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The Emory Art’s 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 arts.emory.edu or following us on Instagram @emoryarts.

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 on the Emory campus by visiting arts.emory.edu or following us on Instagram @emoryarts.

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 @emoryarts.

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. 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.

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

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. 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. This conversation is introduced by host/Arts at Emory employee Maggie Beker and Emory College student Anna Mola. Beker and Mola introduce the podcast and discuss the process behind Mola's current triptych and how Covid-19 impacted its theme. This program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.

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. 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.

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. 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.

Season 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. 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 and upcoming photographic documentation project. This program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.

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. 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.

Fall semester 2020 brings season 3 of the Creativity Conversations podcast. This podcast episode features the Feb. 2019 conversation between woodcut artist Tom Hück and Curator of Works on Paper Andi McKenzie. 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 works, and enjoy exploring a medium foreign to them both - woodcutting. This program is part of the Rosemary M. Magee Creativity Conversation endowed series.