This week on Teaching in the Arts, Rene Roy, Senior Co0ordinator of Guest-Facing Volunteer Programs at the Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago. We had a great discussion about Rene’s career and journey from being an actor and director, to being chair of the Theater Arts Program at National-Lous University for nearly 20 years.
I first met Rene in the early 2000s while he was a producer and on-camera talent at Skylight TV, the in house production arm of Children’s Memorial Hospital. We get into that fascinating gig, and he tells me when he met Mr. Rogers, who Rene says was the genuine article. And if anyone hasn’t seen the Mr. Rogers documentary, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, you must check it out. It’s a great film.
The Lesson of the Day, short and sweet, go vote! Tomorrow is election day, throw the bums out. If you are a teacher, talk about it in your classes. It’s a great conversation with Rene, and I learned a lot. I can’t wait to get lunch with him next week and talk off mics.
And if that’s not enough, basketball legend Bill Russell makes it into the conversation- for reals! But you have to catch the whole podcast to see how Mr. Russell makes the podcast.
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And for anyone who is interested, I have been slowly but surely been adding videos to what I am calling my film archive. It goes back to the 1980s and up to present day. You can check that out here.
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