Creativity Conversations

In this episode, members of the Emory's Arts and Social Justice Fellowship (ASJ) community gather for a discussion following a screening of the GPB documentary, The Art of Social Justice , which covers the genesis and the pillars of the ASJ program. Listen to two of the 2024 ASJ artist fellows, Kacie Luaders and Jasmine Nicole Williams, discuss their personal experiences with the ASJ program, and...

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 th...

In this episode, professional saxophonist and Emory professor Randy Hunter talks with host Jay Hammond about Randy's musical upbringing, his teaching philosophies, and his lifelong commitment to exploring and sharing music with audiences and musicians alike. Check out more from Randy: Instagram — @randyhunterjazz YouTube — @RandyHunter Teaching Platforms: https://randyhunterjazz.vhx.tv https://beg...

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 @ artofjohhniediacon Director: Jay Hammon...

In this episode, 2026 Sudler Prize Winner Dorien Johniken and host Jay Hammond discuss Dorien's Alabama roots, his complex representations of cultures and histories within the Black American experience, and his forged connections between psychology and visual arts. Check out more from Dorien: Instagram: @ _d0rien_ @ 0pia.gallery Director: Jay Hammond Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough Editor:...

In this episode, 2026 Sudler Prize Winner Ainsley Powers and host Jay Hammond discuss growing up in the American South, the importance of community, onstage and behind the scenes theater experiences, and how these have culminated into Ainsley's emerging prominence as a playwright. Check out more from Ainsley: Instagram — @ainsleypowers Director: Jay Hammond Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough E...

In this episode, Greyson Morey and host Jay Hammond discuss intersections between English and Visual Arts, the relationships between queerness and neurodivergence in the American South, and Greyson's expansive portfolio of artistic experiences. Check out more from Greyson: Instagram — @greylmorey Director: Jay Hammond Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough Editor: Liam Cochran, Jay Hammond Music C...

In this episode, Nadia Piecyk and host Jay Hammond discuss the deconstruction of societal dance norms and the incorporation of personal experiences in Nadia's emerging dance career. Check out more from Nadia: Instagram — @nadiaa.sofia Director: Jay Hammond Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough Editor: Liam Cochran, Jay Hammond Music Composer: Jay Hammond Graphic Design: Foxden Design Podcast Prod...

In this episode, Kacie Luaders and host Jay Hammond discuss working as an independent artist and the emerging implications of artificial intelligence in creative fields. Check out more from Kacie: https://couldbeprettycool.com Instagram — @couldbeprettycool Director: Jay Hammond Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough Editor: Liam Cochran, Jay Hammond Music Composer: Jay Hammond Graphic Design: Fox...

The Creativity Conversations podcast is relaunching. We're excited to bring you conversations with world famous artists, influential scholars, and emerging talents. This podcast is hosted by Rosemary Magee Fellow and Emory alum Jay Hammond.

The Emory Arts' Creativity Conversations podcast features conversations from the endowed Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversations series. The following conversation was recorded on February 22, 2023. It features Emory alum and Broadway actor, Garrett Turner , who discussed his journey at Emory and the artistic choices he made that led to his role playing Ike Turner in the traveling Broadway product...

This Creativity Conversations podcast features conversations from the endowed Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversations series. The following conversation is between Rosemary Magee former vice president of the university and Clint Fluker senior director of Culture, Community, and Partner Engagement for Emory Libraries and the Michael C. Carlos Museum . Both received their PhDs from Emory (35 years a...

This podcast features conversations from the endowed Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversations series. The following conversation is between former vice president of the university Rosemary Magee and professor + director of orchestral studies Paul Bhasin in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts . Find out more about arts on the Emory campus by visiting arts.emory.e...

This Creativity Conversation podcast audio is pulled and edited down from the live 2011 Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation with John Grade. John Grade, a Seattle-based environmental artist, shares his insights and experiences related to public art with Julia Kjelgaard, chair of the Visual Arts Department. Grade's public sculptural art project -- in combination with Emory University's commitmen...

Altebeb is a musician, dancer and choreographer whose impressive career includes performances in major international venues. She is a three-time recipient of the Israeli Ministry of Culture Excellence Award. In2019, Dafi Altabeb sat down to talk with Emory dance professor Lori Teague. Read more about Dafi Dance Group: www.dafidancegroup.com Watch the original video recording: https://www.youtube.c...

Pianist and composer Donald Sosin discusses the art of performing live accompaniment for the great works of the silent film era with Matthew Bernstein, chair of Emory's Film & Media Studies department. This podcast features excerpts of that talk. Sosin is one of the premier silent film accompanists in the world. He has performed at major international film festivals, as well as at institutions...

This Creativity Conversation podcast audio is pulled and edited down from the live 2013 Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation with Philip Glass. Award-winning composer Philip Glass discusses creativity and composition with the then conductor of the Emory University Symphony Orchestra and professor of Music, Dr. Richard Prior. Glass has written music for opera, experimental theater and Academy Awa...

In November of 2018, Sara Juli came to Emory to perform her critically acclaimed, touring solo piece "Tense Vagina: An Actual Diagnosis." While at Emory, she participated in this Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation about her process and the entrepreneurial aspect of being a solo artist. Juli has been creating and performing innovative work since 2000. This podcast features excerpts of that...

Kevin Young and creative writing faculty member Heather Christle in conversation about creativity. Young will also read some short poems from his work during the discussion. More about Kevin Young: https://kevinyoungpoetry.com/ Watch the original video recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPpBFq4zEO0&list=PLCAC61A4AB786C00E&index=3&t=0s More about Rosemary Magee Creativity Conver...

Fall semester 2020 brings season 3 of the Creativity Conversations podcast. This podcast episode features the April 2011 conversation between Professor of Composition John Anthony Lennon and then Vice President and Secretary of Emory University Rosemary Magee. They discuss the artistic process of composition in preparation for the world premiere of John Anthony Lennon's new symphony "Eternal Gates...

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 ta...

This Creativity Conversation podcast audio is pulled and edited down from the live Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation "Ultimately Human: Ross Rossin and Ambassador Andrew Young." It was an intimate conversation between Ross Rossin, a world-renowned portrait artist and Ambassador Young, a revered civil rights leader and statesman. Rossin displayed numerous extraordinary portraits onstage while...

Fall semester 2020 brings season 3 of the Creativity Conversations podcast. This podcast episode features excerpts the Feb. 2019 conversation between woodcut artist Tom Hück and Michael C. Carlos Museum Curator of Works on Paper Andi McKenzie. Watch the video of the original conversation . Best known for his large-scale woodcuts, Hück's brash sociopolitical commentary draws from great satirists li...

Season 3, Episode 3, Fall Semester 2020 On 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 th...

Season 3, Fall Semester 2020 On Apr. 18, 2018, Sue Schroeder Artistic Director of CORE Dance and guest artist/teacher Daria Halprin engaged in a conversation and participatory workshop introducing the Tamalpa Life/Art Process® . Influenced and inspired by the humanist and post-modern movements of the 1950’s, the Life/Art Process® was originated and developed by Anna and Daria Halprin. Watch the or...