Film composer Bruce Broughton
as Composer-in-Residence
The Emory University Creativity: Arts & Innovation Strategic Plan Framing Principle (CAI) supports creative endeavors across campus.
Upcoming Projects
Emory Evolving Arts
The Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts (CCA) and the Emory University Creativity: Arts & Innovation Strategic Plan Framing Principle (CAI) are working with Emory and non-Emory artists to present events that have evolved from the "Emory Evolving Arts: New Works Festival" presented in Feb. 2009. Click on the event below for more information.
Where Dance and Science Meet: A Creativity Conversation
Thurs., Oct. 15, 2009, 4 p.m.
Dance Studio, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
David Neumann's NY dance company, advanced beginner group
Fri., Oct. 16, 2009, 8 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 17, 2009, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.
Dance Studio, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Hominid
Thurs., Nov. 12-Sat., Nov. 14, 2009 and Wed., Nov. 18-Sat., Nov. 21, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 15 & Sun., Nov. 22, 2009 at 2 p.m.
Mary Gray Munroe Theater, Dobbs University Center
Creativity Conversation with Professor Frans de Waal & Out of Hand Theater's Ariel de Man
Sun., Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m.
Mary Gray Munroe Theater, Dobbs University Center
Information about the original grants and projects can be found on the Evolving Arts: New Works Festival page.
Ongoing Projects
Creativity Conversations
A series of conversations with University guests, faculty, staff, and students on an array of topics that examine how we view ourselves, art, and innovation across all fields. Click to learn more.
Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities
In collaboration with the Office of the Provost, this series brings the world's leading scholars to Emory to both deliver lectures and meet with students and faculty.
Public Art Committee
In collaboration with the Sustainability Initiative, the Public Art Committee is dedicated to the development and conservation of a more prominent public art collection on campus.
Arts Passport
A program to facilitate greater participation in arts and cultural events. It offers students opportunities to see performances free of charge as well as incentives to immerse themselves in campus arts programming. Click to learn more.
Out There Arts
A program providing resources for organized Emory student groups, resident hall-based groups, and faculty-led class trips to attend off-campus arts events in the metropolitan area. Click to learn more.
Past Projects
Emory Evolving Arts: New Works Festival
Organized by the Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts (CCA).
Funded by the Emory University Creativity: Arts & Innovation Strategic Plan Framing Principle (CAI).
The Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts (CCA) and Emory University Creativity: Arts & Innovation Strategic Plan Framing Principle (CAI), in conjunction with Emory’s Evolution Revolution symposium (http://www.emory.edu/evolution), have funded artistic exploration by Emory and non-Emory artists on evolution-related themes generated from the October 23-24, 2008 conference. Artists will participate in the symposium and respond by presenting their creative research at Emory in the February 2009 Evolving Arts: New Works Festival organized by the CCA.
Grant recipients and their projects are listed on the Evolving Arts: New Works Festival page. Projects are listed on the Evolving Arts: New Works Festival Calendar.
"A Fine Excess," an NEA-sponsored Poetry Conference
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the conference was held on April 2-4, 2008, and featured several distinguished poets, including Richard Wilbur, Mark Strand, and W.D. Snodgrass. Click for details.
Salman Rushdie's Public Lecture "Autobiography and the Novel"
"The lecture will be an examination of how the lives of writers intertwine with their work, and in what ways, if at all, the life can be said to be the best explanation of that work," said Rushdie of the presentation. Click to learn more.
Selections from "The Missing Piece: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama" Exhibition
Curated by Randy Jayne Rosenberg, this Emory Visual Gallery exhibition featured a variety of media by nationally and internationally-renowned contemporary artists who were inspired by the messages, vision, and values of the Dalai Lama. The exhibition was held in celebration of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama's installation as Emory University Presidential Distinguished Professor in October 2007. Click to learn more.
STIR: Student Arts Festival
An annual student arts festival showcasing the work and performances of as many as seventy student arts groups across campus. Click to lean more.
Flannery O'Connor Conference
This two-day celebration held in September 2007 included a dramatic reading by actress Brenda Bynum; a day of panel discussions of O'Connor's life and work; an exhibition of photographs of Andalusia, the farm where O'Connor lived with her mother; and a film screening of "Wise Blood," based on the O'Connor novel of the same name. Emory's Manuscript Archive and Rare Books Library is the major repository for the acclaimed Georgia writer's personal correspondence and other papers.
Other Innovative Pursuits
For more innovative pursuits and collaborations from CCA, click here.
- Art and Literary Collections
- Health Sciences
- Religion and Spirituality
- Sustainability and Innovative Management
Art and Literary Collections
- Salman Rushdie Archive
- Alice Walker Archive
- Danowski Poetry Collection
- Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
- The Balser Art Collection
Health Sciences
Religion and Spirituality
- The David Goldwasser Series in Religion and the Arts
- His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, Presidential Distinguished Professor, Emory University
