Support the Arts at Emory

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Explore the many ways to get involved in the Arts at Emory.

Be a Volunteer Usher for Emory Music, Dance, and Theater

Join a Friends Group and Have Fun While Supporting the Arts!

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Circle of Friends Membership Benefits

Download a Friends Brochure PDF Here.

Music, Creative Writing, Theater, Film, Dance, Visual Arts

Join or renew a membership in a Friends group and become a part of the Circle of Friends of Creativity & Arts. Friends support innovative and important artistic pursuits in your community!

Benefits Enjoyed by All Friends

• Invitation to the all-arts season kick-off party with special access to refreshments in the Friends Member Lounge at the 2nd Annual Creativity & Arts Soiree Sept. 10, 2009, 4:00-9:00 p.m., Schwartz Center

• Advance ticket purchase opportunity (tickets go on sale to Friends on Sept. 9, 2009 and are available for purchase at the Soiree; public sales begin Sept. 11, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.)

• Advance notices and special offers for events

• Discounts on most Emory arts events

• Tax-deduction to the extent allowed by law

• Discounts at Emory Conference Center Hotel, Emory Inn, Caffè Antico, and Le Giverny (restrictions and black-out dates apply; discounts subject to change)

• Donation acknowledged by name in various publications and listings (varies by discipline)

• Special receptions and exclusive opportunities to meet artists (varies by group)

• Discounts on select Evening at Emory courses and quarterly memberships for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 404.727.6000

• Additional benefits vary by group and level.

Corporate memberships available
Call 404.727.6678 for benefits information.

Friends of Music

The Friends of Music are music lovers who support the activities of Emory’s Department of Music, including its 135 music majors, 18 full-time faculty and 60 artist affiliates, and a dozen student ensembles who perform 40 free concerts and recitals each year, including jazz, contemporary, world, and classical music. Friends’ contributions provide students and faculty with masterclasses, visiting artists, instrument purchase, and the Student Excellence in Music award.

2009-10 Concert Highlights:
From the Top with Christopher O’Riley; vocalist Thomas Hampson; Canadian Brass; guitarist Sharon Isbin; jazz instrumentalist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding with her band; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Bang on a Can All-Stars with Wilco’s percussionist Glenn Kotche; Emory Annual Jazz Fest, and dozens more recitals and events.

Benefits: recognition in Candler Concert programs; invitation to fall Friends of Music Musicale (October 4, 2009), annual dinner, and meet-the-artist post-concert receptions; and, at some member levels, season artist CDs, select concert tickets, and dedication of a concert.

Select or Renew Your Membership Here.

Friends of Creative Writing

Join Friends of Creative Writing and write a story with a happy ending!!

• Join to support free presentations in the 2009-10 Creative Writing Program Reading Series featuring playwright Quiara Hudes; Heather Christle, 2009-10 Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry; Oindrila Mukherjee, 2009-10 Emory Creative Writing Fellow in Fiction; fiction writers Thomas Glave, Susan Choi, and Antonya Nelson.

• Join to be part of a vibrant literary scene—chat with award-winning Creative Writing faculty at special events, and listen spellbound to student and faculty readings at the 2009 Creativity & Arts Soiree.

• Meet and encourage students who are discovering the world through imaginative writing.

• Join to be part of special opportunities for Friends.

• Join because your support and perspective makes a difference in broadening our audience and helping to endow student prizes and stage new events.

Select or Renew Your Membership Here

Friends of Theater at Emory

Break Out! Friends of Theater at Emory (FOTE) are committed to quality theatrical productions, research, education, building community support for Theater Emory and its Playwriting Center, as well as the Department of Theater Studies, through education, fundraising, and events. FOTE members provide talent, time, and support to make the following possible:

• Guest artist residencies

• Annual award recognition of students and artists

• Behind-the-scenes opportunities for audiences

• Summer study grants for students

• Staged readings of works in process

• Educational and artistic projects and opportunities

The 2009-10 season, Breaking Out and Breaking Forth, gives you the classics—some with a twist, some traditional. We break into new arenas, forge new collaborations, and always keep you guessing! Performances include: Miss Julie X 3, three simultaneous productions of Strindberg’s masterpiece; Hominid, by Out Of Hand Theater and Ken Weitzman, commissioned and developed by our Playwriting Center; a puppet play based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, adapted and directed by Jon Ludwig of Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts; and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic American musical, Oklahoma!, complete with a full orchestra.

Select or Renew Your Membership Here

Friends of Film

Friends of Film helps Emory’s Film Studies Department to bring an outstanding array of international films (about 50 each year), filmmakers and scholars (several each year) to Atlanta, helping Emory maintain its ability to provide the best 35mm repertory programming in the region. All donations made by Friends of Film go directly into programming, which enables our ongoing exploration of film’s power to provide insight into other lives and cultures. Friends benefits include a private reception with film faculty and visiting filmmakers and scholars.

Select or Renew Your Membership Here

Friends of Dance

The power and vitality of dance can enrich, change, and deeply touch lives, and Friends of Dance (FOD) plays an important role in supporting that vision. The generosity of the FOD provides support for these outstanding programs:

• Friends of Dance Lecture Series, the only ongoing dance-focused lecture series in Atlanta

• Special events and meet-the-artist receptions

• Summer study scholarship program recently named the Sally A. Radell Friends of Dance Scholarship in honor of the founding director of the Dance Program and Friends of Dance. Since 1996, scholarships have enabled more than 30 students to enrich their education at summer dance programs.

2009-2010 Season Highlights:

• Fall & Spring Friends of Dance Lectures, including a Creativity Conversation with choreographer David Neumann.

• Concerts featuring work by faculty member Anna Leo; David Neumann and advanced beginner group; and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet.

• Emory Dance Company concerts:
• Fall, choreography by dance faculty
• Spring, student choreography.
  
Select or Renew Your Membership Here

Friends of Visual Arts

The Visual Arts Department & Gallery is Emory’s center for the study and presentation of contemporary art that receives essential support from Friends of Visual Arts (FOVA). This group of art lovers and artists foster the mission, programs, and growth of the Department and Gallery through funding for student projects, exhibitions, lectures, and visiting artists.

In 2009-2010, FOVA members will experience the series, The Lucid Eye: A Year of Photography at Emory, through solo exhibitions of new work by Joel Leivick, Dawoud Bey, and Ruth Dusseault, and an inaugural show of twentieth-century masterworks from the collection of Atlanta law firm Arnall Golden Gregory. The Gallery will also show the first-annual juried exhibition exclusively for FOVA members Picturing Home, which will be selected by Julian Cox, Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art, and Jason Francisco, acclaimed photographer and chair of Emory’s Visual Arts Department.

Select or Renew Your Membership Here

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