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.

Creativity Conversations

Amos P. Kennedy Jr. + Randall K. Burkett

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.

Alice Walker + Pearl Cleage

Season 4, Spring Semester 2021On 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.

Margaret Atwood + Rosemary Magee

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.

Robert Spano + Rosemary Magee

Season 3, Fall Semester 2020In 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/Arts at Emory employee Maggie Beker and Emory College student Nestor Lomeli. Beker and Lomeli introduce the podcast and discuss Lomeli's experiences as a 1st generation college attendee and the importance of telling untold stories.This program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.

Diane Glancy + Jack Dalton

Season 3, Fall Semester 2020On 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 Covid-19 lockdowns.This program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.

Daria Halprin + Sue Schroeder

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.

Ann Weiss + Jason Francisco

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

John Anthony Lennon + Rosemary Magee

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 creative enterprise, Evil Prints, where he creates his own work and trains the next generation of remarkable printmakers.This conversation is introduced by host/Arts at Emory employee Maggie Beker and Emory College student Joel Hines. Beker and Hines introduce the podcast, discuss Hines' own creative works, and enjoy exploring a medium foreign to them both - woodcutting.This program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.

Tom Hück + Andi McKenzie

For over 10 years, renowned thinkers and creators have met on Emory’s campus to discuss their philosophies and crafts through an endowed speaker series called the Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversations. Some notable past participants include Margaret Atwood, Alice Walker, and President Jimmy Carter. Originally, these live conversations were filmed and added to the Emory University Creativity Conversation youtube playlist. On this podcast, we will provide edited down versions of the Creativity Conversations introduced by current, artistically accomplished Emory University students.

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