Creativity Conversations

In this episode, musician, composer, educator, and minister Rev. Dr. Dwight Andrews talks with host Jay Hammond about the crossovers between music, spirituality, and making the world a better place. Andrews's extensive career is explored, including his partnership as musical director with August Wilson for plays including Fences, Seven Guitars, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

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Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough, Jay Hammond

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Music Composer: Jay Hammond

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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 how social justice and art intertwine in today's evolving landscape.

Be sure to check out the ASJ GPB documentary here.

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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.

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Ama Kodua, Greyson Morey, Sammi Friedman, Jaelan Fletcher

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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.

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Director: Jay Hammond

Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough

Editor: Liam Cochran, Jay Hammond

Music Composer: Jay Hammond

Graphic Design: Foxden Design

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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.

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Director: Jay Hammond

Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough

Editor: Liam Cochran, Jay Hammond

Music Composer: Jay Hammond

Graphic Design: Foxden Design

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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.

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Director: Jay Hammond

Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough

Editor: Liam Cochran, Jay Hammond

Music Composer: Jay Hammond

Graphic Design: Foxden Design

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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.

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Director: Jay Hammond

Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough

Editor: Liam Cochran, Jay Hammond

Music Composer: Jay Hammond

Graphic Design: Foxden Design

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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.

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Director: Jay Hammond

Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough

Editor: Liam Cochran, Jay Hammond

Music Composer: Jay Hammond

Graphic Design: Foxden Design

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Tara McCurley, Dina Thornton, Michelle Anderer, Shannon O'Daniel, Adam Forrester

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.

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Director: Jay Hammond

Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough

Editor: Liam Cochran, Jay Hammond

Music Composer: Jay Hammond

Graphic Design: Foxden Design

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Tara McCurley, Dina Thornton, Michelle Anderer, Shannon O'Daniel, Adam Forrester

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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.

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Director: Jay Hammond

Producer: Maggie Beker, Emma Yarbrough

Editor: Liam Cochran, Jay Hammond

Music Composer: Jay Hammond

Graphic Design: Foxden Design

Podcast Production: Academic Production Team at Emory University —

Tara McCurley, Dina Thornton, Michelle Anderer, Shannon O'Daniel, Adam Forrester

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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 production, TINA: The Tina Turner Musical. Rosemary Magee moderates. Find out more about arts on the Emory campus by visiting our website or following us on Instagram.

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 apart!); both previously worked in the Rose Library- Magee as the library director, Fluker as curator of African American Collections; and both love the libraries and the archives. In this podcast, they share tales about their adventures in the archives. Find out more about arts...

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.edu or following us on Instagram.

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 Award-winning films. His collaborations with rock, pop and music artists date back to the 1960s.

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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.

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This Creativity Conversation podcast audio is pulled and edited down from the live 2016 Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation: The Political Body with Anat Grigorio and Hillel Kogan. Emory senior dance lecturer Greg Catellier moderates a conversation about the process of creating political art in a world of strident discourse between Israeli choreographer Anat Grigorio, Israeli choreographer Hillel Kogan, and 7 Stages artistic director Heidi Howard.

This Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation was sponsored in part by the EXPOSED festival with collaborators from Core Dance, 7 Stages Theatre, Emory University Dance Program/Candler Concert Series, Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia S...

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 commitment to sustainability and strengths in science, health, social research, and public health -- highlights important conversations between science and art and brings environmental awareness to students, the greater Atlanta community, and the Southeastern region.

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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...

In October 2018, Argentine tango musicians Sonia Possetti and Damián Bolotin visited Emory as artists in residence. During their visit, they sat down to talk about composition with student composers. This podcast features excerpts of that talk.

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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 talk.

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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 in the U.S., including the Harvard Film Archive, the Museum of the Moving Image and the Museum of Modern Art, where he served as the resident silent film accompanist in the late 1970s...

Danté Brown is a New York artist and Artistic Director of Warehouse Dance, a collaborative group that generates compelling thematic environments within a process of physical and theoretical inquiry.

While Brown was in residence with the Emory Dance program in 2016, he sat down to talk about creativity with Blake Beckham, a choreographer, producer and dance educator in Atlanta.

Brown began his dance training at Wesleyan University, which led him to The Ohio State University to receive his MFA in choreography and performance. As a performer, Danté has worked with artists such as Esther Baker-Tarpaga, Christal Bro...

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

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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 he and Ambassador Young used them to reflect on questions of identity, how it informs our view about others, the creative process, artistic meaning, and the beauty in diversity. The program also featured poet and spoken word performer Tavares Stephens and cellist/filmmaker...

Season 4, Spring Semester 2021

On October 25, 2010, Margaret Atwood participated in a Creativity Conversation with students during her three-day visit as the presenter of the 2010 Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature. The conversation was moderated by Rosemary Magee, then Vice President and Secretary of Emory University. Watch the conversation here.

This conversation is introduced by host/Emory Arts employee Maggie Beker and Emory Arts intern Rizky Etika. Beker and Etika introduce the podcast and discuss Etika's passion and plans for art history. 

This program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.

Season 4, Spring Semester 2021

In 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 t...

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 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 C...

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...

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" on April 15-16, 2011. Watch the original conversation.

This conversation is introduced by host/Arts at Emory employee Maggie Beker and Emory College student Andrew Johnson. Beker and Johnson introduce the podcast and discuss the intersection between Johnson's business and music...

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 original conversation.

This conversation is introduced by host/Arts at Emory employee Maggie Beker and Emory College student Leah Behm. Beker and Behm introduce the podcast and discuss Behm's own dance philosophies and approaching creativity during the Covi...

Season 4, Spring Semester 2021

Filmed 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...

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 like Hogarth, Daumier, and R. Crumb. His technique, however, is inspired by the famed German woodcut artists of the Northern Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer and Martin Schongauer, among others. Hück and McKenzie discuss these influences and Huck's crea...

Season 3, Fall Semester 2020

In February 2015, as part of Theater Emory’s Global Voices program, Michael Evenden, a professor of theater studies, holds a Creativity Conversation with playwrights Diane Glancy and Jack Dalton. Watch the original conversation.

We want to acknowledge that some years after this conversation, Dalton was sentenced to 2 years in prison for attempting to engage in sexual abuse with a minor. We do not condone these actions. We are approaching this podcast episode with the focus on creativity and creativity in conversation with other artists.

This conversation is introduced by host/Ar...

This Creativity Conversation features a conversation on co-directing between Lydia Fort & Marguerite Hannah, co-directors for the spring 2023 Theater Emory production of Our Town (multilingual) by Thornton Wilder with translated passages by Nilo Cruz and Jeff Augustin. Additional passages translated to Mandarin by Yiyi Gu (Daisy), Yuyao Wang, Dorothy Shi.

Performances: February 16 - February 26, 2023Understudy Performances: February 17, 22, & 25, 2023Pay-What-You-Will: February 22, 2023