community mural for Fall 2024

Ethics & the Arts


The Ethics & the Arts Program at Emory encourages ethical discourse and debate through and about the arts, and it partners with signature arts organizations to demonstrate the way art challenges our perspectives. The production of art, its role in public conversation, its preservation, and its presentation all provoke us to confront ethical challenges, sometimes in startling new ways. We are committed to inspiring innovative thought by using creative expression to elevate moral discourse. Our aim is to bring together communities while prompting ethical dialogue among students, artists, scholars, and the general public.

Flagship Arts Programs

Ethics at the Movies

Join us for one of our films and post-screening talk back.

2025-26 Schedule

Art and Social Justice

Explore the role and power of art in society

The ASJ program and projects

Ethics on the Stage

Ethics on the Stage partners with Atlanta theaters to spark ethical conversations through performances, readings, and discussions.

Upcoming Theatrical Events

What's in our gallery?

The Center hosts rotating exhibitions of work relating to virtue, ethics, and justice.

Juried student art exhibit coming in January, 2026!