They actually listened and the department is staying open because of all of you who kept pushing even when it felt like the administration was totally checked out. My hands are literally shaking typing this because I really thought they were going to bulldoze the studio spaces but we did …
October 15, 2012
Final supporters
Arts education is endangered everywhere. For those of us who have pursued the arts in some way - we know that education in the arts is foundational.
Emory's Visual Arts Department is unique because it serves one of the nation's top research institutions. Emory’s liberal arts education combines the sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts in a vital education.Within this richness, as students we were able to in understanding and developing artistic voice. The Visual Arts Department was an essential part of our education, for those of us who have participated in it.
For many of us, law, business and medicine are not our paths. Instead, we want to lead the world with creativity as a tool for service.Within the liberal arts tradition, we had the opportunity to study philosophy and literatureandto translate our education into art.
We respectfully request that the President of Emory University and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences reconsider the plan to close down the Department.The Visual Arts Department has launched many of us into fields we did not think we would pursue when we arrived at Emory from filmmaking, non-profit work, photography, journalism, product design and architecture.
We ask that the decision to close the department be reversed. The education and opportunity that the Visual Arts Department provides is necessary and vital to Emory's students. Please keep it alive!
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October 2, 2012
Five hundred people just put their names down and I am honestly reeling because back when I started this I thought maybe my friends would sign and that would be it. It is wild to see how many of you value this place just as much as I do even if I am still trying to wrap my head around the pace of all this.
Reached 500 supporters
September 30, 2012
Reached 100 supporters
September 22, 2012
15 Comments
My daughter has the option to attend Emory as the child of a University employee. We (and she) had been excited about this prospect---until now. I honestly can not imagine encouraging her to attend a college that does not have a visual arts program. This demonstrates a shocking lapse in someone's judgement, and a disregard for the importance of the visual arts in human history, not to mention a well rounded liberal arts education. What is really baffling, is that there seems to be an upswing in interest in the visual arts among the most talented young people (globally), while Emory is eliminating its arts department? I have a very different view of Emory now, and it isn't a good one.
I turned down FSU's Film School, which only accepts 20 students a year, because I thought that Emory would grant me more opportunities to explore both the Visual Arts and beyond. With the closing of the Visual Arts department, I am seriously regretting my decision. Please bring it back.
Emory's claim to be a liberal arts college falls flat without a commitment to offering students an artistic outlet.
... Art especially digital art which is apart of visual art will always be a needed industry.. And I'm not sure y they can't support the art department.. They will lose tons of money from young artists like me who r looking for historical schools with an art degree.. I would have considered this school highly in my search for colleges
It is with deep sadness that I just discovered the Visual Arts Department at Emory is facing closure! I am an Artist, Quilter and Art Educator adding my voice to say emphatically please keep our Art Department open!
I loved Emory so much until I found out about them closing the arts department! I still love it but i really wish they would keep the department, I was planning on doing a minor or double major involving visual art and its disappointing to see the department disappear since Emory is such an amazing school.
Art education is of great importance. The loss of the program reflects very poorly on the university.
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They actually listened and the department is staying open because of all of you who kept pushing even when it felt like the administration was totally checked out. My hands are literally shaking typing this because I really thought they were going to bulldoze the studio spaces but we did …
October 15, 2012
Final supporters
Arts education is endangered everywhere. For those of us who have pursued the arts in some way - we know that education in the arts is foundational.
Emory's Visual Arts Department is unique because it serves one of the nation's top research institutions. Emory’s liberal arts education combines the sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts in a vital education.Within this richness, as students we were able to in understanding and developing artistic voice. The Visual Arts Department was an essential part of our education, for those of us who have participated in it.
For many of us, law, business and medicine are not our paths. Instead, we want to lead the world with creativity as a tool for service.Within the liberal arts tradition, we had the opportunity to study philosophy and literatureandto translate our education into art.
We respectfully request that the President of Emory University and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences reconsider the plan to close down the Department.The Visual Arts Department has launched many of us into fields we did not think we would pursue when we arrived at Emory from filmmaking, non-profit work, photography, journalism, product design and architecture.
We ask that the decision to close the department be reversed. The education and opportunity that the Visual Arts Department provides is necessary and vital to Emory's students. Please keep it alive!
Updates
October 2, 2012
Five hundred people just put their names down and I am honestly reeling because back when I started this I thought maybe my friends would sign and that would be it. It is wild to see how many of you value this place just as much as I do even if I am still trying to wrap my head around the pace of all this.
Reached 500 supporters
September 30, 2012
Reached 100 supporters
September 22, 2012
15 Comments
my son was just accepted to Emory. This breaks our heart to hear, and we are looking at other colleges where he can have all of the arts present in his undergrad experience. How can you have a liberal arts experience without being able to freely try all the arts to discover your path, all there is in the world, and who you are and what you might be good at? You will cripple your creative students. If you want to just be a pre-professional med, business, law school, then stop advertising and recruiting as a liberal arts school.
My daughter has the option to attend Emory as the child of a University employee. We (and she) had been excited about this prospect---until now. I honestly can not imagine encouraging her to attend a college that does not have a visual arts program. This demonstrates a shocking lapse in someone's judgement, and a disregard for the importance of the visual arts in human history, not to mention a well rounded liberal arts education. What is really baffling, is that there seems to be an upswing in interest in the visual arts among the most talented young people (globally), while Emory is eliminating its arts department? I have a very different view of Emory now, and it isn't a good one.
I turned down FSU's Film School, which only accepts 20 students a year, because I thought that Emory would grant me more opportunities to explore both the Visual Arts and beyond. With the closing of the Visual Arts department, I am seriously regretting my decision. Please bring it back.
Emory's claim to be a liberal arts college falls flat without a commitment to offering students an artistic outlet.
... Art especially digital art which is apart of visual art will always be a needed industry.. And I'm not sure y they can't support the art department.. They will lose tons of money from young artists like me who r looking for historical schools with an art degree.. I would have considered this school highly in my search for colleges
It is with deep sadness that I just discovered the Visual Arts Department at Emory is facing closure! I am an Artist, Quilter and Art Educator adding my voice to say emphatically please keep our Art Department open!
I loved Emory so much until I found out about them closing the arts department! I still love it but i really wish they would keep the department, I was planning on doing a minor or double major involving visual art and its disappointing to see the department disappear since Emory is such an amazing school.
Art education is of great importance. The loss of the program reflects very poorly on the university.
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my son was just accepted to Emory. This breaks our heart to hear, and we are looking at other colleges where he can have all of the arts present in his undergrad experience. How can you have a liberal arts experience without being able to freely try all the arts to discover your path, all there is in the world, and who you are and what you might be good at? You will cripple your creative students. If you want to just be a pre-professional med, business, law school, then stop advertising and recruiting as a liberal arts school.