Tony Bracy (Instrumental ’98) was profiled by Rolling Stone for his work as vice president of marketing and promotions at SB Projects. “At the end of the day, even with a superstar artist, you can get on the radio, but the song has to do the research to talk back. The song’s like a baby. It has to stand up and walk on its own eventually and earn its way up the chart.”
Ricardo Francis (Visual Arts ’94) will lead the first virtual workshop in the Community Artists’ Collective’s ARTrepreneurship Workshop Series. The Series is designed to “spotlight professional artists who will share their artistic journey and career path and describe what helped develop them into professional artists.”
Claudia de Vasco (Theatre ’01) was consulted for a New York Times piece on equity in accent and dialect coaching (as well as representation) in film and television: “But if we’re really trying to deal with racism in this industry, then it’s fair to say that who coaches people of color plays a big part in how those people are represented.”
James Francies (Instrumental ’13) will perform on the piano as part of Dacamera’s 2020-2021 virtual season opening show.
Ryan Francisco (Theatre ’07 and Visual Arts consultant) will be the featured artist for Houston’s 2020 Zine Fest.
Current Kinder HSPVA students made a guest appearance on Houston Public Media’s radio show Houston Matters, to discuss their efforts to bring diversity and anti-racist texts to the curriculum. You can also view their forum on Race and Culture in the link at right.
Robert Hodge (Visual Arts ’98 and Visual Arts consultant) branched into a new genre on 10/24 with the release of “Friendly Fire,” available at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art. From a profile in the Beaumont Enterprise, Hodge says, “I never thought about putting my music with my art. Then, a lightbulb went off finally after years, that I could combine the two.”
Libby Carr (Theatre ’17) was selected as one of two undergraduates nationwide to attend the 2020 National New Play Network’s M.F.A. Playwrights’ Workshop. They gave an interview about the experience in UT Austin’s Off Book blog.
Lemonada Media, the podcast network founded and operated by Stephanie Wittels Wachs (Theatre ’99) was profiled in the Houston Chronicle.
Delandria Mills (Instrumental ’93), faculty at Johns Hopkins’ Peabody Preparatory, released a new music video for her song, “Remember Who You Are.”
Current Kinder HSPVA Students have started a free, online tutoring service “Teaching to Give” for elementary and middle-school-aged students in Houston. They were profiled in the Houston Chronicle for their efforts.
Current Kinder HSPVA Visual Arts faculty Tim Glover‘s sculpture “Milestone” was installed as part of the Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition in Abilene, Texas, the longest-running community-organized exhibition in Texas. See him discuss the piece in an interview here.
Former HSPVA Instrumental Music Faculty Robert “Doc” Morgan was named to the Downbeat Jazz Education Hall of Fame.
