GAVIN JAMES CREEL - Tony & Olivier Award-Winning Actor, Singer & Songwriter - Highlights

GAVIN JAMES CREEL - Tony & Olivier Award-Winning Actor, Singer & Songwriter - Highlights

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Tony & Olivier Award-Winning Actor, Singer & Songwriter

To not honor that we are all creative, beautiful, interesting deep, rich individuals. We’re not zeros and ones on a spreadsheet. We’re not scientifically explained. We are not mathematically judged. We are imperfect blobs of emotion and bone and spirit and life and when we come together there is nothing greater than the chemistry and the alchemy of musical theater… There’s a joy, there’s a bounce, there’s an effervescence that’s part of that music. I had a great teacher in college, the head of our program Brent Wagner said, 'With lyrics, I can tell you to open the door, but with music I can tell you how.’ Lyrics are information and music is emotion.

GAVIN JAMES CREEL - A Tony-Winning Journey from The Book of Mormon to Hello, Dolly!

GAVIN JAMES CREEL - A Tony-Winning Journey from The Book of Mormon to Hello, Dolly!

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Tony & Olivier Award-Winning Actor, Singer & Songwriter

To not honor that we are all creative, beautiful, interesting deep, rich individuals. We’re not zeros and ones on a spreadsheet. We’re not scientifically explained. We are not mathematically judged. We are imperfect blobs of emotion and bone and spirit and life and when we come together there is nothing greater than the chemistry and the alchemy of musical theater… There’s a joy, there’s a bounce, there’s an effervescence that’s part of that music. I had a great teacher in college, the head of our program Brent Wagner said, 'With lyrics, I can tell you to open the door, but with music I can tell you how.’ Lyrics are information and music is emotion.

FRANÇOIS CLEMMONS - 1st African American Actor on Children’s TV - Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood - Highlights

FRANÇOIS CLEMMONS - 1st African American Actor on Children’s TV - Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood - Highlights

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Singer · Author
1st African American Actor on Children’s TV · Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

I always find it an ironic thing to think about the fact that Fred Rogers was colour-blind. He could barely tell a blue from a grey. I was young and to him I was a child and I certainly played the role of a child and he played the role of parent… He was profoundly patient.

Grammy Award Winner FRANÇOIS CLEMMONS on Pioneering African American Representation on Children's TV

Grammy Award Winner FRANÇOIS CLEMMONS on Pioneering African American Representation on Children's TV

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Singer · Author
1st African American Actor on Children’s TV · Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

I always find it an ironic thing to think about the fact that Fred Rogers was colour-blind. He could barely tell a blue from a grey. I was young and to him I was a child and I certainly played the role of a child and he played the role of parent… He was profoundly patient.

Chilean singer-songwriter & activist NANO STERN On Tradition, Innovation & the Power of Song - Highlights

Chilean singer-songwriter & activist NANO STERN On Tradition, Innovation & the Power of Song - Highlights

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Musician and Songwriter

There is a metaphor to every single word that we say, we're just not aware. But if we were aware, then it would become very interesting. And that's the quest for me to be constantly more and more aware because it's so beautiful. It's a quest for beauty as well.

The Intersection of Music, Culture & Activism with NANO STERN

The Intersection of Music, Culture & Activism with NANO STERN

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Musician and Songwriter

There is a metaphor to every single word that we say, we're just not aware. But if we were aware, then it would become very interesting. And that's the quest for me to be constantly more and more aware because it's so beautiful. It's a quest for beauty as well.

Creating Cultural Impact: VALLEJO GANTNER, Artistic Exec. Director, ONASSIS USA - Highlights

Creating Cultural Impact: VALLEJO GANTNER, Artistic Exec. Director, ONASSIS USA - Highlights

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Executive Artistic Director · Onassis USA

The Humanities Impact Program is something that Young Kim, who is director of education here in New York, really built. And it is, I think, a very impactful, thoughtful program of support and collaboration with a range of organizations that, again, is about trying to build some of these classical ideas into the kind of contemporary practice where historically they've been ignored.

From PS122 to Onassis USA: VALLEJO GANTNER's Journey in the Arts

From PS122 to Onassis USA: VALLEJO GANTNER's Journey in the Arts

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Executive Artistic Director · Onassis USA

The Humanities Impact Program is something that Young Kim, who is director of education here in New York, really built. And it is, I think, a very impactful, thoughtful program of support and collaboration with a range of organizations that, again, is about trying to build some of these classical ideas into the kind of contemporary practice where historically they've been ignored.

Curating Community: Behind the Scenes at GUILD HALL MUSEUM - Highlights

Curating Community: Behind the Scenes at GUILD HALL MUSEUM - Highlights

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Museum Director & Chief Curator · Guild Hall of East Hampton

I think that what you're doing is definitely offering a service to so many people and letting them explore various forms of creativity and how you can use that creativity to enhance the world. I don't mean it in a highfalutin way, but I think that art does influence the world on many different levels. On a daily level, but on a more global level.

Exploring the Artistic Landscape of the Hamptons w/ GUILD HALL MUSEUM's CHRISTINA MOSSAIDES STRASSFIELD

Exploring the Artistic Landscape of the Hamptons w/ GUILD HALL MUSEUM's CHRISTINA MOSSAIDES STRASSFIELD

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Museum Director & Chief Curator · Guild Hall of East Hampton

I think that what you're doing is definitely offering a service to so many people and letting them explore various forms of creativity and how you can use that creativity to enhance the world. I don't mean it in a highfalutin way, but I think that art does influence the world on many different levels. On a daily level, but on a more global level.

Shelter Songs with Singer, Songwriter TERRY RADIGAN

Shelter Songs with Singer, Songwriter TERRY RADIGAN

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Musician and Songwriter

So, I started the program called Shelter Songs. I'm in two shelters now and expanding to 4 or 5 throughout the city. It's a nice thing to just look at them and say, "I'm with you for an hour. I'm here to serve you. Whatever you want. I have no agenda on what we're going to write.