Arts
Emory cultivates an active arts community, and encourages innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration:
Each year, the university offers hundreds of programs that bring together thousands of students, faculty, guest artists and visitors. Most Emory arts events are free and open to the public. Visit the Arts at Emory calendar, or call the box office at 404.727.5050.
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Creativity & Arts Initiative
Through the Creativity & Arts Initiative, part of the Strategic Plan, the campus community cultivates nonlinear, unpredictable ideas and solutions through programs and project grants. Just as students may combine very different subjects for double and triple majors, so too the university encourages faculty and staff to develop interdepartmental collaborations.
The Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts implements a number of related offerings, focusing on these areas:
- encouraging student involvement with the arts
- supporting creative research projects
- advocating for related facilities on campus
- engaging visiting artists, artists in residence and commissioned work
- facilitating research, symposia and conversations
Professional artists work and teach on campus through programs including the Emory Coca-Cola Artist Residency and the Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series.
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Student Engagement
The campus is home to dozens of student arts-related groups and ensembles.
The Emory Arts Passport Program offers students opportunities to see performances free of charge or at a discount, as well as incentives to immerse themselves in cultural presentations and programs.
Students may also pursue a number of grant and internship opportunities in the arts.
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Presentation Spaces
Major exhibition and presentation spaces on campus include:
- the Michael C. Carlos Museum, which maintains the Southeast's largest collection of ancient art
- the Donna and Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, which houses a dance studio, theater lab and the Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall.
Additional facilities at Emory include:
- The Robert W. Woodruff Library hosts literary events, such as lectures by poets and writers. It houses the Schatten Gallery, which presents exhibitions related to scholar programs, cultural festivals, collections and initiatives.
- The Mary Gray Munroe Theater is Theater Emory's primary performance home.
- Many student events are presented in the Performing Arts Studio.
- The Visual Arts Gallery offers international and contemporary art presentations by faculty, staff, alumni, students and guests.
- Film screenings are shown primarily at the DUC's Harland Cinema and in White Hall.
- Glenn Auditorium, at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, is often used for holiday and sacred concerts as well as special guest speakers.
- Oxford College, Emory's original campus in Oxford, Georgia, offers arts events and lectures as well, and is home to the Hugh and Gena Tarbutton Performing Arts Center.
