Teaching in the Arts

It's fall break at Loyola University in Chicago, and just in time. The students are dealing with two local murders, the trial of a police officer who killed a suspect by shooting him 16 times, and being homesick. All this on the Columbus Day episode of Teaching in the Arts.

Peter invites his former student Anne Versnel to sit across the table to talk about her Instagram account about grilled cheese sandwiches, here4agoudatime her experiences at Loyola University in Chicago, internships, and how college made her the person she is today.

Veteran film editor and teacher Alaric Martin sits across the table from Peter as they talk about the influence of the Burrell Advertising Agency, the editing room as the "Room of Truth," and teaching and mentoring college students.

This week part of of our documentary following Andrew Shabat through his first semester as a college teacher. This week he teaches his first classes, gets a faculty observation, completes the semester, and we review his course evaluations live on the TITA mics.

Andrew Shabat, the Teaching in the Arts audio engineer, is about to teach his first college course. In Part 1Peter follows Andrew through his teaching prep, talks with his course coordinators, and talks to Andrew about teaching. Next week Part 2- the semester, a course observation, and the student evaluations.

Labor Day means summer is over, school has resumed. Lesson of the Day- despite 10,000 hours, you can still learn something. Plus the new school year and teaching 8:15am classes to college students!

In 2014 President Obama proclaimed Joseph Lento a National Teacher of Arts and Humanities. Jospeh is a conservatory trained musician, a professional trumpeter. He has been a teacher in the New York City area since 1984, he joins Peter via Skype.

Tom Blakemore sits across from Peter to cover a wide range of topics including radio legend Jean Shepherd, Leonard Bernstein, Walter Murch, and Orson Welles' Touch of Evil. Tom Blakemore is the author of Recording Voiceover: The Spoken Word in Media.

From her career as a caterer to helping students with learning differences, Peter and Adrienne talk about the learning process, critical thinking, and reading and writing for lifelong learning. Plus, the lesson of the day: being creative within parameters.

Several times a year, it appears as if Mercury is going backwards. These times in particular were traditionally associated with confusions, delay, and frustration. And that is this past week for Teaching in the Arts.