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State of the Word, Sat. Dec. 3rd, 7 pm, Ingram Hall

Monday, November 21st, 2011

On 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, 2011

We 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, 2011

The 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…


Exile, Memory and Identity: A Conversation on Race in Cuba with Maria Magdalena Campos Pons, Jane Landers, Vivien Fryd, and William Luis; Oct. 12, 5:30pm; Cohen Memorial Hall 203; Peabody Campus

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

María Magdalena Campos-Pons: MAMA/RECIPROCAL ENERGY at the VU Fine Arts Gallery; October 12-December 8, 2011; Cohen Memorial Hall

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Dept. of Art Lecture Series, Cohen Memorial Hall, Oct. 10, 4:30 pm

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Creative Campus Initiative Creative Practice Bootcamp, Sept. 2

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Are you interested in creating change? Solving problems? Taking a novel approach to your work or research? The Creative Practice Bootcamp is a series of FREE hands-on workshops designed for faculty, staff, students, and community members to build creative and innovative chops. Learn more about our presenters. Design Thinking Parker Gates, Stanford d.school This workshop More…


Curb Scholars, Creative Campus residential fellows build Rube Goldberg machines, Aug. 19

Saturday, August 20th, 2011

Our Curb Scholars and Creative Campus residential fellows gather August 19 in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center for their 2011 creative practice opening retreat. The students, in teams of four or five, had approximately six hours to build Rube Goldberg machines with the goal of putting recyclable materials into a recycling bin. Learn More…


Steven Tepper presents at the Americans for the Arts convention, June 15-17

Sunday, May 1st, 2011

Steven Tepper presents the latest research on the careers of artists and discusses his new book Not Here, Not Now, Not That! at the Americans for the Arts annual convention, June 15-17, San Diego, CA.


Siva Vaidhyanathan speaks at Curb Creative Leadership Series, April 8

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

The Spring 2011 Curb Creative Leadership Lecture features Siva Vaidhyanathan, cultural historian, media scholar, and professor of media studies at the University of Virginia. He has frequently contributed to The Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Times Magazine, The Nation, Salon.com, National Public Radio, and MSNBC.COM. He has also appeared on “The Daily Show” with More…