Podcast Episodes — arts and humanities

Season 2 - Episode 18: Shara Lewis-Campbell - Creating Publishing Opportunities for People with Challenging Backgrounds In this episode, we speak with Shara Lewis-Campbell and her partner's mission with Beauty and the Beast Publishing. It is a company that publishes writers from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, and writers that are incarcerated, providing them a voice. Beauty and the Beast Publishing helps to motivate aspiring authors’ creativity through independently published works. Shara discusses writing, authors, and how we can motivate the writer within ourselves.   If you enjoyed this episode please help support our podcast by buying us a cup of coffee......

  Episode 49: Deenagh Miller - Art, Creativity & the Creative Process In our conversations with the artist Deenagh Miller, we explore her career as a full-time artist. We also discuss with her what she learned as an art teacher about representational and non-representational art, art galleries, and the future of art. She also talks about her creative life in Italy. She explains her pen and ink drawings. She shares her philosophical views on being creative and has some advice for people that want to be more creative.   Deenagh says, " Images affect and influence our mood and state of mind whether...

 Episode 41: Yael Cherni - The Difference Between Being and Artist and an Entertainer Our guest Yael Cherni shares with us her dynamic career as a Soprano, Conductor, and Lecturer. She discusses her experiences in chamber "lieder" music and her love of Gershwin. She also discusses the difference between being an artist and an entertainer. A very accomplished talent in three creative disciplines. Yael has excelled in her career as a formidable talent that has been appreciated by audiences from all over the world. Yael also gives us a musical snack with a selection from Schuman and Gershwin. Yael Cherni:...

    Episode 39: Giovanni Lazzaro - Italian Violin Maker In this episode, Giovanni Lazzaro an artisan of string instruments shares what it's like to be a true craftsman creating perfect performing instruments for the most accomplished musicians. He prides himself in creating instruments that best perform the true "Italian sound". Working with exotic woods and building a string instrument that not only looks elegant but achieves a heavenly sound that can last for centuries and handed down from one master musician to another.   Show Notes:  Episode 39: Giovanni Lazzaro Italian Violin Maker00:00:17 - 00:05:03Every time we schedule an...

  Episode 38: Monica L. Smith - Piecing Life Through Fragments Want to know what it's really like to be an archaeologist? Our guest Monica L. Smith is an archaeologist and author. Monica provides us with an in-depth look at archaeology. Its impact on civilizations past and present. Plus, what it's like to live life as an archeologist. She teaches archeology and has written numerous books on the subject. Discover what it means to piece life through its many fragments - past and present.     Show Notes: