Anna Peng — Consistent Creativity

02/22/21 • 44 min

Anna has taken the skills she developed studying industrial design and expanded her public portfolio to demonstrate how you and I might find our voices through sharing our process work as well as our polished work. You can find Anna at @puhpenguins and thehabitfactory.space

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Stephen Voss — It Gave Me a Reason to Be There

Stephen Voss is a photographer and photojournalist who lives in Washington, DC and makes a living taking portraits of people for magazines and newspapers.

We recorded this episode shortly after the Nov 2020 Presidential Election and since then Stephen has continued to document the people and events in Washington, including the January attack on the US Capitol.
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Senator Cory Booker
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
Former First Lady Michelle Obama
Toddler at the Lincoln Memorial

Irving Penn - was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally and continues to inform the art of photography. [source: Wikipedia]

Credits: Thanks to Kayle Clements for the editing assistance.

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Jenna Pastuszek — Don't Fear Failure

Jenna Pastuszek, co-founder of Innovative Voice Studios and the star of "Get Happy", is a connector of humans and ideas. As an actor, singer, voiceover artist, teacher, coach and mentor, she always shows up as a human first and is someone I always enjoy spending time with.

We talk about her work with Tim Russell at Innovative Voice Studios and how they collaborate to create programs that empower their clients to take ownership of all aspects of their creativity. Jenna explains how she filmed a covid-safe version of her show "Get Happy" and also shares what she has learned from studying Judy Garland.
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Young People's Theater Workshop
Jenna describes that she didn't realise how important singing and performing were to her life until she stopped doing them temporarily.
NYU Steinhardt
Operating out of fear instead of intuition
Innovative Voice Studio with Tim Russell
How the Covid 19 pandemic encouraged Jenna and Tim to extend and expand their offerings to serve performers beyond the NYC area.
Building programs that people can participate in online and in person.
Learning to sing as a vehicle for learning to be a human. Preparing for a Broadway audition can teach you things that are applicable across a variety of industries and markets around the world.
Learning about auditioning for Broadway can teach us to treat ourselves and each other with humanity and respect.
"I use my voice to help others find theirs."
IVS is showing leadership in the Broadway community by engaging Equity & Diversity Strategist Shavanna Calder, and creating the Artist Expansion Fund to support BIPOC artists
Get Happy - The Songs of Judy Garland, performance for East Lynne Theater Co.
Filming the Covid Safe performance in a theatre with no audience to be watched by people online
The costs of Judy Garland's legacy
The lessons Jenna has taken from Garland's humanity
The difference of getting to know an artist as a Human First
Future planning
Why Jenna would tell the younger version of herself not to fear failure

Art (and artists) need an audience. Your art won't put itself in front people who want to engage with it by accident. For your work to have more significant impact in the world, part of your creative practice — part of being ready — should include building an Audience by Design.

Learn about the Audience by Design workshop here.