Lewis Center for the Arts
Chair
Paul B. Muldoon
Professor
Ze’eva Cohen, also Theater and Dance
Jill S. Dolan, also English, Theater and Dance
Jeffrey Eugenides, also Creative Writing
Su Friedrich, also Visual Arts
Emmet W. S. Gowin, also Visual Arts
Chang-rae Lee, also Creative Writing
Paul B. Muldoon, also Creative Writing
Joyce Carol Oates, also Creative Writing
James Richardson, also English, Creative Writing
James L. Seawright, also Visual Arts
P. Adams Sitney, also Visual Arts
Edmund V. White, also Creative Writing
Visiting Professor
Lawrence Venuti, Creative Writing
Associate Professor
Stacy Wolf, also Theater and Dance
Visiting Associate Professor
Katy Siegel, Visual Arts
Assistant Professor
Tracy K. Smith, also Creative Writing
Senior Lecturer
Eve M. Aschheim, also Visual Arts
Michael W. Cadden, also Theater and Dance
Lecturer with the Rank of Professor
C. K. Williams, also Creative Writing
Lecturer
Ann G. Agee, Visual Arts
Suzanne L. Agins, Theater and Dance
Sarah Arvio, Creative Writing
Tracy E. Bersley, Theater and Dance
Susan M. Choi, Creative Writing
Benjamin Coonley, Visual Arts
Jane F. Cox, Theater and Dance
Nathaniel Dorsky, Visual Arts
Tina Fehlandt, Theater and Dance
Zvi Gotheiner, Theater and Dance
Philip B. Haas, Creative Writing
Dyane Harvey Salaam, Theater and Dance
Brian M. Jermusyk, Visual Arts
Steven L. Keister, Visual Arts
Sheila M. Kohler, Creative Writing
Rebecca J. Lazier, Theater and Dance
Jocelyn D. Lee, Visual Arts
Allan G. Macintyre, Visual Arts
Andrew L. Moore, Visual Arts
Susanna P. Moore, Creative Writing
John J. O’Connor, Visual Arts
Keith J. Sanborn, Visual Arts
Robert N. Sandberg, Theater and Dance, English
Brenda A. Shaughnessey, Creative Writing
Anne E. Torsiglieri, Theater and Dance
Timothy K. Vasen, Theater and Dance
Susan Wheeler, Creative Writing
Tommy W. White, Visual Arts
Katherine J. Whoriskey, Theater and Dance
Anita Yavich, Theater and Dance
Visiting Lecturer
Meghan O’Rourke, Creative Writing
Colm Tóibín, Creative Writing, also English
Colson Whitehead, Creative Writing
Hodder Fellow
Christian Barter, Creative Writing
Tarell Alvin McCraney, Theater and Dance
Whitney S. Terrell, Creative Writing
Established in 2007, the Lewis Center for the Arts is designed to put the creative and performing arts at the heart of the Princeton experience. This initiative is based on the conviction that exposure to the arts, particularly to the experience of producing art, helps each of us make sense of our life and the lives of our neighbors. The Lewis Center for the Arts will give a new focus and force to the Programs in Creative Writing, Theater and Dance, and Visual Arts, and to the Princeton Atelier. It will also have close links to the Center for African American Studies, School of Architecture, Department of Art and Archaeology, Council of the Humanities, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of English, Department of Music, Princeton University Art Museum, and the McCarter Theatre Center. Students concentrating in molecular biology or mechanical engineering will be heartened to find that chemistry and physics, not to speak of mathematics, are all central to the idea of art-making. Students who are first and foremost interested in choreography, costume design, screenwriting, printmaking, photography, painting, poetry, or fiction writing, or indeed any aspect of the creative or performing arts, will discover that Princeton’s faculty and facilities will be second to none.
Academic Opportunities in the Creative and Performing Arts
Certificate Programs. The certificate Programs in Creative Writing, Theater and Dance, and Visual Arts are offered under the auspices of the Lewis Center for the Arts, while the certificate Program in Musical Performance is offered under the auspices of the Department of Music. For information about their individual programs of study and course offerings, please refer to their separate entries in this catalog.
Academic Concentrations Involving Creative Work. Various academic departments offer special opportunities and tracks that involve creative work. The Department of English offers academic concentrations in English and creative writing and in English and theater (see their Program 4 and 5, respectively). The Department of Art and Archaeology offers a concentration in history of art and the visual arts. The Department of Comparative Literature offers the opportunity to incorporate creative work in their Program D, comparative work in literary study and the creative arts. For more information about these opportunities, please refer to the specific department entries in this catalog.
University Scholar Program. Finally, the University Scholar Program is designed for “a small group of students with outstanding and demonstrated talent in an academic or creative area that requires a substantial commitment of time and that cannot be pursued within the regular curriculum,” such as artists who are already balancing the demands of a professional career with their educational requirements; see page 39.
Princeton Atelier
Created in 1994 by Nobel laureate and the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities Emeritus Toni Morrison, the Princeton Atelier program brings professional artists to campus for intensive collaborative work with students and faculty. Guest artists select a project they want to explore in the company of students before developing it for the professional art world. Now offered under the auspices of the Lewis Center for the Arts, the Atelier attracts students studying engineering, molecular biology, politics, and architecture as well as the humanities and the arts. The Atelier provides students rare opportunities to work on creative projects alongside important emerging artists and acknowledged masters. Courses are open to all students by application and are generally offered in both the fall and spring semesters. Students receive general academic credit for Atelier seminars and frequently credit toward their work in the Programs in Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Musical Performance, and Theater and Dance. Princeton Atelier courses are listed in Course Offerings as ATL. For more information, please check www.princeton.edu/arts/arts_at_princeton/princeton_atelier.
Course
ATL 494–499 Princeton Atelier — Fall, Spring LA
The Princeton Atelier brings guest artists from various fields to campus in order to collaborate with students and faculty on creating new work. The emphasis in the Atelier courses is on the creative process, although all courses result in some form of performance or exhibition. One to three courses are offered each semester. Courses are by application, audition, or portfolio review and are open to all students. Two three-hour seminars. P. Muldoon
Other Opportunities in the Arts
The Department of Music offers musical performance courses, opportunities for private vocal and instrumental lessons, and special technical, electroacoustic, and computer facilities (see page 316). In addition, the University has a broad array of opportunities for qualified students to participate in various University ensembles. These mostly extracurricular activities include, but are not limited to, the Princeton University Glee Club, the Chamber Choir, the University Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Opera Theater, Marching Band, and Wind Ensemble.
The Princeton University Art Museum is a teaching museum for the Department of Art and Archaeology as well as a cultural resource for the entire University and surrounding community. Its holdings range from ancient to contemporary art, with outstanding collections of prints, drawings, and photographs. For more information about the art museum, see page 53.
Visiting Artists and Fellows
The Lewis Center for the Arts also will be the home for the Society of Fellows in the Arts, bringing to campus some of the most exciting artists and performers—and scholars of art and performance—of our era. The center also administers the Hodder Fellowships, which bring to campus artists in the early stages of their careers to spend an academic year pursuing independent projects.