Embrace the Mess Paras Chaudhari & Gavin Bernard
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Teaching Artists Gavin Bernard and Paras Chaudhari navigate challenging circumstances and search for solutions alongside resilient and creative Atlanta Public High School students.The real, uncensored conversations exist to be an inspiration for other youth-serving educators to share stories of their own work.
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111 - Community is the Truth
Atlanta's artist community pulled up and saved the day. Gavin and Paras discuss shooting the music video with the help of local muralists, art venues, storyboard artists and more.Follow Embrace the Mess, @etmpod, or etmpod.com. You can e-mail us questions and comments at etm@reimagineatl.comre:imagine/ATL is a 510(c)3 nonprofit, and all donations are tax deductible. Support this work at reimagineatl.com.Sound Design & Score:Brent Busby
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111 - Bonus: Brent Busby | Sound Mixer @Adult Swim
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111 - Bonus: Dustin Bolton | Graphic Novelist
Paras and Gavin talk with Dustin Bolton, a contract media artist and graphic novelist. Discussion highlights include being a passive consumer vs an active creator, creative career opportunities for youth, and the ideal environment to develop creative discipline.Find out more about Dustin and see his work at http://www.dualbo.com/ and instagram.com/dus10. His first graphic novel, Kudzu: Heart of the Mountain, will be released soon.Follow Embrace the Mess, @etmpod, or etmpod.com. You can e-mail...
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111 - Bonus: Emma & Scott Satterfield | Filmmaking Family
Paras and Gavin talk with Emma Satterfield, re:imagine/ATL alumni who served as first assistant director on the Know Your Worth music video and teacher’s assistant throughout the program. Emma shares her perspective on living in the same neighborhood as Forrest Hill Academy, and working with teens as a young filmmaker. Her father Scott joins the conversation and discusses his decades of experience as a Grip in the Southeast.Emma is a young photographer and filmmaker, you can follow her ...
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111 - Bonus: Fabian Williams aka Occasional Superstar
Paras and Gavin talk with Fabian Williams, aka Occasional Superstar, an Atlanta muralist creating political and socially relevant contemporary art. Discussion highlights include Fabian’s personal constitution for success, the journey from working in the corporate world to independent artist, and his insights on becoming a mentor for the next generation.Follow Embrace the Mess, @etmpod, or etmpod.com. You can e-mail us questions and comments at etm@reimagineatl.comre:imagine/ATL is a 510(c)3 n...
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111 - Bonus: Jessica Helfrecht | Executive Director of MINT
Paras and Gavin talk with Jessica Helfrecht, executive director of MINT Gallery. MINT Gallery was founded to serve and highlight emerging artists. Jessica shares the importance of saying “yes”, giving back as a business model, and encouraging experimental art.Find out more about MINT Gallery at mintatl.org and instagram.com/mintatl. MINT is proud to be the first W.A.G.E.-Certified organization in Georgia, committed to paying artists a living wage.Follow Embrace the Mess, @etmpod, or etmpod.co...