Off the ChARTs

Carina is an 18-year-old singer, dancer, actress and model from Ontario, who has been driven by a passion for the arts as a multi-faceted creative for years. Carina is an original member of the all-girl pop-rock group Girl Pow-R. They advocate for self-expression, female empowerment, and overall awareness for various other social causes. In fact, their debut album “This Is Us” went on to be nominated for a JUNO in the Children’s Album of the Year Category 2020. Carina has also released multiple solo singles including “Just Groove” and “Good Intentions”.   In this episode, we sit down with Carina and chat about her early years as a competitive dancer, the influence of her musically-inclined family, and of course, her experience with Girl Pow-R. We also get an inside look at how Carina was able to overcome her own mental health struggles and her work in advocacy, including working with the Ontario Ministry of Education to implement mental health arts initiatives. Hope you enjoy it!!

Guest:

Carina (@carinaa.b)

Girl Pow-R (@girl_pow_r)

Hosted by:

Amber Dhall (@amber_dhall, @beyond.the.film on Instagram)

Jasma Zhou (@jasma_fusion_cuisine on Youtube and Instagram)

Contact information:

Email - [email protected]

Instagram - @offthecharts_podcast

Jessie is a Vancouver-based actress, playwright, and acting coach whose love of the arts has led her on an incredibly successful journey as an industry creative. From her work as the Associate Resident Producer for the award-winning theatre company Solo Collective to being a part of Pacific Theatre’s 2018 production and tour of Kim’s Convenience, and even founding her own company Acting Expanded in 2020, Jessie has a lot of information and tips from her experiences!  In the episode, we chat about how Jessie’s path as a creative didn’t always go as planned. Not only did she start off in a completely different field of study, but also experienced the incredible hardships that come with working as a professional creative  (socially and financially). Nevertheless, Jessie talks about how all those struggles (and knowledge she obtained as a business student) helped her in founding both her career and company as an actor!

Guest:

Jessie Liang (@jessieliang21, @actingexpanded)

Acting Expanded Coaching - https://actingexpanded.teachable.com/

Facebook - http://facebook.com/actingexpanded

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/actingexpanded/

Free mini-course - https://actingexpanded.teachable.com/p/acting-after-graduation-going-from-amateur-to-pro-in-7-steps1

Hosted by:

Amber Dhall (@amber_dhall, @beyond.the.film on Instagram)

Jasma Zhou (@jasma_fusion_cuisine on Youtube and Instagram)

Contact information:

Email - [email protected]

Instagram - @offthecharts_podcast

Julia is a 17-year-old youth filmmaker, visual artist and photographer based in Toronto. She is currently enrolled in the film program at the Etobicoke School of the Arts and has been a member of TIFF’s youth programming team, the TIFF Next Wave Committee, for almost 3 years. With all of this experience, her work has been recognized and acclaimed in a variety of settings such as being a recipient of the Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Key, as well as having her work screened at the Philadelphia Youth Film Festival in 2019. Her work ventures into a variety of art forms and mediums, mainly exploring the stories of navigating western societies through the influences of race. Julia describes her work as aiming to attack western ethnocentrism, and shine a light on the duality between our own cultural identities.

In this episode, Julia speaks about her journey finding her identity in a white-majority school, meeting amazing people on the TIFF Nextwave Committee and how everything has translated into her arts. We also chat about some light-hearted topics such as the iMovie experience and the blessing and curse that is online school and events. Hope you enjoy it!!

Guest:

Julia Yoo (@julia.yoo)

Check out her art! - @juliayooart

Hosted by:

Amber Dhall (@amber_dhall, @beyond.the.film on Instagram)

Jasma Zhou (@jasma_fusion_cuisine on Youtube and Instagram)

Contact information:

Email - [email protected]

Instagram - @offthecharts_podcast

Janet Hamrani is a freshman at the Stevens Institute of Technology who’s been able to use her love of STEM to manifest a passion for multimedia and digital arts. Along with an extensive background as a coder, she is the founder of the magazine Consonancie, connecting youth creatives from all around the world. Consonancie strives to give platforms for aspiring artists to share their work in journalism, photography and visual art forms. They currently have over 100 writers globally and created a 96-page print issue to showcase their work in July 2020. In this episode, we hear about Janet's experiences being involved in both the STEM and Art fields. She speaks about the process of starting her own online platform for artists and writers to share their ideas and opinions regarding social issues, as well as how it became a printed issue. 

Guest:

Janet Hamrani (@janet.hamrani)

Consonancie - http://www.consonancie.com/

Hosted by:

Amber Dhall (@amber_dhall, @beyond.the.film on Instagram)

Jasma Zhou (@jasma_fusion_cuisine on Youtube and Instagram)

Contact information:

Email - [email protected]

Instagram - @offthecharts_podcast

Brielle is a 17-year-old professional actress and amateur filmmaker and writer who's been in the multimedia industry ever since 9 years old. She has worked on a variety of projects, such as The Silencing (2020), the CBC Series “Endlings” and Netflix Original “Creeped Out”. Some of her personal works include a short film that garnered her the best Canadian short work award at the Whistler Film Festival. In this episode, we hear about her experiences from entering the entertainment industry at a young age. We learn about how she has been able to integrate activism into the arts by establishing her own multimedia company BRYYZ and is aiming to change the world through her films, literature and initiatives. Be sure to check out her amazing work!!

Guest: 

Brielle Robillard (@brielle_robillard)

Multi-media company - https://www.bryyz.ca

Hosted by:

Amber Dhall (@amber_dhall, @beyond.the.film on Instagram)

Jasma Zhou (@jasma_fusion_cuisine on Youtube and Instagram)

Contact information:

Email - [email protected]

Instagram - @offthecharts_podcast

In the first-ever episode of Off the ChARTs, co-hosts Amber and Jasma chat about their artistic backgrounds, journey and ambitions. Later into the episode, the conversation drifts away from their personal views regarding the artistic industry. Amber geeks out about her all-time favourite film (it won't be the last time) and Jasma looks back on her embarrassing Youtube days (no judgement please). Apologies for such a lengthy episode but hopefully you'll enjoy it!

Hosted by:

Amber Dhall (@amber_dhall, @beyond.the.film on Instagram)

Jasma Zhou (@jasma_fusion_cuisine on Youtube and Instagram)

Contact information: 

Email - [email protected]

Instagram - @offthecharts_podcast