Mission & Contact Information

Visual Arts Department & Gallery
Emory University
700 Peavine Creek Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6315
404-727-6083 fax

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12-4 pm, and by appointment

MISSION STATEMENT
FACULTY & STAFF CONTACTS
DIRECTIONS & PARKING

The Visual Arts Department is Emory’s center for the study and practice of contemporary art. Approaching contemporary art as a cultural prism though which all manner of inquires pass—literary and historical, scientific and social scientific, ethical and spiritual—the department supports creative work as a vital element of liberal arts education. A courageous willingness to engage significant issues through art and an insistence on the value of diverse intelligences—these are the touchstones of the department’s courses, exhibitions, lectures and related programming.

Located adjacent to the studio classrooms, the Emory Visual Arts Gallery exhibits five to seven contemporary art shows each year, including an annual student exhibition in April. The gallery is a place where innovative work is shown for the benefit of the university and the larger Atlanta community, with a particular interest in artists whose work may not be familiar to a regional audience. Our public programming also includes outstanding lectures, panels, and screenings by leading artists, curators, and scholars. Recent and upcoming solo exhibitions and lectures include presentations by Joel Leivick, Dawoud Bey, Ruth Dusseault, Martha Rosler, Eve Andrée Laramée, Radcliffe Bailey, Alice Aycock, Pat Ward Williams, and Janine Antoni, among many others, in addition to our own nationally distinguished faculty.

Jason Francisco
Department Chair
404-712-4395
jlfrancisco@earthlink.net

Mary Catherine Johnson
Academic Department Administrator & Gallery Coordinator
404-712-4397
mcjohn7@emory.edu

Helen Kwon
Senior Secretary
404-727-6315
helen.kwon@emory.edu

Directions & Parking

Visual Arts Building and Gallery
Emory University - Main Campus
700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322

Emory University Campus Map

From N. Decatur Road, turn onto Clifton Road towards the hospital. Turn left onto Asbury Circle. Stay to the right after you pass ZAYA Mediterranean Cuisine (an old train depot, formerly Dooley's Den) on your right - the road becomes Eagle Row (formerly Fraternity Row). Pass the sorority housing on your right, then at the next 3-way stop, turn right onto Peavine Creek Drive. Pass through the security gates (they will be open), then make an immediate right into the driveway for the Visual Arts Building / 700 Peavine Creek Drive.

Public attending Visual Arts Building and Gallery events and exhibitions on weekends and after 4:00 p.m. on weekdays may park in spaces marked "Faculty and Staff" adjacent to the Visual Arts Building, in nearby lots, or in the Peavine Parking Deck. To get to the deck, go back to the intersection of Peavine Creek Drive and Eagle Row, and turn right on Eagle Row. The lot will be on your right, across from the Woodruff PE Building.

Walking Directions from Peavine Parking Deck to Visual Arts Building and Gallery: exit the deck/lot to the left onto Eagle Row (formerly Fraternity Row). Eagle Row will curve. Turn left onto Peavine Creek Drive. Continue downhill and then slightly uphill (Chappell Park baseball field will be on your left). As you reach the stone roadway gates, the Visual Arts facility is the copper and concrete structure on the right atop the hill. The walk from Peavine Deck to the facility takes approximately five minutes.

Link to Emory Arts Village printable map: http://arts.emory.edu/village/map.html

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