November festival shines an annual Spotlight on the Arts at UGA
The 2023 Spotlight on the Arts festival spanned the month of November with a rich calendar of events celebrating the literary, visual and performing arts. The Willson Center’s contributions included a Cinema Roundtable on the cultural phenomenon of Barbie; a multimedia event showcasing cross-disciplinary research and artistic practice spanning poetry, music, visual art, and the environment; a reading and talk by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead; and many more public events and programs.
Highlights from the festival schedule included:
November • Exhibition – Nancy Baker Cahill: Through Lines
Nov. 3 • Cinema Roundtable – “Billion Dollar Barbie: Greta Gerwig, Pop Culture & Barbiemania”
Nov. 6 • Arts Collaborative Conversation: Arts Funding Trends
Nov. 6 • Presentation: “Favored by the Muses”
Nov. 7 • I Am Greta: Environmental Ethics and the Battle Over Climate Change
Nov. 8 • Student Spotlight
Nov. 9 • Spotlight x Spotlight Ecologies // Sea Sound Seen
Nov. 9 • Transatlantic Cinephilia: Book Launch and Screening of Araya
Nov. 12 • Spotlight x Spotlight Ecologies: Graduate Student Symposium
Nov. 14 • 4 Minutes, 33 Seconds Contest
Nov. 15 • Phinizy Lecture: Colson Whitehead
Nov. 16 • Screening – Gustav Stickley: American Craftsman
Nov. 28 • A Celebration of Achievements in the Humanities and Arts at UGA