Creativity Conversations

In this episode, Emory visual arts professor Krista Clark hosts a conversation with acclaimed artist Charly Palmer and Emory students about their collaborative mural entitled Footprint, part of Emory University's Footwork initiative. With the 2026 World Cup arriving in Atlanta, the Footwork initiative celebrates Atlanta's rich soccer history and Emory's unique role in popularizing the sport in the city.Check out more from Charly:Instagram — @charlylpalmerWebsite — charlypalmer.comHost: Krista ClarkEmory Student Artists —Ama Kodua, Greyson Morey, Sammi Friedman, Jaelan FletcherDirector: Jay HammondProducer: Maggie Beker, Emma YarbroughEditor: Liam Cochran, Jay HammondMusic Composer: Jay HammondGraphic Design: Foxden DesignPodcast Production:The Recording ServiceThis is an Emory Arts podcast.This series is made possible by an endowment in honor of Rosemary Magee, former Vice President and Secretary of Emory University and champion of the arts on campus and beyond.

In this episode, Emory Professor Dr. Heidi Senungetuk and artist Johnnie Diacon discuss Diacon's visual art works, the Mvskoke stories that are woven into his pieces, and the journeys of his works to places like the FX series Reservation Dogs and the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.Check out more from Johnnie Diacon:Instagram:@johnniediaconart@artofjohhniediaconDirector: Jay Hammond Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma YarbroughEditor: Liam Cochran, Jay HammondMusic Composer: Jay HammondGraphic Design: Foxden DesignPodcast Production:Moderators — Beth Michel, Dr. Heidi SenungetukThe Recording Service —Bennet Kane, Harry Barnes, Daniel DeSimone, Austin Cheshire, Matt Mattson, Beth BarrientosThis is an Emory Arts podcast.This series is made possible by an endowment in honor of Rosemary Magee, former Vice President and Secretary of Emory University and champion of the arts on campus and beyond.

The Creativity Conversations podcast is back from its hiatus. The introduction to this episode was recorded in the spring of 2021.Amos P. Kennedy Jr. and Randall K. Burkett sit down in the Rose Library at Emory University for a lively conversation about Kennedy and his work. Kennedy, who left a corporate job more than 20 years ago to pursue his artistic passions full-time, uses an old-fashioned letterpress printer to make colorful chipboard posters with social, political, racial, and inspirational messages. Kennedy also makes beautiful hand-made books. The Rose Library holds a collection of his work. The audio for this conversation comes from a video recording of the event in March 2016. Watch the full video. This conversation is introduced by host/Emory Arts employee Maggie Beker and artist, then Emory Student, and Conversations with Eggs: Virtual Arts Zine editor James Reich. Beker and Reich introduce the podcast and discuss how Reich approaches his own creativity. View Reich's own work: https://jameshastur.com/This program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.

Season 4, Spring Semester 2021Filmed October 2, 2012. Atlanta-based novelist and playwright Pearl Cleage joins writer Alice Walker for a conversation that focuses on their creative influences, the writers they read, and how they've been inspired by each other's work. The conversation, hosted by Rosemary Magee, is moderated by University of Georgia journalism professor and author Valerie Boyd. Watch the original conversation:This conversation is introduced by host/Emory Arts employee Maggie Beker and artist, Emory Student, and Conversations with Eggs: Virtual Arts Zine editor Lennox Elrod. Beker and Elrod introduce the podcast and discuss how Elrod approaches creating as meditation and his podcast The Phoenix Radio. Listen to the podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hsWTq7Co7CL6p2tkPUlgC?si=ckAJlOxZTOuE-21c_siEvQThis program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.

Season 4, Spring Semester 2021In 2010, Robert Spano and Rosemary Magee (then Vice President and Secretary) delved into Spano's musical background and metaphysical musings on music's power in our lives. Maestro Spano, music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, is also the Emory University Distinguished Artist in Residence for a three-year term from spring 2010 through spring 2012. Watch the original conversation. This conversation is introduced by host/Emory Arts employee Maggie Beker and Emory College student Anna Mola. Beker and Mola introduce the podcast and discuss the process behind Mola's current triptych paintings and how Covid-19 impacted its theme.This program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.

Season 3, Episode 3, Fall Semester 2020On Sept. 27, 2010, Ann Weiss discussed Holocaust photos brought to Auschwitz, their meaning and their echo, with Jason Francisco, then Associate Professor of Visual Arts, an artist and photographer. Dr. Weiss is founder and director of the educational non-profit foundation Eyes from the Ashes, author, filmmaker and curator. Speaking from the 'inside' of the experience as a child of survivors, Weiss shares reflections about these photos, and what it means to preserve visual memory. Watch the original conversation. This conversation is introduced by host/Arts at Emory employee Maggie Beker and Emory College student Hayden Hubner. Beker and Hubner introduce the podcast and discuss Hubner's own photography style and upcoming photographic documentation project dealing with Free Stores across America.This program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.

This Creativity Conversation podcast audio is pulled and edited down from the live 2011 Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation ("Notes on History, Music and Literature") features poet, novelist and playwright Pearl Cleage and Vice President and Secretary of the University Rosemary Magee '82PhD. As in the other Creativity Conversations held over the last four years with influential thinkers, the talk ranges widely across poetry, fiction, music and history, including insights on the creative process and the power of the imagination. This conversation was held as part of the Atlanta Music Festival (Sept. 21-24) and took place on Sept. 22nd in the Jones Room of Emory's Woodruff Library. Sponsored by Creativity: Art and Innovation, and Emory College's Center for Creativity & Arts. Watch the original recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exh1Q8IMVI8 Follow us! Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/artsatemory) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/emoryarts/)