Project Showcase and Community Conversation

151 Ted Turner Drive Northwest,Atlanta GA 30303

06 December, 2022

Description

The Emory University’s Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program (ASJ) presents a project showcase and community conversation Tuesday, December 6 at the Switchyards Downtown Club. Doors open at 6 p.m. and programming begins at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, registration is preferred. Inspired by faith in the power of art to open spaces for conversation, community-making, and collective action, the ASJ Program brings Atlanta artists into Emory classrooms to help students translate their learning into creative activism in the name of social justice. Each artist is paired with an Emory faculty member to co-teach an existing course and design a relevant creative project for their students to produce throughout the semester. A key concern of the ASJ program is connecting Emory students to Atlanta, partnering with Atlanta’s artists to give our students tools to work for change in their communities. Bringing our projects off the Emory campus and into Switchyards Downtown is part of that: connecting students with others in the city we all share. Featuring opening remarks from Carla Freeman, interim dean of Emory College of Arts & Sciences, the event program includes live dance, theater performances, durational performance, and a panel discussion with a Q&A to follow. Prior to the performances, attendees are invited to explore multimedia art installations created in collaboration with Emory students, artist fellows, and additional Atlanta-based artists. The courses and faculty/artist pairings are: Introduction to Sociology Devon Goss, assistant professor of Sociology, with Leo Briggs, choreographer Discipline of Ethnomusicology/Ethnography Meredith Schweig, assistant professor of Ethnomusicology, with John E. Doyle Jr, storyteller and actor Film, Media, and the Art of Social Change Edward Queen, Director of the Ethics and Servant Leadership Program, Emory Center for Ethics, with Mark Kendall, comedian Business and Society Wes Longhofer, Executive Academic Director of the Business & Society Institute, Goizueta Business School, with Jessica Hill, improviser and applied theater practitioner, and Kacie Willis, podcaster Emory University Symphony Orchestra Paul Bhasin, Director of Orchestral Studies, Music, with Sierra King, artist and archivist Hip Hop Dance and Identity Julio Medina, assistant professor of Dance, with Juel D. Lane, choreographer Photography II Joel Silverman, adjunct professor of Film and Media, with T. Lang, choreographer, dancer and associate professor of Dance at Spelman College History of Antisemitism Ellie Schainker, Arthur Blank Family Foundation Associate Professor of Modern European Jewish History with Alex Mari, durational artist Bioethics and Vulnerable Populations: A Historical Perspective Eladio Abreu, senior lecturer of Biology with Amina S. McIntyre, playwright Human Flourishing: Imagine A Just City Micaela Martinez, assistant professor of Biology with David Perdue, stand up comedian You can support the ASJ Program. One time or monthly donations can be given at: https://together.emory.edu/give?appeal=1WCASrts