“I enjoy ideation as much as I enjoy execution of a project. Sometimes I am the driver and I choose the route, but just as often I am a passenger helping someone else navigate the creative journey.”
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“After a long battle with lymphoma, I became a survivor. Now I serve the hospital that saved my life, and I hope to continue to do that for as long as I can.”
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“Innovation is always at the forefront of my mind when I am curating or designing for YOWIE or our clients. Our byline is ‘We're a lot of things,’ and that's me rebelling against us ever being put into one box or category. It’s not always easy but I prefer to make things that make people stop and think, smile, or ultimately feel inspired.”
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“Living life is about honoring change and recognizing impermanence. That’s why capturing the ephemeral is essential to my art.”
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“Film is the most modern of all artforms in that it builds upon the foundation of visual art, performing arts, fashion, journalism, music, and literature, to create something totally new! It impacts so many of one's senses at the same time and truly has a unique power to quite literally shift how we see the world.”
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“I love working with cultural institutions to remove barriers for people with disabilities and low-income folks. Art has no value unless its accessible to all people.”
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“I am a life-long learner in exploring new media and techniques to incorporate into my art practice. Making art is my pleasure and I am fortunate to do it every day!”
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“Improvisers are innovators. To innovate means to embrace uncertainty and the possibility of failure. Improvisers don’t strive for perfect choices; we hone our ability to recover quickly from our mistakes! We are skilled practitioners of letting go and moving on.”
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“Much art is inaccessible, hidden in museums that are not affordable or in galleries that do not make people feel welcome… Creating community through art and making art accessible go hand in hand, and are cornerstones of my thinking.”
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“Innovation is simply taking the time to solve problems that everyone else has abandoned as ‘not their problem’…If you want to be a true scientist, you need to look in all directions and leave no stone unturned in your creative approach.”
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”Industrial design is a type of art. Instead of using media like paint or clay, we manipulate plastic, metal, wood, and other materials to create functional sculptures that solve practical problems.”
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“You have to always take risks…One has to be always eager to learn, to take chances, to stretch and leap beyond the bounds of what you thought was possible.”
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“It’s all about creativity and generosity. Would you like some relish with that free hot dog?”
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”I believe that creativity is simply the connection of different ideas, concepts, and insights across different disciplines, but it requires an openness and awareness to see those connections.”
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“At its core the public space is collectively ours, and it serves us best when it reflects and responds to our human experiences. Great art can affect the ways we think, feel, and behave. And art in the public space is a powerful tool.”
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“Seeing images of the battles under a microscope give me the inspiration to create art and represent colors and abstract forms that make feel that we are defeating the enemy.”
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“Of course I make my own art on the side, but I truly consider teaching to be my real art form, one that I have involved my entire identity in.”
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“As a viewer and producer of performance, I try to be as generous and empathetic as possible. As a writer dealing in questions of identity, I try to drill reminders for the reader: the target can and will shoot back.”
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“A good leader involves people in a collective goal and helps them organize and collaborate towards the goal.”
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“Addressing inequity is challenging because its a norm in our culture. Art has the ability to reshape convention and engage different emotions and visions that help shape innovation, culture and practice. Art is elegant while being powerful enough to create culture change.”
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