Peter Hawley

This week on Teaching in the Arts, my friend, Emmy Award winning editor, and teacher in the arts, Jason Rosenfield.  Jason joined me on Skype, as you can see here, and check out that Emmy Awars (one of three) over his right shoulder.

As you will hear, I think Jason is terrific.  We have only known each other a short time, and have only spent maybe 80 hours in each others’ company, but we get along famously.

Jason and I worked at Columbia College Hollywood together.  I guess, technically, I was his boss, but we were more colleagues.  We co-taught a documentary theory and production class, and those Wednesday nights in the Valley were the highlights of my time in Los Angeles.

On this episode we talk about his career from editing Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean for Robert Altman, to his current work as supervising editor on Oscar winner Jordan Peele’s Amazon series Lorena.

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We also discuss, his documentary work, his career as a dancer, and the book he is writing as part of his Master’s Thesis at Vermont College of Fine Arts.   And two pictures in his bathroom- one of  Jason accepting an Emmy, the other of his wife, Lynn,  showing off her prize catch.

The Lesson of the Day is mixing it up- keeping things fresh, and going out of your comfort zone.  The LOTD (has it caught on enough to be an an acronym?) is inspired in part by Jason going to graduate school rather late in his career (he will be awarded his MFA in October).

It is a big show, and something of a bromance.  I just think Jason is terrific as a filmmaker, teacher, and person.  I am glad he took the time to be on the podcast.

Jason’s IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742590/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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Hey everybody, as you have heard or will hear on this episode of Teaching in the Arts, we are taking it easy this week, back with a new guest next week.  BUT, that said, there are a couple of things I would like you to do.

1. 1. Click on the link and order some Wake Coffee.  Good coffee, good people.    http://www.wakecoffee.com?rfsn=1475475.472efe
   2. Please email me some suggestions for guests.  Teachinginthearts@gmail.com
   3. Go to the Teaching in the Arts Facebook  page and like it, share it, and better still write a review. https://www.facebook.com/pg/teachinginthearts/posts/?ref=page_internal
   4. As you heard on the mini-episode, complain like hell if (when?) the President picks a dope to be our next Supreme Court justice.  Battle cry, “Remember Merrick Garland!”

In coming weeks on the podcast: a public elementary school art teacher talks about the struggles, and successes as a teacher in the arts elementary school division.  Also, a series of interviews with my southern California Teachers in the Arts.  We talk about the competitive atmosphere of the USC, UCLA, and AFI film programs.  More students- I always like talking to college students.  And something that is a work in progress…  I am doing a radio documentary, for lack of a better phrase, following a teacher about to teach his first ever class.  We have recorded part 1, before he begins.  We will record throughout his term, and then read his course evaluations live on the mics.  This should be complete right about the start of the school year, so look for it around Labor Day.

That’s it.  Stay cool.  Back next week.

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This week on the podcast my former student, Ava Battocchi.  We have a great talk about a cross-disciplinary approach to new media and balancing the responsibilities of being a Loyola student and business owner.  Ava took some time off before returning to school and started a dress making business called Timely Attire using vintage patterns and sewing machines.  I will let her share in the podcast, but check out her site. http://timelyattire.co  and Instagram account to see her work.  https://www.instagram.com/timelyattireco/

But first there is big news in the Teaching in the Arts  front- we have a sponsor!  Wake Coffee in Philadelphia.  Go to their site, get some coffee- I have been drinking the medium roast- get 10% off.  http://www.wakecoffee.com?rfsn=1475475.472efe  

Now back to the podcast.

Besides a great chat with Ava, the lesson of the day is about teaching via war stories.  Sure, it’s great to see that the instructor has been there and done that, but the “back in the day” approach is not teaching!

And I start with a story about going to Lexington, KY last week to see my 4th and 5th grade teachers, and getting to feed Kentucky Derby winner, Orb.  Close listeners to the podcast know I am working on a film about race track announcers, and love horse racing.

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You’ve got to see it to believe it!  This week the Teaching in the Arts Podcast guest is artist Chris Tedin. Chris tells me how he helps his students become better artists by flipping the classroom and creating videos for his students.  Chris imports the students drawings into Photoshop, and creates video tutorials using Camtasia.

Below are several examples of Camtasia, gesture drawing, and Chris’s own work.  Watch and see why Chris has twice been awarded outstanding teacher awards. There’s also a link to an article on how making pottery influences Chris as a teacher.

Below are first and last examples of a student’s attempt at gesture drawing.

Chris’s own work.

ACrafty Interview with Chris Tedin

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Grab your passport and come on a Teaching in the Arts trip around the world!

How’s that for a grabber?

Eric Williams is the Director of the MFA Program in Communication Arts at Ohio University.  He’s also made a career out of his passion for travel.  Going back to his sophomore year of college when he went on the Semester at Sea Program https://www.semesteratsea.org/ to a recent trip with his students to Ecuador, Eric has been able to combine filmmaking with travel and education.  On the podcast we cover all of this, plus his time in Kiev, his work in Virtual Reality, and the MFA in Communication Arts.  I want to be one of those lucky MFA students, and have Eric’s job.

Eric in Ukraine in 2006.

It was a great chat.  Listen here:

Teacher Man

That’s my friend JulieAnn Graham!  We talk about teaching movement courses in the Columbia College Chicago Theater program. We also discuss just how hard it is to be a freshman in college. But wait there’s more! After the interview, Juliann said, “we’re done? I wanted to talk more about that! So we fired it back up and you get some bonus material.

I have known “Jules” for a long time, but this is the first time we really got into the weeds about teaching.  She is so passionate about teaching, I wish we were filming the conversation so you all can see her in action.

I also answer an email about my influences as both a filmmaker and teacher, and the Lesson of the day is some advice for soon to be Freshman.  Short version: eat well and try to get some sleep.

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