Paul Cornish (Instrumental ’14) is the latest Make Jazz Fellow at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica, CA, and as part of their “Arts Learning Lab @ Home” series, he’ll lead a workshop called “Your Musical Family Tree.” Participants sketch their own family tree towards inspiration for making their own music. The event is online, free, and available in both English and Spanish.
Tim Glover (Current Visual Art Faculty) has new work exhibited as part of Collect it for the Culture III, to be featured through 2/28/21 in the Downtown Houston’s Shopping District. Get your tickets here!
Alina Kravchenko (Visual Arts ’04) won funding for her patented invention, the “SwinpenSnap,” on the reality series Shark Tank.
Brad Rushing (Visual Arts ’83) was interviewed about his work as cinematographer on the film A California Christmas.
Morgan Manning (Dance ’21) was named a CITGO Distinguished Scholar in the Performing Arts category. The recognition comes with a scholarship she plans to use at Fordham College at Lincoln Center, where she will study dance with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.
Chelsea Lenore White — aka Lenora — (Vocal ’09) released her album “Girls” on the heels of her 2019 hit “Relax.” Visit her online for more.
Mark Seliger (Media Arts ’77) was mentioned in a Houston Chronicle feature about photographer Bob Gomel, who hired Seliger just after graduation from HSPVA. ““A month or two later, I fired him,” Gomel says. “He was too good.”
Jacqueline Boe (Dance ’05) will exhibit work from 2/6 – 4/25 created during her Artist Studio Program residency at Lawndale Art center. The exhibition is called Mine the Gap, and you can learn more here.
John-Paul Arreaga (Visual Arts ’18) was featured in OutSmart Magazine for his role as their new horoscope illustrator.
Nick Vyner (Vocal ’18) released his first single and music video “Mood Swing.” “I’m trying to make music that soundtracks life as I live it,” he told Prelude Press in an article about his work.
DJ Baron (aka Brooke Wilton, who studied Visual Arts for two years at HSPVA) discussed his radio show “The Hippy Campus” online here: “Then one day I had an epiphany when I overheard my brother playing the new David Bowie album Lodger. The first two times I had heard it; I had thought it was the strangest music ever (especially the track that remains one of his weirdest: African Night Flight). The third time I heard it; however, it was the most glorious thing ever! I was forever changed by the experience.”
