The Arts Council advocates for the arts at Vanderbilt. Members of this group represent the various academic and administrative areas supporting the performing, visual, and literary arts of the university. The Arts Council provides periodic strategic recommendations to the Vice Provost of Arts & Libraries for enabling the creation, pursuit, and engagement of the arts at the university.
Objectives
- Create greater visibility and central communications for the extant arts community
- Foster new community and global partnerships
- Pursue development opportunities to build university-wide arts programming
- Investigate physical art space needs on campus and develop strategies for collaborative uses
Current Members
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Amanda Hellman
Director, Fine Arts Gallery
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Major Jackson
Professor of English & Director of Creative Writing
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities
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Midori Lockett
Chief Community Impact Officer
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Leah Lowe
Director, Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy
Associate Professor, Theatre, Directing & Dramaturgy
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Alice Randall
Writer in Residence for African American and Diaspora Studies
Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities
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Claudine Taaffe
Associate Director, Engine for Art, Democracy, and Justice (EADJ)
Associate Chair, African American and Diaspora Studies (AADS)
Senior Lecturer, AADS
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Jonathan Waters
Associate Chair, Cinema & Media Arts
Principal Senior Lecturer, Cinema & Media Arts
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education, College of Arts & Science
Curator, iLens