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How Musician Prince Charles Alexander Uses Creativity to Fuel His Career and Inspire Others

Posted on August 15, 2018

As a musician and funk artist, Prince Charles Alexander can light up a stage. But as a passionate teacher with a career filled with amazing successes, he can also light-up a classroom to inspire future music producers.

By continually following his passions and staying self-aware of what makes him happy, Alexander has filled his career with big leaps and challenges that have kept his love for music at the forefront of his livelihood. From front-man musician to Grammy-award winning producer and engineer to highly regarded professor, Alexander seems to have figured out how to stay both relevant and energized in

Men In The Arts

Beyond the Baseline with Font Designer Cyrus Highsmith

Posted on June 20, 2018

“My approach to type design is based in my background in art. I’m a drawer. I carry a sketchbook almost everywhere I go. I draw in it almost everyday.” -Cyrus Highsmith

From Entertainment Weekly to the Wall Street Journal, Cyrus Highsmith’s font designs are making headlines. With cool names like Scout, Antenna and Gasket, he takes his inspiration from everywhere including plants. Let’s explore engineering and technology in typography creation as Cyrus shares the how and why of font design.

“Unfortunately, there weren’t any classes at my school about type design. I had to teach myself. At the … READ MORE

Men In The Arts

Creating A Signature Look with Illustrator Frankie B Washington

Posted on May 29, 2018

We continue our series on Men in the Arts with famed illustrator, Frankie B Washington. With over 30 years experience working as a professional illustrator, Frankie has more experience than words can communicate. From advertising, storyboards and key-frames for studios, to Marvel Comics trading cards and Transformers, just have a look at his hand drawn art and see what Frankie B is all about!

“I consider myself a versatile illustrator because of my many years working in advertising and with various art & creative directors. Working with many different clients forced me to have an adaptable art style yet

Men In The Arts

Finding a Career in Creativity Through the Camera Lens with Jason Ewart

Posted on May 22, 2018

From commercials to feature films, like Fantastic Beasts, Everest, and Star Wars, Jason Ewart is a talented yet modest artist who captures and creates iconic moments in moving art forms. As a successful professional artist, Jason gives us a glimpse through his lens to see what it’s like to be a Hollywood cameraman.

“Becoming a good camera and Steadicam operator requires three things: practice, determination, and patience. It takes years to become good at it and you never stop learning. But the only way to get better is to do as much of it as you

Women In Science

How to Make Ordinary Materials Stand for Something Big (Like Science!)

Posted on March 19, 2018

The Visionary Paper Technician: Kelli Anderson

Artist, designer, coder, author, and tinkering science enthusiast Kelli Anderson’s gallery exhibits encourage visitors to touch, tinker, poke, spin, and otherwise interact with her art! You may have seen the paper technician’s pop-up work This Book Is A Camera displayed at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), or spotted Kelli in the pages of National Geographic KIDS’ By the Numbers, which features people who use math in unusual ways in their professions. You may even have caught her surrealistic 2015 music video for the band They Might Be … READ MORE

Engineering Nerds In Real Life

Meet Matthew Reinhart and His Amazing Paper Art

Posted on May 24, 2017

Taking Story-Telling and Origami to a Whole New Level

“I think everyone is born an artist – we just forget it or lose confidence as we get older because we think we aren’t good enough. Kids don’t have those art hang-ups. I envy them!”

– Matthew Reinhart

Even before they get to preschool or elementary art class, our kids have explored and expressed their creativity through paper. They’ve feverishly scribbled with crayons into coloring books (and, sometimes, onto walls, furniture, and family pets), made collages with construction paper, and dipped curious fingers into paints to turn blank sheets … READ MORE