Art of Hustle: Where Art Meets Entrepreneurship

The ART OF HUSTLE podcast series proudly presents award-winning poet, Barbara Jane Reyes. She is the author of Diwata (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2010), recently noted as a finalist for the California Book Award. She was born in Manila, Philippines, raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is the author of two previous collections of poetry, Gravities of Center (Arkipelago Books, 2003) and Poeta en San Francisco (Tinfish Press, 2005), which received the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets. She is co-editor with her husband, poet Oscar Bermeo, of Doveglion Press, and an adjunct professor in Philippine Studies at University of San Francisco and in English at Mills College. (Note: The drums in the background were from a nearby festival and not a choice in creative production.) Thank you for subscribing! Please rate the podcast and leave comments. I look forward to building with you. More information and tons of free tips on marketing and management at: ArtOfHustle.com.

In this ART OF HUSTLE podcast episode, we hear from Jenifer Wofford! Jenifer K Wofford is a Filipina-American artist and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area and Prague, Czech Republic. She was born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia. She received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and her MFA from UC Berkeley. Her work has been exhibited in the Bay Area at the Berkeley Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Southern Exposure, Richmond Art Center, and Kearny Street Workshop, nationally at New Image Art (Los Angeles), Nora Eccles Harrison Museum (Salt Lake City), thirtynine hotel (Honolulu), and internationally at Future Prospects (Philippines), Galerie Blanche (France), and Osage Gallery Kwun Tong (Hong Kong). She is also 1/3 of the manic, brilliant, highly delusional artist trio Mail Order Brides/M.O.B. They have collaborated on a variety of shenanigans for venues including the DeYoung Museum, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Southern Exposure, the National Asian American Film Festival, The San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and the McColl Center for Visual Art. Wofford has worked in arts education for over a decade, with schools and organizations including the University of San Francisco, UC Berkeley, California College of the Arts, Diablo Valley College, SFMoMA, Casa De Los Jovenes, Leadership High School, First Graduate, City Arts and Tech High School, and Out Of Site. Her awards include the Eureka Fellowship, the Murphy Fellowship, and grants from the Art Matters Foundation, UCIRA, and the Pacific Rim Research Program. She has also undertaken artist residencies at The Living Room, Philippines, Solyst Artist in Residence Center, Denmark, and Chateau de la Napoule, France. Wofford was also honored with a 2007 “Goldie” (Guardian Local Discovery) Award from the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Thank you for subscribing! Please rate the podcast and leave comments. I look forward to building with you. More information and tons of free tips on marketing and management at: ArtOfHustle.com.

The ART OF HUSTLE podcast series welcomes careered actor, Kathleen Antonia. She is a multi-talented performer with a professional singing, acting, and dancing career that spans over a decade. She has performed in feature films “Convention”, “Jujuluv”, and Sundance winner “Dopamine” and in television shows “House MD” and “Trauma”. Antonia has also performed on stage with American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Golden Thread Productions, San Francisco Opera, and a host of other theatrical companies. Antonia’s credits include on-camera, jingle, and voiceover work for popular video games, commercials, and documentaries. Kathleen Antonia released her own documentary titled “Getting Played” through her production company, What The...Productions, and she is a member of performers unions AEA, AFTRA, SAG, and AGMA. She is also represented by Look Talent Agency. Thank you for subscribing! Please rate the podcast and leave comments. I look forward to building with you. More information and tons of free tips on marketing and management at: ArtOfHustle.com.

ART OF HUSTLE introduces you to the Executive Director of Joe Goode Performance Group, Dave Archuletta. Prior to joining Joe Goode Performance group Dave served as Program Director for Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, where he built the Company's first education and licensing programs from the ground up, increased earned income revenue by more than 60 percent, negotiated major commissioning agreements and oversaw the Company’s U.S. and international tours. Prior to joining the BTJ/AZ Dance Company, he was Managerial Associate in the Dance Division of IMG Artists, managing the touring and performance operations of major dance companies such as Twyla Tharp, Lyon Opera Ballet, Pilobolus, Miami City Ballet, and more. An honors graduate of UC Berkeley, Dave began his career in San Francisco as Curatorial Performing Arts Production Coordinator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Dave is also an independent musician and producer. Dave "Daveytree" Archuletta has been producing music in the underground scene for over 10 years. He plays several instruments, including piano, bass and drums. Dave is a founding member of the Funk Force Collective, and the visionary SF band Run the Voodoo Down (one of the first live music acts to incorporate turntablism as a primary musical element, featuring DMC Wold Champion DJ Pash "Mackintosh" Kamber on the wheels of steel). He has produced albums for Nidecker Snowboards, LRG clothing, the Mission Burrito Project, the Funk Force Collective, and the independent release "Noah D & B.Ski Soon to Be." In 2009 "Breez Deez Treez" with rapper Breez Evahflowin, was released on Domination Recordings to wide critical acclaim. In October 2011 Dave's productions will be performed by Daniel Bernard Roumain at BAM's Next Wave Festival in New York. Thank you for subscribing! Please rate the podcast and leave comments. I look forward to building with you. More information and tons of free tips on marketing and management at: ArtOfHustle.com.

This ART OF HUSTLE episode features one of the best grants hustlers I've ever met. Joan Osato has played a pivotal role in local and national theater for well over a decade. She served as director of Asian American Theater Company from 1997 - 2000 and currently sits on its advisory board. She served as Youth Speaks' Managing Director from 2001-2007 and has been an Producer, Assistant Director, Stage Manager, Production Manager, and Lighting Designer with the Living Word Project. She has brought her multiplicity of production and design talents to Living Word Project Repertory works such as The Break/s, Word Becomes Flesh, Scourge, and Mirrors in Every Corner. She is the inaugural recipient of the San Francisco Arts Commission Artist and Communities Partnership Grant for a project she is conducting through Asian American Recovery Services of San Francisco. She is also a self-taught documentary photographer. Her photography has exhibited at SF Camerawork and Meridian Gallery, and has graced the album cover designs of iconic bands such as Faith No More. She has been considered for prestigious awards such as the Prix de la Photographie, and awarded an Exhibition in The Bay Area Currents 2009. Her work has been featured in publications: LA Weekly, Koream Magazine, and Artslant, Juried Exhibit Winner in Photography. Thank you for subscribing! Please rate the podcast and leave comments. I look forward to building with you. More information and tons of free tips on marketing and management at: ArtOfHustle.com.