About The Center
The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, in collaboration with the Center's Advisory Board,
- supports the creative arts in the University, the local community, and
the southeast region by sponsoring the creation, presentation, study, and research of significant and distinctive works of art; and
- provides an enriched environment conducive
to the development of individual understanding and basic literacy in
the creative arts disciplines through curricular and co-curricular
arts education designed to meet the needs of the general university
student, the arts major, the general public, and the professional
artist.
Staff Contacts
2009 - 2010 Advisory Board
- Leni Dyer, Associate Professor, Theatre & Dance Program
- Marcus Hayes, Assistant Professor, Theatre & Dance Program
- Barry Kitterman, Professor, Department of Language and Literature
- Douglas Rose, Professor, Department of Music
- Gregg Schlanger, Professor, Department of Art
- Ken Shipley, Associate Professor, Department of Art
- Susan Wallace, Editorial Assistant, Zone 3
- Gregory Wolynec, Associate Professor, Department of Music
From ceramics to sculpture, you’ll find all kinds of art – and artists – at Austin Peay.
The Nashville Scene has hailed the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts for “attracting heavyweight poets for years…everyone from Gwendolyn Brooks and Allen Ginsberg to Galway Kinnell and Eavan Boland.”
Though you won’t see them on stage, visiting artists and artists-in-residence have a visible impact on APSU theatre and dance students.
The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts sponsors the annual Clarksville Community Concert Series, which includes lectures and performances by renowned musicians such as classical guitarist Philip Hii, the American Brass Quintet and Grammy Award-winning ensemble Chanticleer.