Growing up in Maryland, our family crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge every summer on the way to the beach. I didn’t think about how the structure, more than four miles long, withstood wind, rain, and the stress of continual traffic. I just wanted to get to the beach! Now when I think of suspension bridges, …
While preparing to direct a short documentary about the Akumal Arts Festival in Mexico, I faced a pivotal moment. Icy fear coated my gut. The ghost of low self esteem screamed, You f***’d up!!! You have no idea what you’re doing. What made you think it would work in the first place??? I hadn’t heard …
The Canyon Chronicle published my story Art Integrates Life in the Spotlight section. Thank you, Chronicle!
Community Engagement of Orange County, CA has awarded Catalyst Muse Creativity & Change Consultancy a $10,000 grant to make a short, documentary film about the 4th Annual Akumal Arts Festival (AAF) on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Festival programs will be held Friday – Sunday, January 28-30, 2022. It all started in 2018 in Akumal, a small …
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Creativity Lab intern Joe Gutesha is pictured here, center, in Akumal, Mexico on a documentary photo shoot. The opportunity arose from his work in the Creativity Lab. Joe Gutesha had been feeling disconnected from himself and the world after returning from a whirlwind two-months in New York, his first time there. The 22-year-old poet was …
Alfred Eisenstadt’s 1963 photograph of children watching a puppet theatre performance of Saint George and the Dragon at the moment the dragon is slayed. Life Magazine. Dr. Sherry J. Kerr’s essay was first printed in the final report of the three year study of The JumpStart Theatre Middle School Program. The study was conducted by …
Setting the Scene: Musical Theatre and Cognitive Neuroscience
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