CEArts@TheRoundTable

Community • Education • Arts @theroundtable interview with Dianna Porter

@theroundtable is @4CEArts Community • Education • Arts, Inc.'s (CEArts) podcast & short videos series, where we discuss the Arts with writers, musicians, artists, and all kinds of creatives! Podcast episodes air on our website (https://cearts.org/theroundtable-podcast ) on Fridays at 4pm, and corresponding videos are uploaded to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKGauoE3k3ssNBmeCnYGH2Q/playlists?view=1&sort=da&flow=grid

More about Diana Porter: https://www.portalunlimited.com/

Community • Education • Arts @theroundtable interview with Megan Jefferson, Part 2

@theroundtable is Community • Education • Arts' (CEArts) podcast & short videos series, where we discuss the Arts with writers, musicians, artists, and all kinds of creatives! Podcast episodes air on our website (https://cearts.org/theroundtable-podcast ) on Fridays at 4pm, and corresponding videos are uploaded to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKGauoE3k3ssNBmeCnYGH2Q/playlists?view=1&sort=da&flow=grid

Megan Jefferson is an Indianapolis painter and has been actively creating work ever since receiving her BFA from Miami University in 1998. She has exhibited extensively, regionally and sells her work to designers and individual patrons. Megan’s work shifts in theme depending on the series. She loves to create pieces that have a focus on color-based abstraction. This fascination and innate personal connection to color is present in both her past and present work. Megan focuses on landscapes as a theme for her work. The broad area of color inspires her as she creates moods, visually. Each painting captures a moment in time and space that speaks to both imaginative and real places. Megan's recent work uses washes of color to create dreamy landscapes, coated in a glossy layer of resin. She describes the process of her work in this way:

I let the process define the artwork and describe my working process as a dance and conversation. I place down some color, and as certain areas and shapes evolve I will “answer” those happenings with additive or subtractive methods. This dance continues until each painting feels right. The result is thoughtful, intuitive, spontaneous and reflective.

​ More about Megan: https://www.jeffersonartstudio.com/

Community • Education • Arts (@4CEArts) @theroundtable interview with artist Megan Jefferson, Part 1

@theroundtable is Community • Education • Arts' podcast & short videos series, where we discuss the Arts with writers, musicians, artists, and all kinds of creatives! Podcast episodes air on our website (https://cearts.org/theroundtable-podcast ) on Fridays at 4pm, and corresponding videos are uploaded to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKGauoE3k3ssNBmeCnYGH2Q/playlists?view=1&sort=da&flow=grid

Megan Jefferson is an Indianapolis painter and has been actively creating work ever since receiving her BFA from Miami University in 1998. She has exhibited extensively, regionally and sells her work to designers and individual patrons. Megan’s work shifts in theme depending on the series. She loves to create pieces that have a focus on color-based abstraction. This fascination and innate personal connection to color is present in both her past and present work. Megan focuses on landscapes as a theme for her work. The broad area of color inspires her as she creates moods, visually. Each painting captures a moment in time and space that speaks to both imaginative and real places. Megan's recent work uses washes of color to create dreamy landscapes, coated in a glossy layer of resin. She describes the process of her work in this way:

I let the process define the artwork and describe my working process as a dance and conversation. I place down some color, and as certain areas and shapes evolve I will “answer” those happenings with additive or subtractive methods. This dance continues until each painting feels right. The result is thoughtful, intuitive, spontaneous and reflective.

Part 3 with “The Clarinet Guy” Eric Salazar. Eric is a professional musician, composer, and educator. Salazar holds a B.M. in Clarinet Performance from Ball State University and an M.M. in Clarinet Performance from Bowling Green State University. He currently serves as an Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Teaching Artist for Classical Music Indy where he manages, books, and promotes over a hundred and fifty performance events a year in Central Indiana. Eric pioneers the indie-classical genre, fusing his classical training with modern electronics with classical instruments, blending ancient styles with present musical trends. He has performed as a soloist and group musician in 8 states of the US and overseas in Belgium. Eric was also a guest contributor to the International Clarinet Association, BuzzReed! His latest clarinet solo album, Soul Search, was released with Centaur Records in 2017. The album contains recordings of Salazar's original compositions for solo clarinet and electronics.

More info about Eric Salazar: http://www.ericsalazarclarinet.com/     Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theclarinetguy

About @theroundtable:

Community • Education • Arts'@theroundtable podcast episodes air on our website, CEArts.org, Fridays at 4pm.

You can also listen here on Anchor, and on Spotify and Apple Podcasts:

CEArts @theroundtable: https://cearts.org/theroundtable-podcast/

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/s/34eae12c/podcast/rss

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0IRpXYWnTHxofzl6nRW3gz

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theroundtable/id1531060043?uo=4

We often invite some of our online Arts Showcase exhibitors and our NICE and The Polk Street Review participants to @theroundtable, but we also seek participation from folks we haven't worked with (yet!). Contact us via email at [email protected] to be a guest! Due to COVID-19, our guests will join us via Zoom for the foreseeable future. We are flexible with recording dates and times (almost any day of the week, any time). Each recording takes about a total of about 30-40 minutes. Corresponding videos are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKGauoE3k3ssNBmeCnYGH2Q/playlists?view=1&sort=da&flow=grid

Contact [email protected] if you are interested in joining us @theroundtable!

More info: https://cearts.org/theroundtable-podcast/

Part 2 with “The Clarinet Guy” Eric Salazar. Eric is a professional musician, composer, and educator. Salazar holds a B.M. in Clarinet Performance from Ball State University and an M.M. in Clarinet Performance from Bowling Green State University. He currently serves as an Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Teaching Artist for Classical Music Indy where he manages, books, and promotes over a hundred and fifty performance events a year in Central Indiana. Eric pioneers the indie-classical genre, fusing his classical training with modern electronics with classical instruments, blending ancient styles with present musical trends. He has performed as a soloist and group musician in 8 states of the US and overseas in Belgium. Eric was also a guest contributor to the International Clarinet Association, BuzzReed! His latest clarinet solo album, Soul Search, was released with Centaur Records in 2017. The album contains recordings of Salazar's original compositions for solo clarinet and electronics.

More info about Eric Salazar: http://www.ericsalazarclarinet.com/   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theclarinetguy

About @theroundtable:

Community • Education • Arts' @theroundtable podcast episodes air on our website, CEArts.org, Fridays at 4pm.

You can also listen here on Anchor, and on Spotify and Apple Podcasts:

CEArts @theroundtable: https://cearts.org/theroundtable-podcast/

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/s/34eae12c/podcast/rss

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0IRpXYWnTHxofzl6nRW3gz

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theroundtable/id1531060043?uo=4

We often invite some of our online Arts Showcase exhibitors and our NICE and The Polk Street Review participants to @theroundtable, but we also seek participation from folks we haven't worked with (yet!). Contact us via email at [email protected] to be a guest! Due to COVID-19, our guests will join us via Zoom for the foreseeable future. We are flexible with recording dates and times (almost any day of the week, any time). Each recording takes about a total of about 30-40 minutes. Corresponding videos are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKGauoE3k3ssNBmeCnYGH2Q/playlists?view=1&sort=da&flow=grid

Contact [email protected] if you are interested in joining us @theroundtable!

More info: https://cearts.org/theroundtable-podcast/

Part 1 with “The Clarinet Guy” Eric Salazar. Eric is a professional musician, composer, and educator. Salazar holds a B.M. in Clarinet Performance from Ball State University and an M.M. in Clarinet Performance from Bowling Green State University. He currently serves as an Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Teaching Artist for Classical Music Indy where he manages, books, and promotes over a hundred and fifty performance events a year in Central Indiana. Eric pioneers the indie-classical genre, fusing his classical training with modern electronics with classical instruments, blending ancient styles with present musical trends. He has performed as a soloist and group musician in 8 states of the US and overseas in Belgium. Eric was also a guest contributor to the International Clarinet Association, BuzzReed! His latest clarinet solo album, Soul Search, was released with Centaur Records in 2017. The album contains recordings of Salazar's original compositions for solo clarinet and electronics. 

More info about Eric Salazar: http://www.ericsalazarclarinet.com/   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theclarinetguy

About @theroundtable:

Community • Education • Arts' @theroundtable podcast episodes air on our website, CEArts.org, Fridays at 4pm. 

You can also listen here on Anchor, and on Spotify and Apple Podcasts:

CEArts @theroundtable: https://cearts.org/theroundtable-podcast/

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/s/34eae12c/podcast/rss

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0IRpXYWnTHxofzl6nRW3gz

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theroundtable/id1531060043?uo=4

We often invite some of our online Arts Showcase exhibitors and our NICE and The Polk Street Review participants to @theroundtable, but we also seek participation from folks we haven't worked with (yet!). Contact us via email at [email protected] to be a guest! Due to COVID-19, our guests will join us via Zoom for the foreseeable future. We are flexible with recording dates and times (almost any day of the week, any time). Each recording takes about a total of about 30-40 minutes. Corresponding videos are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKGauoE3k3ssNBmeCnYGH2Q/playlists?view=1&sort=da&flow=grid

Contact [email protected] if you are interested in joining us @theroundtable! 

More info: https://cearts.org/theroundtable-podcast/

6th Annual NICE (Noblesville Interdisciplinary Creativity Expo) Workshop Series #1

We has fun in our online Zoom workshop series on Saturday August 29 when we discussed the many Romances & Relationships in our 2020 selected NICE novels: Little Women, Jane Eyre, Gone With the Wind, and Dracula.

Session 1: Healthy Relationships (votes for Best Healthy Relationship)

Session 2: Dysfunctional Relationships (votes for Most Dysfunctional Relationship)

Session 3: "Friend-Zoned" Relationships (votes for Best "Friend-Zoned Relationship)

2020 NICE Workshops:

Participants at our workshops are encouraged to create new artwork, writings, and music/songs inspired by the four selected passages and our creative discussions. Whether or not you attend a workshop, your inspired creations may be submitted for the 6th Annual Presentations Event on November 07, 2020.

About CEArts’ annual Noblesville Interdisciplinary Creativity Expo (NICE) project:

The brainchild of author Sarah E. Morin and artist/author Alys Caviness-Gober, NICE is now in its 6th year. The annual project includes workshops, and main event in the Fall. NICE offers the opportunity to be (re)inspired by classic literary passages selected by Alys and Sarah E. each year. NICE breathes new life into the classics by encouraging people to discuss the works selected, engage in critical thinking, and experimenting with creativity.

This year’s four selected books are: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Dracula by Bram Stoker, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, for the first time ever, we’re sharing our behind-the-scenes discussions for selecting the books and passages for our 2020 NICE project. We started with a short list of eight books this year: Jane Eyre, Emma, Gone With The Wind, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, Little Women, Portrait of Jenny, and The Turn of the Screw. We discussed each book, then select our Final Four Books, then discussed several passages from each book and chose the Final Four Passages (one from each book). Our behind-the-scenes episodes are uploaded each Friday at 4pm. Corresponding short videos can be seen on our YouTube channel 2020 NICE playlist.

Content Note: Written works, especially classics and books set in historical time periods, almost always contain problematic content: intolerance, prejudice, discrimination, and racism. This year’s four selected books all possess elements of prejudice, intolerance, and racism, as well as classism, and violence and domestic abuse.

@theroundtable 2020 NICE Workshop 1, Session 3, Part 1

6th Annual NICE (Noblesville Interdisciplinary Creativity Expo) Workshop Series #1

We has fun in our online Zoom workshop series on Saturday August 29 when we discussed the many Romances & Relationships in our 2020 selected NICE novels: Little Women, Jane Eyre, Gone With the Wind, and Dracula.

Session 1: Healthy Relationships (vote for Best Healthy Relationship)

Session 2: Dysfunctional Relationships (vote for Most Dysfunctional Relationship)

Session 3: "Friend-Zoned" Relationships (vote for Best "Friend-Zoned Relationship)

2020 NICE Workshops:

Participants at our workshops are encouraged to create new artwork, writings, and music/songs inspired by the four selected passages and our creative discussions. Whether or not you attend a workshop, your inspired creations may be submitted for the 6th Annual Presentations Event on November 07, 2020.

About CEArts’ annual Noblesville Interdisciplinary Creativity Expo (NICE) project:

The brainchild of author Sarah E. Morin and artist/author Alys Caviness-Gober, NICE is now in its 6th year. The annual project includes workshops, and main event in the Fall. NICE offers the opportunity to be (re)inspired by classic literary passages selected by Alys and Sarah E. each year. NICE breathes new life into the classics by encouraging people to discuss the works selected, engage in critical thinking, and experimenting with creativity.

This year’s four selected books are: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Dracula by Bram Stoker, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, for the first time ever, we’re sharing our behind-the-scenes discussions for selecting the books and passages for our 2020 NICE project. We started with a short list of eight books this year: Jane Eyre, Emma, Gone With The Wind, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, Little Women, Portrait of Jenny, and The Turn of the Screw. We discussed each book, then select our Final Four Books, then discussed several passages from each book and chose the Final Four Passages (one from each book). Our behind-the-scenes episodes are uploaded each Friday at 4pm. Corresponding short videos can be seen on our YouTube channel 2020 NICE playlist.

Content Note: Written works, especially classics and books set in historical time periods, almost always contain problematic content: intolerance, prejudice, discrimination, and racism. This year’s four selected books all possess elements of prejudice, intolerance, and racism, as well as classism, and violence and domestic abuse.

@theroundtable 2020 NICE Workshop 1, Session 2, Part 2

6th Annual NICE (Noblesville Interdisciplinary Creativity Expo) Workshop Series #1

We has fun in our online Zoom workshop series on Saturday August 29 when we discussed the many Romances & Relationships in our 2020 selected NICE novels: Little Women, Jane Eyre, Gone With the Wind, and Dracula.

Session 1: Healthy Relationships (vote for Best Healthy Relationship)

Session 2: Dysfunctional Relationships (vote for Most Dysfunctional Relationship)

Session 3: "Friend-Zoned" Relationships (vote for Best "Friend-Zoned Relationship)

2020 NICE Workshops:

Participants at our workshops are encouraged to create new artwork, writings, and music/songs inspired by the four selected passages and our creative discussions. Whether or not you attend a workshop, your inspired creations may be submitted for the 6th Annual Presentations Event on November 07, 2020.

About CEArts’ annual Noblesville Interdisciplinary Creativity Expo (NICE) project:

The brainchild of author Sarah E. Morin and artist/author Alys Caviness-Gober, NICE is now in its 6th year. The annual project includes workshops, and main event in the Fall. NICE offers the opportunity to be (re)inspired by classic literary passages selected by Alys and Sarah E. each year. NICE breathes new life into the classics by encouraging people to discuss the works selected, engage in critical thinking, and experimenting with creativity.

This year’s four selected books are: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Dracula by Bram Stoker, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, for the first time ever, we’re sharing our behind-the-scenes discussions for selecting the books and passages for our 2020 NICE project. We started with a short list of eight books this year: Jane Eyre, Emma, Gone With The Wind, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, Little Women, Portrait of Jenny, and The Turn of the Screw. We discussed each book, then select our Final Four Books, then discussed several passages from each book and chose the Final Four Passages (one from each book). Our behind-the-scenes episodes are uploaded each Friday at 4pm. Corresponding short videos can be seen on our YouTube channel 2020 NICE playlist.

Content Note: Written works, especially classics and books set in historical time periods, almost always contain problematic content: intolerance, prejudice, discrimination, and racism. This year’s four selected books all possess elements of prejudice, intolerance, and racism, as well as classism, and violence and domestic abuse.

@theroundtable 2020 NICE Workshop 1, Session 2, Part 1

We has fun in our online Zoom workshop series on Saturday   August 29 when we discussed the many Romances & Relationships in our 2020   selected NICE novels: Little Women, Jane Eyre, Gone   With the Wind,  and Dracula.

Session 1: Healthy Relationships (vote for Best Healthy Relationship)

Session 2: Dysfunctional Relationships (vote for Most Dysfunctional Relationship)

Session 3: "Friend-Zoned" Relationships (vote for Best "Friend-Zoned" Relationship)

2020 NICE Workshops:

Participants at our workshops are encouraged to create new artwork, writings, and music/songs inspired by the four selected passages and our creative discussions. Whether or not you attend a workshop, your inspired creations may be submitted for the 6th Annual Presentations Event on November 07, 2020.

About CEArts’ annual Noblesville Interdisciplinary Creativity Expo (NICE) project:

The brainchild of author Sarah E. Morin and artist/author Alys Caviness-Gober, NICE is now in its 6th year. The annual project includes workshops, and main event in the Fall. NICE offers the opportunity to be (re)inspired by classic literary passages selected by Alys and Sarah E. each year. NICE breathes new life into the classics by encouraging people to discuss the works selected, engage in critical thinking, and experimenting with creativity.

This year’s four selected books are: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Dracula by Bram Stoker, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, for the first time ever, we’re sharing our behind-the-scenes discussions for selecting the books and passages for our 2020 NICE project. We started with a short list of eight books this year: Jane Eyre, Emma, Gone With The Wind, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, Little Women, Portrait of Jenny, and The Turn of the Screw. We discussed each book, then select our Final Four Books, then discussed several passages from each book and chose the Final Four Passages (one from each book). Our behind-the-scenes episodes are uploaded each Friday at 4pm. Corresponding short videos can be seen on our YouTube channel 2020 NICE playlist.

Content Note: Written works, especially classics and books set in historical time periods, almost always contain problematic content: intolerance, prejudice, discrimination, and racism. This year’s four selected books all possess elements of prejudice, intolerance, and racism, as well as classism, and violence and domestic abuse.