{"id":72487,"date":"2026-05-07T16:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?p=72487"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:44:53","slug":"three-coaa-faculty-receive-asc-creative-renewal-fellowships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/2026\/05\/07\/three-coaa-faculty-receive-asc-creative-renewal-fellowships\/","title":{"rendered":"Three CoA+A faculty receive ASC Creative Renewal Fellowships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor of Dance <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/kim-jones\/\">Kim Jones<\/a>, Professor of Art <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/marek-ranis\/\">Marek Ranis<\/a> and Assistant Professor of Dance <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/ashley-l-tate\/\">Ashley L. Tate<\/a> are among the 10 local artists awarded 2026 Creative Renewal Fellowships from the Arts &amp; Science Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe\u00a0Creative Renewal Fellowships are intended to reinvigorate experienced artists by offering the time, resources and freedom to explore new directions, deepen their practice and sustain their long-term creative vitality in Charlotte-Mecklenburg,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandscience.org\/investing-in-the-future-of-creativity-meet-ascs-2026-fellows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ASC said in a press release<\/a>. Each professor will use the fellowship funds for a specific project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jones will continue her exploration of Korean culture through the project \u201cEchoes of the Drum: Reconnecting Korean Folk Lineage in Contemporary Dance Practices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy proposed activities focus on immersive, embodied study with Korean master artists to deepen my research into traditional Korean music, dance and performance practices,\u201d Jones said. She will travel to both New York City and Korea for mentorship, observation, documentation and artistic exchange with elder practitioners who are recognized as cultural heritage carriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This work builds upon Jones\u2019s study of the life and work of Choi Seung-Hee, an artist who is regarded as the first Korean modern dancer. Begun in 2019, that research has been supported by a Faculty Research Grant, a <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2023-07-18\/dance-professor-wins-ny-public-library-fellowship\/\">New York Public Library Fellowship<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-07-18\/professore28099s-research-korean-modern-dancer-subject-neh-summer-institute-study\/\">National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3566\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Kim-Jones-and-musician-Vong-Pak-performing_DAP-Festival.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Jones and Korean musician Vong Pak perform at a festival in Italy.\" class=\"wp-image-72501 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Kim-Jones-and-musician-Vong-Pak-performing_DAP-Festival.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Kim-Jones-and-musician-Vong-Pak-performing_DAP-Festival-600x384.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Kim-Jones-and-musician-Vong-Pak-performing_DAP-Festival-1000x640.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Kim-Jones-and-musician-Vong-Pak-performing_DAP-Festival-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Kim-Jones-and-musician-Vong-Pak-performing_DAP-Festival-1536x984.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Kim-Jones-and-musician-Vong-Pak-performing_DAP-Festival-2048x1312.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Kim-Jones-and-musician-Vong-Pak-performing_DAP-Festival-1400x897.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Kim-Jones-and-musician-Vong-Pak-performing_DAP-Festival-300x192.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 5568px) 100vw, 5568px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 5568px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 5568\/3566;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Botticelli Foto: Kim Jones and Korean musician Vong Pak perform at a festival in Italy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his fellowship, Ranis will expand his long-term project, \u201cLandscape of Identity,\u201d which explores how landscapes shape personal and collective identities in the context of environmental change, the Anthropocene and human migration. Ranis began the project in <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/2025\/06\/03\/professors-video-wins-international-prize\/\">2024 in Norway<\/a> and this summer will expand it to Finland through two artist residencies: Ecker\u00f6 Post Art Residency and Fiskars Village Art Residency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWorking with host organizations in both locations, I will collaborate with multi-generational farming families, S\u00e1mi community members and newcomers and immigrants,\u201d Ranis said. \u201cI will film conversations in participants\u2019 homes and during walks, focusing on how personal history, displacement or rootedness, and cultural memory shape relationships with Northern landscapes often described as \u201csublime.\u201d These filmed encounters will guide the creation of paintings and a final video artwork of approximately 30 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway.jpg\" alt=\"Marek in front of water\" class=\"wp-image-66921 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/06\/Marek-Ranis_Norway-300x169.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1152;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marek Ranis in Norway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tate\u2019s fellowship will provide professional development funds to attend the Versa-Style Dance Intensive in Los Angeles, a six-day immersive program focused on hip-hop and street dance training with master choreographers and instructors.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe intensive will deepen my technical proficiency in styles such as house, locking and whacking, while also supporting the development of my choreographic voice through daily technique classes, freestyle labs and movement-based research,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to training, Tate plans to develop new choreographic work that integrates street dance with contemporary and interdisciplinary approaches, including multimedia exploration. She will document her process through video, photography and written reflection, including daily journaling and improvisation studies, to support ongoing research and creative development beyond the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October, Tate hosted the inaugural \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/2025\/10\/09\/unc-charlotte-professors-new-hip-hop-conference-celebrates-cultural-impact\/\">To the Beat Y\u2019all: A Hip Hop Symposium<\/a>\u201d at UNC Charlotte. Her research centers on how African Diasporic dance education, practice and performance function as pathways for social justice. She has presented her research at multiple conferences and conventions, including the European Hip Hop Studies Network Conference in Cork, Ireland, and the Dance Studies Association Conference in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Hip-Hop-Symposium-0968.jpg\" alt=\"Ashley Tate standing at a podium and presenting research about Hip Hop as embodied transformation.\" class=\"wp-image-72491 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1365;aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Hip-Hop-Symposium-0968.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Hip-Hop-Symposium-0968-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Hip-Hop-Symposium-0968-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Hip-Hop-Symposium-0968-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Hip-Hop-Symposium-0968-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Hip-Hop-Symposium-0968-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/05\/Hip-Hop-Symposium-0968-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ashley Tate presenting research at the inaugural &#8220;To The Beat Y&#8217;all&#8221; conference, which she organized in October 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor of Dance Kim Jones, Professor of Art Marek Ranis and Assistant Professor of Dance Ashley L. 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