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Discussion on Expressive Life, Creative Practice; Arts Industries Policy Forum, National Center for Creative Aging; Thursday, May 17th, 2:00pm
Monday, May 7th, 2012The Arts Industries Policy Forum will join the National Center for Creative Aging for a first-time discussion on expressive life and creative practice as a new frame for connecting public policy with issues around aging, on Thursday, May 17th at the University Club of Washington, DC, at 2:00 p.m. Bill Ivey and Elizabeth Long Lingo More…
Bill Ivey in a roundtable discussion, “Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life,” Friday, April 13, 2:00 pm, Buttrick 123
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life a roundtable discussion The Warren Center will host this roundtable discussion at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 13, in Buttrick 123. Speakers will include Jan Cohen-Cruz (Director, Imagining America, and University Professor of Drama, Syracuse University), Teresa Mangum (Director, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, and Associate Professor More…
A Conversation with R J Smith author of The One: The Life and Music of James Brown
Monday, March 26th, 2012You are invited to attend a breakfast talk and conversation with author R J Smith about his highly acclaimed biography of James Brown. The event, hosted by the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy, the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt, and BMI, will celebrate the creative lives of both the author and his More…
Tepper to speak at Nashville Public Library March 21
Friday, March 9th, 2012Steven Tepper, assistant professor of sociology and associate director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt, will give a Night at the Library lecture Wednesday, March 21. Tepper will speak in the auditorium at the downtown Nashville Public Library at 7 p.m. A reception will precede his talk at 6:15 More…
John Cage: A Mini Symposium
Tuesday, January 24th, 20121:30-5:00 pm, Sunday 1, April 2012 Blair Choral Rehearsal Hall 1:30 – 2:30 “John Cage and the Conundrum of Politics” – David Patterson, musicologist (Chicago) 2:30 – 3:30 “John Cage and Fluxus” – Amelia Winger-Bearskin, performance artist (VU) 3:30 – 3:45 coffee break 3:45 – 4:15 “John Cage and Marian van Tuyl, choreographer, at Mills More…
Want to write a musical? Making Musicals Matter, Spring 2012
Friday, December 2nd, 2011Want to write a musical? We’re looking for two or three teams, each consisting of at least a composer, a lyricist, a playwright, and a director. Each team will create a 20- to 30- minute original musical for semi-staged readings late in spring semester. Development of works will be mentored by Vanderbilt University Professor Jim More…
Arts Industries Policy Forum Conference, Accounting for Culture in the Military: Implications for Future Humanitarian Cooperation, Dec. 9, 2011
Thursday, December 1st, 2011On Friday, December 9, 2011, at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., the Arts Industries Policy Forum will host a one-day conference addressing the U.S. military’s efforts to increase its cultural expertise. The conference will be webcast here on Friday. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. More…
State of the Word, Sat. Dec. 3rd, 7 pm, Ingram Hall
Monday, November 21st, 2011On Saturday, December 3rd at 7:00pm, the Blair School of Music will welcome the 4th Annual State of the Word to Ingram Hall featuring the region’s top college, high school, and middle school poets and spoken word artists. Participating poets have received standing ovations in front of TEDxNashville, Leadership Nashville, and the Tennessee State Senate. More…
Enroll now! NEW Class, HUM 161 Creativity and Crisis, Spring 2012, Thursdays 2:30-5pm
Monday, October 31st, 2011We are pleased to announce the Spring 2012 Humanities 161 course, “Creativity and Crisis.” Everyday is a new crisis. We are surrounded by global forces that challenge leaders and citizens to live, work, and govern differently. But, do we have the creative capacity to respond to these crises in ways that advance social wellbeing, justice, More…
Robert Levine, The Price of Free: How the Internet is Destroying the Culture Business, Wed., Nov. 2, 4:30pm
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011The fall 2011 Curb Creative Leadership Lecture features Robert Levine. He has written for Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and the arts and business sections of the New York Times. Levine offers an innovative call to action to guard against further value destruction of the American media. This lecture contributes to the ongoing discussion facilitated by the Curb Center on the vitality of expressive life and creative enterprise in the United States. The lecture will be held in the First Amendment Center Lecture Hall, Vanderbilt University, 1801 Edgehill Ave. More…
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