MusicalFare Theatre's
T3 SERIES presents
TALK ABOUT: “FOLLOW YOUR STAR"
DATE/TIME: Thursday, November 17, 2011
TIME: Following the performance of A CLASS ACT at approximately 9:30pm
As part of MusicalFare Theatre’s T3 Series (see information below) and in connection with MusicalFare’s current production of A CLASS ACT, MusicalFare presents “Follow Your Star.” This Talk About event is an informative and interesting conversation about the challenges artists face in finding success, recognition, and support in their lifetime, as well as the psychological and emotional challenges of the creative process and its pursuit.
The evening’s panelists include:
Dr. Ellen Banks, Professor/Department Chair – Psychology Department, Daemen College
AP Gorny, Artist and Associate Professor - Fine Arts Department, Buffalo State College
Randall Kramer, Artistic/Executive Director, MusicalFare Theatre
The panel discussion is FREE; the evening is relaxed and informal, and people are encouraged to participate in the dialogue.
Tickets to the performance of A CLASS ACT that evening can be purchased by calling the Theatre box office at 716-839-8540 or by ordering online at www.musicalfare.com.
MusicalFare Theatre’s Talk About series is funded in part by the New York Council for the Humanities.
Educational Panelist Bios:
Dr. Ellen Banks - is Professor of Psychology at Daemen College in Buffalo, New York. Her Ed.D. in Human Development is from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has studied and taught Human Development topics throughout of the life span, including infancy, early childhood, adolescence and cognitive development in early adulthood.
Before focusing on early adult development, she studied cultural conceptions of child temperament in Malaysia and the effects of lead exposure on early childhood development. As a faculty member in a predominantly teaching institution, she has been active in the assessment and development of reflective judgment in college students, and in designing an undergraduate psychology curriculum that emphasizes hands-on research experience.
AP Gorny - SUNY College Buffalo BFA '72; Yale University School of Art MFA '74; currently an Artist and Associate Professor - Fine Arts Department, Buffalo State College.
Artwork in nearly 100 public collections include: Brooklyn Museum; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; S.R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Franklin Institute; National Gallery, Washington, D.C. And hundreds of private collections.
Major fellowship recipient: The National Endowment for the Arts; Pennsylvania Council for the Arts; Pew Fellowships in the Arts; and Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commission.
He had been an active figure in the Philadelphia art community over 25 years. Tenured Associate Professor Tyler School of Art of Temple University. Permanent Faculty Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Also taught at Bryn Mawr College; Pratt Institute of Art; Graduate Program University of the Arts, Philadelphia; Graduate School of Art University of Arizona, Tucson; The San Francisco Art Institute. Now Associate Professor tenured SUNY College Buffalo School of Arts & Humanities' Department of Fine Arts.