Art In Your Heart

Welcome everyone, my guest today is Kathleen O’Neil. By the way, we recorded this on location at a local coffee place so you will hear some background noise.  It was my first attempt to record on location and it was quite fun, so bear with us.

I met Kathleen about 10 years ago. Although she doesn’t consider herself as such, she IS a playwright.  That’s how I met her. But we’ll get into that during this episode. 

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Jesse Valencia is an actor, musician, writer, and filmmaker from Northern Arizona whose writing has appeared in Phoenix New Times, Flagstaff Live!, and The Big Smoke. He first appeared onscreen opposite Tom Sizemore in the indie crime drama Durant’s Never Closes, and studied screenwriting at the David Lynch Graduate School for Cinematic Arts at the Maharishi International University which is where I met him. 

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Welcome everyone, my guest today is Sean Murry.  Sean is an actor with a hereditary disease who has created a sitcom that contains a message and gives opportunities to others with dreams of being an actor but because they have some illness or other handicap aren’t seen by Hollywood as viable and he wants to help keep their art in their heart.  

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A chance encounter makes for a lasting friendship. No, it's not a movie I'm writing (but I will keep that as a logline); it's the meaning story behind the story of this episode. I met Sean Gumbert at an audition I was holding.  We got to talking and he agreed to be part of the podcast.  And like, Rick and Louie in Casablanca, this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Check out Sean on Instagram and on SoundCloud at ineff-ableworld.

Thanks for keeping the art in your heart.

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So let's talk to some recent college grads who had no idea they had art in their heart, discovered it, then the pandemic hit. What do you do? You look for the diamonds in the rough and much more.

Natalie, a student of mine, and her, now fiance, Ben is strategically planning a voice-over career. # #podcast #artinyourheart

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A lovely and informative talk with Julia Guichard,  Professor of Theatre Chair & Chief Departmental Advisor at Miami University in Oxford, OH.  We discuss how academia was affected by the pandemic and the innovative ways that creatives continued to bring theatre to life and their audience. 

Julia has been teaching at Miami University since 1998. She holds a BFA in Acting from the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago and an MFA in Acting from The Pennsylvania State University.

She is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, holding certificates from The Performance School and Alexander Technique International. As a guest artist, she has taught the Technique in the BFA acting programs at Carnegie Mellon, the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, and others.  She has worked as a movement and vocal coach for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, and others.

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Andrew is one helluva guy. He's a musician, screenwriter, YouTuber (is that a word or title?), an artist in more ways than one.

In this episode, we talk about evolving one's art, what it means to grow., and self-care.  Of course, no podcast is complete without talking about murder hornets and David Lynch!

You can find Andrew on Instagram, Spotify, and YouTube. 

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This episode is really special for me.  It’s a bit longer than our usual episodes so make time to hear the whole podcast. 

My guest is Solomon Roller. I don’t know this young man personally.  But this episode epitomizes why I started the Art In Your Heart podcast.  Solomon’s story and the lessons he shares are exactly what I set out to accomplish with the podcast.

There are some great insights from this young man in this episode. I especially like "create something will live forever."  I hope that message will live forever through this podcast and any art in your heart. 

Follow Solomon Roller on Instagram and on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/solomon-roller

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Welcome to "The Known Center of the Universe!"  My guest is "Professor" Tom Miller (as he's known by those of use in the DLMFA 2020 Program) and he's from Gainesville, FL, the aforementioned center of the universe.  The professor shares lots of wisdom in this episode about how to "do your stuff" and "make your vocation your vacation" which is hopefully that's what I'm going with this podcast.  

We caught up with Tom between martinis and lobster while on his flip-phone, but no one said the Known Center of the Universe is current on technology! 

P.S. Thanks to everyone for your patience and understanding about the last episode. My host was hacked and held for ransom - yes, seriously, but they outdid the bad guys.  

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George Swarn is definitely keeping the art in his heart by being unapologetically himself.  George was a student of mine who is now pursuing his craft as an actor.  This is a very inspiring interview about keeping the "Art In Your Heart." 

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