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SUMMARY:Sounds Like Us 2.0 | Final Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, April 2 at 2:30 PM (ET) for “Sounds Like Us 2.0 | Final Showcase” with Campus Friends Community Members and workshop facilitators jashen edwards and Valentina Morelli. \nJoin us in celebrating the amazing work Campus Friends students have done this semester. Come listen to their original sound explorations\, musical improvisations\, and extended compositions\, as well as their reflections and insights on the creative works they’ll be sharing.\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The event is FREE and open to everybody! \nMore About the Event\nSounds Like Us—presented by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) and the Campus Friends (CF) program—brings professional musicians into collaboration with community members of varying developmental and physical needs through a series of fun and playful improvisation-based workshops. This season facilitators include postdoctoral fellow jashen edwards\, PhD student Joe Sorbara\, and community musician special guest\, Valentina Morelli. \nSounds Like Us draws upon IICSI’s 12+ years of co-running “Play Who You Are” workshops in partnership with KidsAbility Centre for Child Development\, a research-outreach project that has offered all participants—from new musicians to the very experienced; from music aficionados and scholars to first-time listeners—revelations about the links between music and community-making\, improvisation and individual/community well-being\, sound and self-expression. (And indeed\, Sounds Like Us 2.0  includes alumni from Campus Friends and Play Who You Are!) This ongoing research has investigated and demonstrated the effectiveness of improvisation as a means of empowering and animating special needs youth. Researchers have documented and analyzed the myriad relationships between specific improvisational activities and their effects on\, for example\, socialization\, self-esteem\, physical coordination\, and mental acuity.  \nAs part of IICSI’s ongoing research into Improvisation\, Wellbeing\, and the Social Determinants of Health\, Sounds Like Us will help us continue investigating how community arts participation impacts social connectivity and equitable participation in society. We have seen how improvisation builds resiliency\, helps develop key skills\, promotes self-expression and leads to greater feelings of belonging for participants. \nPlease join us to celebrate a semester of music and community making at this final public concert for the Sounds Like Us program. Feel free to spread the word to others who might be interested. \n 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/sounds-like-us-2-0-final-showcase/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Journée d’étude: Improvisation\, Pedagogy\, and Cocreative Worldmaking
DESCRIPTION:—”An adept improviser can find ways forward amid impasse\, agency amid oppression\, and community amid division.”\n– The Improviser’s Classroom \nJoin us on April 3\, 2025 at ImprovLab for a full-day symposium investigating ways to re-imagine pedagogy through the prisms of activism\, reciprocity\, and communal care. This free\, open-to-everyone event is focused around the launch of The Improviser’s Classroom: Pedagogies for Cocreative Worldmaking\, the new collection edited by Daniel Fischlin and Mark Lomanno and published through Temple University Press.\n\nDemonstrating how improvisation can inform scenes of teaching and learning\, The Improviser’s Classroom also outlines how improvisatory techniques offer powerful\, if not vital\, tools for producing connection\, creativity\, accompaniment\, reciprocity\, meaningful revelation\, and lifelong curiosity. This event will explore the ideas brought up in this book through several offerings\, including: \n• presentations by the Critical Studies in Improvisation graduate program’s newest cohort: Simon Flint\, Mark Leroy\, Emma Bortolon-Vettor\, and Georgia Simms \n• the book launch for The Improviser’s Classroom: Pedagogies for Cocreative Worldmaking\, featuring a conversation with jashen edwards\, Daniel Fischlin\, Mark Lomanno\, and Carey West \n• a keynote by David L. Clark\, featuring improvised musical responses by annais linares and Germaine Liu \n• closing reflections by Fred Moten\, professor of performance studies and comparative literature at New York University \nFind the full schedule for the day’s events below:\n9:00-9:30 AM—Coffee and Gathering  \n9:30-9:45 AM—Welcome (IICSI) \n9:45-11:45 AM—IMPR 6010/6410 Student Presentations on Emergent/Embodied Teaching Philosophies and Multidisciplinary Approaches to Improvisation; moderated by jashen edwards and Daniel Fischlin; \n11:45 AM-1:00 PM—Lunch Break   \n1:00-2:30 PM—Book Launch: The Improviser’s Classroom: Pedagogies for Cocreative Worldmaking (“Insubordinate Spaces” series edited by George Lipsitz; Temple UP\, Edited by Daniel Fischlin and Mark Lomanno; featuring contributors Carey West and jashen edwards) \n2:30-2:45 PM—Coffee Break   \n2:45-4:15 PM—Keynote David L. Clark “I do not know how to teach: scenes from a life\, made up” with improvised musical response from annaïs linares and Germaine Liu. Moderated by Daniel Fischlin. \n4:15-4:30 PM—Break  \n4:30-5:15 PM—Fred Moten (Closing Reflections). Moderated by Mark Lomanno. \n6:00 PM—Downtown Gathering for Food and Conversation – TBA \n \n 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/journee-detude-improvisation-pedagogy-and-cocreative-worldmaking/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Why Arts Matter Research Speaker Series: Technology
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, April 24 at 4:00 PM (ET) for Technology\, the third and final event of the Winter 2024 Why Arts Matter Research Speaker Series. \nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The event is free\, although seating is limited. Reserve your spot here! \n\nMore About the Event\nThis panel will explore the transformative impact of technology on culture\, the arts\, and our understanding of the world. Featuring Dr. Peter Kuling\, Dr. Susan Brown\, Dr. Rozita Dara\, and Dr. Donald Bruce\, this discussion will examine how digital performance\, virtual reality\, and artificial intelligence are reshaping cultural engagement and artistic expression. The panelists will delve into the ethical implications of emerging technologies\, the role of digital humanities in fostering collaboration\, diversity\, and inclusivity\, and the ways science and technology are portrayed in media. \nThis series will be video recorded for later distribution. Following the panel\, audience members can engage in a Q&A session. This series will be video recorded for later distribution. Audience members will not be on camera\, however will be asked to sign a release for their voice to be included in the recording if they choose to ask a question. \nMore About the Series\nThe “Why Arts Matter” research speaker series is hosted by the College of Arts in partnership with the International Institute for Critical Studies and Improvisation (IICSI)\, and explores the intersection of disciplines to address individual experience\, social life\, and culture. This series highlights the importance of the arts in shaping our understanding of the world. \nFor more information\, follow this link.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/why-arts-matter-research-speaker-series-technology/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
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