Emory University’s Center for Ethics is spending the next year continuing a conversation that Mary Shelley started nearly two centuries ago. Her debut novel, “ Frankenstein ,” will turn 200 on January 1, 2018. Emory is commemorating that milestone with an initiative it’s calling FACE: Frankenstein Anniversary Celebration and Emory. Emory began its celebration last week when it unveiled a new portrait of Frankenstein’s creation by Ross Rossin . He is a native Bulgarian known for his portraits, four of which hang in The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s Permanent Collection . In 2015, Rossin’s painting of poet Maya Angelou was selected as the image for her U.S. Postal Service Forever Stamp . We had the opportunity to pick the Atlanta-based artist’s brain when Rossin’s painting was revealed in front of a live audience at Emory’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. The show begins with a discussion of how Rossin’s work is a departure from past depictions of Frankenstein’s