College of Fine Arts Research Profiles

The University Gallery exhibitions I have organized offer means of translating the content of many disciplines through visual art. My own doctoral research was directly related to this focus; teaching and learning through various disciplinary and cognitive channels in visual art. The exhibitions I have curated on campus provide mechanisms to teach about looking at art and developing critical analysis through visual modes of inquiry. Collaboration partners have included medicine, law, physics, history, journalism, environmental science, criminology and athletics. I have also worked with the City of Gainesville, Alachua County, the public school system, and many community partners. Dynamic dialogues have engendered further work among these fields at the university and beyond, cultivating a balance to learning channels and developing concepts integral to a “creative campus.”

Contributions to College of Fine Arts Creative Campus Planning:

• Planned and participated in workshops/lectures; Steven Tepper, Sir Ken Robinson, Duane Bray (IDEO)
• Participated in Learning Community meetings
• Contacted/visited several University campuses that have leading programs; Stanford University, Princeton University, Florida International University, Vanderbilt University
• Article published in Academic Exchange Quarterly discusses Creative Campus concept
• Development of E-Learning course, “A Taste of the Arts; Behind the Scenes” for non-arts majors; integrating visual art, music, theater & dance
   

Additional Activities:

• Founding Board Member, Florida Association of Public Art Administrators, 1997-
• Member; Florida Art Museums Directors Association, 2002- 
• Member, Florida Association of Museums, 2002- 
• Lobby for Arts Funding, Legislative Sessions, Tallahassee, 1985-2009
• Grant Panelist, Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, 1994, 2009
• Juror for 79 Art Shows in the Southeast, 1989-2009
• Curator, Florida Visual Arts Statewide Fellowship Exhibition, 2006
• Board Member, Florida Craftsmen Statewide Organization, 2002-2003

Vigilante, A. (2009) Integrating thinking through aesthetic learning
In Press, Academic Exchange Quarterly, Fall, 2009
Refereed Proceedings: Double-blind-peer-reviewed, 2 reviewers, Volume 13, Issue 3.

Funded Externally
Title: “Roar of the Crowd”
Funding Agency: Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs
Effective Dates: Fall, 2008
Direct Costs: $5,000
Indirect Costs: $400
Total Funding: $5,400
Role of Nominee: PI
Share of Total Grant Funding: 100%

Awarded opportunity to create UF Provost initiated on-line e-learning course titled; “A Taste of the Arts; Behind the Scenes,” currently in development for Summer A, 2010
Awarded a College of Fine Arts Professional Development Leave, Spring, 2009
Awarded bonuses, SA+AH, 2003, 2005
State of Florida Individual Artist's Fellowship, 1992
Painting Award, Orlando Museum of Art Juried Show, 1991, juror, Lisa Phillips, Director of New Museum, NYC (then curator, Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art)