GO FORTH Kentucky GSA

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!

Hey GSA!  Join us as we catch up with alumna Erin Quinlan (DA '06) and dive into her powerful and winding journey after GSA and her path to yoga, wellness, and Reiki.  Erin Quinlan is currently located here in Louisville, Kentucky and you can find her teaching yoga, facilitating Reiki healing (she's a Reiki Master), and leading her online course, Steer Clearly which launches February 19th, 2020.  Steer Clearly, is a six-week course designed for those seeking transformation through a yoga lifestyle. To learn more about Steer Clearly or more about Erin, you can do so, here. 

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!

.Hey GSA!  Join us as we catch up with alumni Trevor Dylan Edwards (DA '13) and dive into his journey after GSA and what led him to create SOMA Dance Studio in Glasgow, Kentucky and his journey as a professional dancer throughout the nation.  In this episode, we touch on listening to your intuition, following your dreams (not others), and helping give back to a community that fostered your growth.

To learn more about SOMA and Trevor Dylan Edwards - you can do so, here!

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!

Hey GSA!  Join us as we catch up with alumni John Austin Clark (VM '00) as we dive into his journey after GSA and what led him to create Bourbon Baroque here in Louisville after time in Ohio, Canada, and New York.  In this episode, we touch on finding artistic community, learning by doing, trusting the journey, making a living doing what ignites you, and a whole lot about baroque music! We hope you enjoy listening!

To learn more about Bourbon Baroque and John Austin Clark - you can do so below!

Bourbon Baroque 

John Austin Clark 

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!

Hey GSA!  Join us as we catch up with alumni Samuel Lockridge (MT '06) and Tay Schulz (DR '08) as we dive into their creative processes within their company - Afterculture Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky.  In this episode, we touch on life after The Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts,  finding a creative community, finding artistic funding, and finding success and purpose in your creative process.  We hope you enjoy listening!

To purchase tickets to Afterculture's newest show - Who Holds The Devil with Afterculture Theatre, you can do so by visiting here: https://tinyurl.com/tybluuk. To learn more about Afterculture Theatre and the work they create in Central, Kentucky - you can do so here: http://www.afterculturetheatre.com/current-projects. Sam and Tay would love to express a deep thank you to Bo List, of AthensWest Theatre Company for providing them with so much help and guidance since the very beginning as well as Ave Lawyer of On the Verge Theatre Company for all the guidance, rehearsal sit-ins, opportunities, and support they've offered us over the years. Deepest gratitude to Bo List and Ave Lawyer!

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!