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Pearl Cleage

/events-exhibits/exhibits/pearl-cleage … One of the most acclaimed playwrights, Cleage produces works that celebrate the joy of being free. At the same time, she is committed to telling stories related to African Americans, and the complex issues …

Pioneer of Vascular Surgery

/events-exhibits/exhibits/pioneer-vascular-surgery … Emory surgeon and professor Daniel C. Elkin, who became a leader in the vascular surgery field in the early- and mid- 20th century, is the subject of an exhibit at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center …

Plants Are Set Before Us

/events-exhibits/exhibits/plants-are-set-us … Emory's Herbarium and Dr. Harry Rusche's collection of Shakespearean-themed postcards help us illustrate the plants mentioned in the First Folio.  The Herbarium was established in 1949 to document and monitor …

Punk's Not Dead

/events-exhibits/exhibits/punks-not-dead … This exhibit, Punk's Not Dead, tracks punk influence beyond music as it travels into written, visual, and material culture. Highlighting objects from the Rose Library's Punk collections as well as writing by …

Revealing Her Story

/events-exhibits/exhibits/revealing-her-story … This exhibit is meant to give researchers and curious students alike a peak inside the collections of 9 African American women intellectuals, that are held in the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library …

Seamus Heaney

/events-exhibits/exhibits/seamus-heaney … This installation is derived from the original 2014 exhibition at Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Library.  It was the first major exhibition to celebrate the life and work of late Irish poet and Nobel …

Shakespeare Artists' Books

/events-exhibits/exhibits/shakespeare-artists-books … Artists' books are artworks that purposefully make use of, question, or explore the form of the book as an artistic medium. These pieces are usually made in small, limited editions or as unique works …

She Gathers Me

/events-exhibits/exhibits/she-gathers-me-0 … Often our engagement with contemporary Black writers is through published works like novels, essays, and speeches, yet an exploration into their letters, journals, calendars, and photographs reveals surprising …

Stepping Out of Line

/events-exhibits/exhibits/stepping-out-line … Our understanding of history comes from many sources, not the least of which are the records and manuscripts that document the events and personalities we consider historic. 'Stepping Out of Line' explores …

Still Raising Hell

/events-exhibits/exhibits/still-raising-hell … As artists, activists, and collectors, Billops and Hatch have been raising hell for more than 50 years - elevating public consciousness around "isms" that have shaped American culture, politics, and …