{"55377":{"#nid":"55377","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Erato Celebrates 40 Years","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe endurance of Erato, Georgia Tech\u2019s student-run creative arts journal, is tangible proof that engineering and science students crave a literary arts outlet, both as authors and readers.  April marks the 40th anniversary of the publication.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEstablished in 1969 by student Richard Sawyer, Erato is \u201cdedicated solely to the artistic endeavors of Georgia Tech students, another way to set Tech students apart,\u201d said Erato Editor Amaris Gutierrez-Ray. The journal displays the creativity of Georgia Tech students, publishing an annual volume comprised of student poetry, prose, and art.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe history of Erato authenticates the existence of interdisciplinary thought and creativity at Georgia Tech. \u201cForty years is an especially long run for any journal, so Erato is quite distinguished for this reason,\u201d said Karen Head, an instructor in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture as well as the journal\u2019s faculty advisor. \u201cOne of the biggest misconceptions people have is that students at an engineering school are not interested in \u2014 or capable of producing \u2014 fine art. Erato is an excellent demonstration that this is not the case.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESince its inception, thousands of students from all colleges and majors have contributed work to Erato. However, access to creative expression afforded to Tech students through the journal has not always been so readily accessible. \u201cIn 1979, Erato lost funding from the Student Government Association, but still managed to self-publish an issue, demonstrating the need for a creative outlet on this campus,\u201d said Gutierrez-Ray. The Student Government Association restored funding in 1985 and remains a loyal supporter of the journal. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Erato continues to write its destiny, plans for expansion may be a future footnote. \u201cErato hopes to take this history into the future to reach an even broader readership consisting of cross-college communication and collaborations with the other print publications on campus,\u201d said Gutierrez-Ray. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe journal\u2019s aspirations for expansion offer a unique promise to the greater community of artists outside of Georgia Tech. \u201cMany prestigious artists were first published in small literary journals,\u201d noted Head. \u201cWho knows, maybe a future Nobel Prize in Literature winner is among those people being published for the first time in the 40th anniversary issue of Erato.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECopies of the 40th anniversary issue can be found in the publication\u0027s distribution racks, which are located in the Library Rotunda, the D.M. Smith Building entrance, the Instructional Center entrance, the Student Center, and the Publications Office in the Flag Building.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Student creative arts journal records four decades of creative arts at Georgia Tech"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Student creative arts journal records four decades of creative arts at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2010-04-14 15:04:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:49","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"55378":{"id":"55378","type":"image","title":"Erato 2009 Cover","body":null,"created":"1449175533","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:45:33","changed":"1475894489","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:29","alt":"Erato 2009 Cover","file":{"fid":"190286","name":"erato_2009_cover.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/erato_2009_cover_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/erato_2009_cover_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":63297,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/erato_2009_cover_0.jpg?itok=lPMk1rOp"}}},"media_ids":["55378"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cyberbuzz.gatech.edu\/eratopub\/index.html","title":"Erato"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8734","name":"erato"},{"id":"1205","name":"Library"},{"id":"9132","name":"neely room"},{"id":"167141","name":"Student Life"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}