Creative B Brings a World of Creativity to Campus and the Community During the Summer B Semester
Students coming to the University of Florida (UF) campus during the summer B semester will experience a world of creativity, culture and performance through Creative B. Introduced in 2010 by the Office of the Provost, Creative B is designed to delight, educate and entertain with a wide variety of live cultural performances and interdisciplinary summer activities.
“Creative B is our way of welcoming new students to campus through the arts and other creative experiences to set the tone for the upcoming academic year,” said Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Joseph Glover. “We plan it as a unique experience each summer to enliven campus life during the summer B term.”
This year’s partners are UF’s Center for Arts in Medicine, Center for Undergraduate Research, College of the Arts, College of Journalism and Communications, Florida Museum of Natural History, George A. Smathers Libraries, Innovation Academy, Performing Arts and Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art.
“Creative B events are often not what you would typically see during the year,” said Lucinda Lavelli, dean of UF’s College of the Arts. “These events are designed to be fun and to connect students and the Gainesville community to ideas that may be new to them. We invite you to attend or participate in an event to find out for yourself.”
Schedule of Events:
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS: Miami artist Xavier Cortada will work with engineering and arts students, Swamp Dance Fest participants and the local community to bring awareness of our impact on the environment through two projects, Moving Water and Clear Cut. The public is invited to participate in a ritualistic art installation of Cortada’s new permanent art piece, a ceramic tile mural that is part of the Moving Water project, July 30 at 2 p.m. starting outside of Library West. Free and open to the public. Clear Cut performances will take place July 31-August 3 during Swamp Dance Fest in G-6 Studio in the McGuire Pavilion. For tickets, call 352-392-1653 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Center for Undergraduate Research: Students are invited to learn about one of the things that artists, engineers, biologists, educators, physicians, writers, historians and other scientists and scholars have in common—research—through the “Research Methods at UF” course.
College of the Arts:
CNTRL-SPACE by UF alumnus Patrick Pagano is an interactive digital projection environment exhibit that explores the illusion of control in a technocratic society. The work is an aggregation of different elements of interactive projection design environments that Pagano has been working on for nearly a decade. The exhibit is open July 14-25 (
Mondays: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursdays: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.). An opening reception will be held July 11 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, a recent comedy by Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage, directed by Tim Altmeyer, chronicles seventy years in the life of Vera Stark, a determined African-American maid and would-be Hollywood actress at 7:30 p.m. July 9-12 in Black Box Theatre located in the McGuire Pavilion. Tickets are $13 for UF students, UF faculty/staff and senior citizens, and are $17 for the general public. There is also a student group discount of $9 each for parties of eight or more (Gator 1 cards required and tickets must be purchase tickets through the University Box Office). For tickets, call 352-392-1653 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Twentieth Century, adapted by Ken Ludwig from a 1930s play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, directed by Dr. Judith Williams, is a classic 1930s screwball comedy that explores the theme and effects of stardom during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Performances are July 17-20 (7:30 p.m. July 17-19; 2 p.m. July 19 and July 20) in Constans Theatre. Tickets are $13 for UF students, UF faculty/staff and senior citizens, and are $17 for the general public. For tickets, call 352-392-1653 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Swamp Dance Fest is a transformative four-week dance intensive featuring classes, artist talks, free classes for the community and a series of culminating performances. Many events are free and open to the public. Premiere performances are July 31-August 3 (7:30 p.m. July 31-August 2; 2 p.m. August 3) in G-6 Studio located in the McGuire Pavilion. Tickets are $13 for UF students, UF faculty/staff and senior citizens, and are $17 for the general public. For tickets, call 352-392-1653 or visit ticketmaster.com.
College of Journalism and Communications: Tour the Innovation News Center and other media properties July 22 at
11 a.m. and noon
in Weimer Hall. Free and open to the public.
Florida Museum of Natural History: Join the museum and Creative B every Friday night for a free moving screening about werewolves and to explore the balance between science and art with our expert panel. UF students receive free admission to the Wolf to Woof exhibit with their Gator 1 card. The museum will be open to the public from 6 to 10 p.m. The panel discussion starts at 7 p.m., followed by the movie July 11, July 18, July 25 and August 1. Free and open to the public.
George A. Smathers Libraries: UF students are invited to learn about geocaching, GPS and geographic information systems (GIS) services June 30-August 8 by visiting the Map & Imagery Library at its new location in Smathers Library anytime during Summer B to get started. Students "collect" caches by submitting pictures for a Geocoin prize. A kick-off pizza party will be held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. July 8 in First Floor Smathers Library East, Room 100, and a closing event will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. August 5 in the same room. For UF students only.
Harn Museum of Art & UF’s Center for Arts in Medicine:
Museum Nights: Creative B - Tokaido Road: Join the Harn Museum of Art July 10 from 6-9 p.m. for an evening journey on Japan’s Tokaido Road featuring a Swamp Dance Fest performance, art-making, short tours and other fun activities. Free and open to the public.
Kate Wells Presents “Art, AIDS and Education: Insights into the rural craft Siyazama Project”: Presented by UF's Center for Arts in Medicine, UF Center for African Studies and the Harn Museum of Art, on July 10 at 7 p.m. during the Harn’s Museum Nights, Professor Kate Wells will discuss some of the creative pathways, projects and rural crafts interventions that she has experienced in her work with craft communities in South Africa and in Uganda over a period of more than ten years. Free and open to the public.
Visions of Grace: Featuring the work of artist Elizabeth Brown Eagle, Visions of Grace, open July 9-August 8 (Tuesdays-Fridays: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sundays: 1-5 p.m.), reflects Brown Eagle’s experience in three African communities over the past five years and features 18 mixed media collages and photographs from her travels. An opening reception will be held July 12 from 3-5 p.m. Free and open to the public.
UF Performing Arts: The 5th Annual UFPA 24-Hour Film Competition is designed to provide those who are interested in filmmaking with a creative deadline and then the opportunity to show their work. Contestants will check in July 19 at 1 p.m. at the Phillips Center and will have 24 hours to make a five-minute film. A public viewing will take place at the Phillips Center July 20 at 2 p.m. Free and open to the public.
Learn more about this year’s activities and view a calendar of events at creativeb.aa.ufl.edu. Join the conversation online by using the hashtag #creativeBUF.
About the College of the Arts
The College of the Arts, previously known as the College of Fine Arts, is one the 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. The College of the Arts offers baccalaureate, master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in its three fully-accredited schools — the School of Art + Art History, School of Music and School of Theatre + Dance. The college is home to the Center for Arts in Medicine, Center for World Arts, Digital Worlds Institute, University Galleries and the New World School of the Arts in Miami. More than 100 faculty members and more than 1,220 students work together daily to engage, inspire and create. The college hosts more than 300 performances, exhibitions and events each year. Faculty and students also exhibit and perform at other local, national and international venues. To learn more, visit www.arts.ufl.edu.
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