Upcoming Events

The Ph.D. in Creativity Annual Conference on Creative Research

Presented in partnership with The Barnes and The Village of Industry and Art

When: January 8 & 9, 2027

Where: The Village of Industry & Art, 320 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA

Conference Schedule

Location: Village of Arts and Industry Screening Room/Great Hall

Coffee & tea provided

1:00-2:15pm: Speaker: Dr. Megan Craig, Phenomenologist and Painter, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook University

2:30-3:45pm: Speaker: Aditi Roy, Ph.D. Candidate, Princeton University

4:00-5:00pm Speaker: Chris Devery, Ph.D. Candidate in Creativity, Rowan University

5:30 -7:00pm: Deke Weaver presents: The Unreliable Bestiary, a Transdisciplinary Performance and Discussion

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Location: Village of Arts and Industry Screening Room/Great Hall

Coffee & tea provided

9:30 - 11:15am Panel: Education and Creativity

Speakers: Dr. Frank Machos, Executive Director for the Center of Arts and Learning for the School District of Philadelphia. Dr. Jessica Hunter, Associate Director for the Crown Center for Teaching, Colorado College 

Panel Moderator: Dr. Audrey Ellis, Associate Director and Assistant Professor of Creativity

Lunch Break (Lunch not provided)

1:00- 2:15pm: Speaker: Dr. Eugene Hugues, Psychotherapist, Author, CEO of @Artgym Group, Ph.D. In Creativity Alum

2:30 -3:15pm: Special Reading by Ph.D. in Creativity Candidate, Aloani Robinson with commentary by Ph.D. in Creativity Faculty member Zach Savich

3:30- 4:15pm: Break for coffee and pastries, provided in the screening room

4:30-6:15pm: “Visionary Beethoven”, Lecture and Demonstration by William Kinderman, Klein Endowed Chair Performance Studies, School of Music, UCLA