operators, and database managers. These teams with diverse abilities work with local non-profit organizations on an information technology related project to help their organization, all the while building the portfolios and experiences for the students involved. If you’re accepted and need L&S Credits, you can register for DAC 408. Deadline to apply for the Fall 2020 semester is April 14.
https://uwm.edu/informationstudies/nonprofit/
DIGITAL ARCHIVE PROJECTS
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Rwandan Genocide Commemoration
Professor Sarah Davies Cordova is collecting photos from individuals in the UWM and Milwaukee area in order to create a photo collage to remember and honor the victims and survivors of the genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda. The goal is to complete the project within the 25th commemoration year, which closes April 7. The photo collage is in line with the project that Bruce Clark and Gaël Faye first enacted in 2014 for the 20th commemoration. Please email your photo as an attachment to 2019commemorate@gmail.com.
Covid-19 MKE
The project aims to document how the Milwaukee area experienced the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. It was built by students in Professor Christopher D. Cantwell’s “Local History Research Methods” class and is hosted by the Golda Meir Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. All of the material on the site, however, was contributed by members of the greater Milwaukee community. Your contribution is welcome.
https://liblamp.uwm.edu/omeka/covid19mke/
About DAC: Digital Arts and Culture is an interdisciplinary program combining courses in the areas of arts, humanities, social sciences, and information studies.
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