Arts and Culture
Emory offers degree programs in art history, creative writing, dance, film and media studies, music, theater studies, and visual arts. The Center for Creativity & Arts and 'Creativity: Art & Innovation' foster interdisciplinary creativity.
Arts at Emory hosts more than 300 events in the performing, visual and literary arts annually. The university broadens access through community outreach programs and artist residency programs.
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'Midnight Pillow' opens new season for Theater Emory
Sep. 17, 2017
Emory exhibition celebrates America's Beat Generation
Sep. 15, 2017
Theater Emory's new artistic director pushes tradition of innovation
Sep. 14, 2017
Emory PhD candidate Sumita Chakraborty wins prestigious award for young poets
Sep. 6, 2017
Photos: Emory shines at the Decatur Book Festival
Sep. 6, 2017
September arts events include music, painting, poetry
Sep. 5, 2017
'Threads of Time' exhibit explores cloth as culture
Aug. 31, 2017
Don and Emily Saliers explore music, social justice for Oxford event
Aug. 30, 2017
Composer, klezmer fiddler Svigals to perform original score at Emory
Aug. 28, 2017
Meet Emory authors at this weekend's Decatur Book Festival
Aug. 28, 2017
Rossin's Emory residency celebrates Ethics & the Arts, Frankenstein
Aug. 23, 2017
Emory digital team bringing streets of 'Brotherman' to life at Decatur Book Festival
Aug. 22, 2017
Emory Cinematheque film series explores 'Resisting Fascism'
Aug. 22, 2017
Kessler Collection at Candler's Pitts Theology Library marks 30 years
Aug. 7, 2017
Creative writing professor remembered as caring leader, mentor
Aug. 1, 2017
Emory hosts journalism panel to kick off Decatur Book Festival
Aug. 1, 2017
August: 10 things to do for $10 or less
July 27, 2017
Inspired by Zora Neale Hurston, students create art to reveal communities
July 17, 2017
French professor helps students learn 'the art of living'
July 12, 2017
July: 10 things to do for $10 or less
June 26, 2017
Summer reading: 8 books by Emory faculty to add to your list
June 15, 2017
Emory shares in Georgia's movie industry boom
June 2, 2017
June: 10 things to do for $10 or less
June 1, 2017
'Epitaphs' exhibit to feature Billy Howard's photographs of people living with HIV/AIDS
May 24, 2017
Summer brings opportunity to view campus exhibitions
May 22, 2017
Libraries honor students with undergraduate research awards
May 17, 2017
Pellom McDaniels wins research award for African American Civil War-era exhibition
May 2, 2017
Sudler Prize honors top students in performing, creative arts
May 1, 2017
Emory Arts ends semester with youth, faculty, alumni concerts
May 1, 2017
Colm Tóibín to deliver 2017 Ellmann Lectures
April 25, 2017
Emory students transform art into action to help area nonprofits
April 21, 2017
Creative Writing Program announces 2017-2019 fellows in fiction, poetry
April 20, 2017
Poets Emily Leithauser, Richie Hofmann to give free reading at Emory
April 17, 2017
Emory students excel at American College Dance Association conference
April 12, 2017
Theaster Gates to respond to Emory students' work in 'The Art Sermon'
April 10, 2017
April: 10 things to do for $10 or less
April 5, 2017
April arts events feature Theaster Gates, recitals, family favorites
April 4, 2017
Emory alumnae help shape National Museum of African American History and Culture
April 3, 2017
'Ravished' reimagines the dark side of Shakespeare's popular comedy
March 27, 2017
'Memorial Drive' event explores site-specific dance in Atlanta
March 27, 2017
Emory professor recognized with prestigious poetry awards
March 22, 2017
Photos: Tibet Week begins
March 21, 2017
Tibet Week returns with focus on contemporary Tibetan culture
March 15, 2017
Poet Sidney Lanier's birth celebrated with Chancel Choir concert
March 14, 2017
'Critical Juncture' conference examines role of art in challenging identity
March 14, 2017
Renowned filmmaker provides students a lens for storytelling
March 13, 2017
Climate Week explores policy, myths, environmental justice
March 8, 2017
Atlanta Science Festival celebrates 'frontiers of the unknown'
March 8, 2017
Diplomat, journalist headline India Week at Emory
March 7, 2017
Time-lapse video shows Oxford sand mandala's creation, destruction
March 7, 2017
Carlos Museum exhibition shows how a hidden Greece was revealed
March 2, 2017
March arts events include Tibet Week, Barenaked Voices
Feb. 27, 2017
Gallery event explores the impact of Chicago Steppin in Atlanta
Feb. 21, 2017
Watch online as Tibetan sand mandala takes shape at Oxford College
Feb. 21, 2017
Emory Playwriting Fellow incorporates student research in award-winning play
Feb. 13, 2017
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to deliver Emory Commencement address
Feb. 13, 2017
Inauguration poem: 'XX' by Kevin Young
Feb. 9, 2017
Pecou creates new artwork to commemorate inauguration
Feb. 8, 2017
Saxophonist Teodross Avery headlines Emory's 2017 Jazz Fest
Feb. 2, 2017
Photos: 'Visio Divina' with artist John August Swanson
Feb. 2, 2017
February: 10 things to do for $10 or less
Feb. 1, 2017
February arts events commemorate Black History Month
Jan. 31, 2017
Feast of Words celebrates Emory authors, editors
Jan. 31, 2017
Emory professor wins National Jewish Book Award for debut work on Yiddish literature
Jan. 26, 2017
U.S. Poet Laureate Herrera to give free reading at Emory
Jan. 25, 2017
History of movie censorship in Atlanta kicks off "Memorial Drive" series
Jan. 24, 2017
Emory composer premieres new canticle on world conflict, suffering
Jan. 19, 2017
Emory scholar tells immigrant stories through young adult novels
Jan. 17, 2017
Presidential inauguration events link Emory's past, present and bold future
Jan. 17, 2017
Billops-Hatch exhibit events kick off with Fahamu Pecou
Jan. 13, 2017
World premiere orchestra performance, archival film tour headline January arts events
Jan. 12, 2017
January: 10 things to do for $10 or less
Jan. 4, 2017
10 inspiring Emory stories from 2016
Dec. 21, 2016
Vaught appointed executive director of Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Dec. 20, 2016
Emory experts pick the 20 best television shows of 2016
Dec. 15, 2016
Musical America names Emory's William Ransom one of '30 Innovators of the Year'
Dec. 13, 2016
Folger Library director praises Emory's First Folio programming, shares Shakespeare effect
Dec. 8, 2016
Special events bid farewell to the First Folio
Nov. 30, 2016
Campus events celebrate the holiday season
Nov. 21, 2016
Course, symposium examine impact of how Shakespeare's plays are performed
Nov. 15, 2016
Shakespeare at Emory headlines November's arts offerings
Nov. 8, 2016
Emory's Carlos Museum Education Center named for Thalia Carlos
Nov. 2, 2016
Emory welcomes Shakespeare's First Folio
Nov. 2, 2016
November: 10 things to do for $10 or less
Nov. 1, 2016
Atlanta Music Festival promotes harmony across racial, social landscapes
Oct. 31, 2016
Author shares First Folio history and Folger library founder's obsession
Oct. 26, 2016
Classic vampire film to feature new soundtrack by recent Emory grad
Oct. 25, 2016
Last volume of Samuel Beckett's letters celebrated at Emory
Oct. 20, 2016
Discussion to showcase Shakespeare's impact on artists' books
Oct. 19, 2016
Center for Creativity and the Arts hosts Wonderful Wednesday performances
Oct. 18, 2016
Emory's Carlos Museum receives $1 million gift
Oct. 13, 2016
Emory Dance hosts Israeli artists for EXPOSED Festival
Oct. 11, 2016
Emory professors explore rich intersections of history and poetry
Oct. 6, 2016
October: 10 things to do for $10 or less
Oct. 5, 2016
October brings internationally renowned performers to campus
Sep. 28, 2016
