Archive for July 2023
Chris Ayers – A Drawing a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Check-out Character Designer Chris Ayers’ The Daily Zoo Character designer Chris Ayers has been drawing as long as he can remember, so it’s no surprise that he turned to something he loved (creating amusing and joy-provoking characters) during his fight with acute leukemia a few years ago. It all started a year after his diagnosis when he decided…
Read MoreMr. Poole Goes to Washington with the Armory Center for the Arts
The Armory Center for the Arts receives the 2015 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award. Before last week high school senior Dalon Poole had never traveled away from his hometown of Pasadena, California, or been on a plane, much less gotten a hug from the First Lady. These were some pretty big life events…
Read More5 Surprising Facts About Voice Over Acting
Breaking into voice over acting can be tough. Benita Scheckel shares a few surprising tips for working in this competitive field. 1. Less is more. The days of an actor being coveted for his or her ability to perform 20-30 wacky voices, in Looney Toons fashion, are mostly gone. Animation and commercial copy writers, more…
Read MoreActor Alicia Green Hears A Noise Within
Actor Alicia Green has found her artistic calling through her work at A Noise Within theatre company. Alicia Green has worked as a teaching artist and arts administrator for over eight years in New York, Denver and Los Angeles. She is a working actor with a passion for bringing the arts into the classroom of…
Read MoreThe CSSSA College Connection Visits Bennington College
Meet Isabel, CSSSA 2012 Los Angeles native Isabel Wing attended the California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) music program in 2012. If you asked her in high school if she would end up in rural Vermont for college she would have said it wasn’t even on her radar. Isabel came to CSSSA when she ran across…
Read More7 Must See Holiday Movies For Artists
Artzray presents our list of offbeat holiday movies that artists will love. Film has the power to transport you worlds away from the aggravations and absurdities of Black Friday, Cyber Monday or grandma getting run over by a reindeer. Film can also hold your eyes open and make you think, “I guess I don’t have…
Read More5 Things to Never Say to Your Bandmates: Tips for Playing in a Band
Being in a band can be tough. Learning how to work well with your bandmates is essential. Getting better as a group, from recording to playing live to writing songs, takes patience and time. After playing in a regularly gig-ing band for three years, my bandmates and I learned how to work together effectively, and…
Read MoreYour College Application Super Power for Artists (and everyone else)
The college application process can be challenging, but not if you know what your super power is and how to use it. So you know how X-Man Scott Summers — or Cyclops — has these really powerful laser eyes that he can’t control until he puts on those glasses that kind of look like the ones Geordi La…
Read MoreHow Doing a TEDx Talk Changed My Life
Spoken word poet, writer and college student Connie Martinez reflects on her experience giving a TEDx Talk. At the age of 17: Malala Yousafzai became the youngest recipient to become a Nobel Peace prize winner. Lydia Ko ranked third among pro women golfers (AND she’s the youngest millionaire in Ladies Professional Golf Association history), Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor (most…
Read MoreStand-Up Comedians to Watch in 2016
Here are some hot stand-up comedians to be on the look out for in 2016. If your New Year’s resolution is to have more fun and not take life so seriously, then we have a suggestion for you – watch stand-up comedy. Whether you’re an avid stand-up fan already, a comedy connoisseur or an SNL…
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