In this A&T Talks episode, designer, teacher, and author, Michael Shumate joins us to talk about the concepts in his new book Logo Design Theory: How Branding Really Works. He taught graphic design and illustration for twenty-five years and is now generously sharing his discoveries on the principles of logo design with the world.
Read MoreIn this A&T Talks episode, photographer, filmmaker, and writer Sean Tucker joins us to talk about his new book The Meaning in the Making. It is his creative philosophy focused on helping creatives find their voice, discover their message, maintain inspiration, and stay mentally healthy and motivated as creators.
Read MoreIn this A&T Talks episode, we conclude our conversation with photojournalist and documentary producer Spike Johnson. To hear more about how to become a well-rounded freelance photographer, be sure to listen to the previous two episodes. In this episode, Spike offer some insights on different methods of pricing your work, he gives an overview of things to look for when handling contracts, and he shares the raw purpose behind his work that might help you define yours.
Read MoreIn this A&T Talks episode, we continue our conversation with photojournalist and documentary producer Spike Johnson. This is the second installation of the 3-part series on how to become a well-rounded freelance photographer. In this episode, Spike breaks down how photographers can find media contacts, how to write and formulate a winning pitch to editors, and finally how to sell your work. The key lesson: Pitching is based on the principle of supply & demand: If you have something that photo editors want, they'll read your pitch.
Read MoreIn this A&T Talks episode, we're featuring our conversation with photojournalist and documentary producer Spike Johnson. It's the first of a 3-part series on how to become a well-rounded freelancer. In this first episode, Spike talks about how photographers, documentary writers, and videographers can get access to stories worth telling and sharing with the rest of the world. The key lesson: gaining access is difficult... FIND A WAY!
Read MoreDeandre Jamaal is a Virginia-based visual artist and creative. His presence online is minimal but filled with purpose when he does offer a look into what he is thinking about, seeing, and interpreting across various mediums. In this conversation, Deandre talks about creativity, the process of making meaningful work, his personal aspirations and how they are guided by masterful works such as American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" album.
Read MoreMagali Duzant is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and educator whose practice investigates the poetics of perception and inquiry through installations, photographs, texts, and artist books. Her incredibly thought provoking work has been exhibited internationally from Singapore to Beijing. In this episode, we talk about finding your why, experimentation as a method of discovering your style as an artist, conceptualizing projects, how to become a freelance writer, and making a living as an artist.
Read MoreDominique Christina is an award-winning poet and writer, author, actor, educator, and social agitator. Her “soul work”, as she often refers to it, is influenced by her family's lineage and legacy in the Civil Rights Movement and by the idea that words make worlds. She is a mother, a published author of four books, currently holds five national poetry slam titles including the 2014 & 2012 Women of the World Slam Champion and the 2011 National Poetry Slam Champion. In this episode, we talk about the impact of poetry & creative writing, the need to interrogate and decode the language we use, she shares her writing process and influences, and delivers sage advice to emerging poets and writers.
Read MoreTongo Eisen-Martin is a poet, writer, educator, and movement worker. His work centers on issues of mass incarceration, extrajudicial killings of Black people, and human rights. In our conversation, we talk about the purpose and mission of a poet, the intricacies of organizing revolutionary movements, how to make a living as a poet, and the process of writing and performance.
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