5. Harry Pickens: Artist Resiliency + Merging Mindfulness with Art

Hey GSA!  Join us as we catch up with Harry Pickens - the longtime "Artist in Residence" at The Governor's School for the Arts. 

Harry Pickens, B.A, CAPP, is an award-winning performing artist, educator, positive psychology practitioner, and life transformation coach. As pianist and composer, his multifaceted musical career has featured collaborations with hundreds of the world’s great jazz artists, choral works featuring the poetry of Wendell Berry, and a recent performance for the Dalai Lama. The 2009 recipient of the Kentucky Governor’s Award For The Arts In Education, the state's highest honor in the creative and performing arts, he also serves as Artist-In-Residence for the Kentucky Governor’s School For The Arts and served as Ambassador For Artistry In Education at Berklee School of Music during the 2013-2014 academic year. Blending his artistic identity with cutting-edge research in peak performance psychology, he has taught over 20,000 musicians how to transform performance anxiety into rock-star confidence through his From StageFright to Standing Ovation™ workshops. As a positive psychology practitioner and life transformation coach, he develops and shares practical applications of cutting-edge research in the science of wellbeing.

In this episode we dive into topics such as 

• Artist resiliency in times of struggle
• Forming new habits
• The importance of mindfulness in a creative life 
• And so much more!

Come catch up with Harry and spend time with the GSA Family!

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Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts is a program of The Kentucky Performing Arts here in Louisville, Kentucky.  To find out more about Kentucky Performing Arts, you can do so here - https://www.kentuckyperformingarts.org/

Thanks for listening!  Please share the podcast will fellow GSA Alumni, fellow Kentucky creatives, and artists alike.  Until next time, go forth and make great art!