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Emory University's Creativity: Arts & Innovation Strategic Plan Framing Principle (CAI)

CAI Executive Committee

Rosemary Magee, PhD – Vice President and Secretary of the University

Bill Eley, MD, MPH – Executive Associate Dean for Medical Education & Student Affairs

Robert Paul, PhD – Dean of Emory College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences – Charles Howard Candler Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies

Leslie Taylor – Executive Director, Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts – Chair, Department of Theater Studies

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CAI Staff

Sarah Vitorino, Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives

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Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts (CCA)

CCA Committee

The CCA Executive Committee meets monthly to encourage and facilitate mission-driven goals and aspirations.

Committee contact email: creativity@emory.edu

Committee Members

Leslie Taylor, Executive Director, CCA, Theater Studies Department Chair
Eddy Von Mueller, Film Studies Department
Greg Catellier, Dance Program
Tracy Clark, Associate Director of Programming, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Sally Corbett, Director of Marketing & Communications, CCA
Jason Francisco, Visual Arts Department Chair
Randy Fullerton, General Manager, CCA
Elizabeth Hornor, Michael C. Carlos Museum
Kristin Wendland, Music Department
Clark W. Lemons, English Department, Oxford College
Cris Levenduski, Senior Associate Dean, Emory College
Rosemary Magee, Emory University Vice President & Secretary
John Ammerman, Artistic Director, Theater Emory
Bob McKay, Director of Programming, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Melissa Kontaridis, Senior Director of Development, Arts and Sciences Division
Judith Rohrer, Art History Department Chair
Deborah Thoreson, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Music Department
Lynna Williams, Creative Writing Program
Jennifer Arnett, Senior Director of Development, University Program

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Arts Council

Council Convener: Greg Catellier, Dance, Lecturer

Council Purpose & Membership

The Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts (CCA) invites all Emory University faculty and staff to participate in the Arts Council list serve and monthly meetings. The Council's broad-based membership meets to discuss and evaluate ideas and share planning suggestions. It generally convenes on the first Monday of each month of the academic year from 4:00-5:30 p.m. in the Ginden Arts Commons, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Room 208. This diverse group of faculty and staff each brings their own perspectives and fresh opinions to discussions of the arts and creativity at Emory. Meetings are also a place for finding out about events and program and arts grants.

Join the Arts Council!

Emory faculty and staff may join the list serve for meeting notices and information by sending an email request to creativity@emory.edu or call 404-712-9894.

If you are not interested in joining the Arts Council but would still like to receive arts announcements and event information, consider joining the e-mail list for Arts at Emory.

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CCA Staff

Leslie Taylor, Executive Director

Sally Corbett, Director of Marketing & Communications
Randy Fullerton, General Manager
Rebecca Herring, 2009-2010 Arts Associate
Jessica K. Moore, Communications Coordinator
Candy Tate, Senior Administrative Assistant

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CCA Advisory Board

Advisors to the CCA are people who have made significant contributions in the areas of creativity and arts. Advisors include international, national, and local artists, scholars, arts leaders, and representatives from the business, film, motion picture, and media fields.

Blake Beckham
Development Director, Moving in the Spirit
Atlanta, GA

Jonathan Berger
Billie Bennett Achilles Professor in Performance in the Department of Music
Co-Director of the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts (SICA)
Stanford University, CA

Anne Bogart
SITI Company
New York, NY

Susan V. Booth
Artistic Director, Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff
Atlanta, GA

Dr. Martine Watson Brownley
Director Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry
Goodrich C. White Professor of English, Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Virginia Cain
Emory University Archivist and Director of Library Public Programs
Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University
Atlanta, GA

David Dorfman
Founder and Artistic Director of David Dorfman Dance
William Meredith Associate Professor of Dance, Department Chair
Connecticut College
New London, CT

Dr. James W. Flannery
Winship Professor, Director W.B. Yeats Foundation
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Sylvie Fortin
Executive Director/Editor, ART PAPERS
Atlanta, GA

Flora Maria Garcia
CEO, Metro Atlanta Arts & Culture Coalition
Atlanta, GA

Stuart Horodner
Artistic Director, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Atlanta, GA

Stephanie Hughley
Executive Producer, National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA

Ronald Leax
Halsey C. Ives Professor of Art, Dean, College and Graduate School of Art
Washington University
St. Louis, MO

Dr. Richard Long
Emeritus Professor, Institute of Liberal Arts (ILA)
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Jodee Nimerichter
Co-Director, American Dance Festival
New York, NY

Lois Reitzes
Program Director, Host of "Second Cup Concert"
WABE (90.1 FM)
Atlanta, GA

Dr. Bryan Rogers
Dean, School of Art & Design
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Dr. Kathy Rohrer
Vice Provost for Academic Programs
Princeton University, NJ

Doug Shipman
Executive Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights Partnership
Atlanta, GA

Leslie Swackhamer
Freelance Theater/Opera Director, Emory Alum
Houston, TX

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
Founder and Artistic Director, Urban Bush Women
Professor of Dance, Florida State University

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Contact

To contact the Center or Initiative Staff, click here for Contacts page.

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