Fill To Capacity (Where Heart, Grit and Irreverent Humor Collide)
Podcast for people too stubborn to quit and too creative not to make a difference!Join visual artist Pat Benincasa in conversation with a riveting roster of guests to uncover extraordinary stories of everyday people. Listen as they share their quirky wisdom, unlikely adventures, and poignant life lessons! Fasten your emotional seatbelt for this journey of heart, humor and grit!
Fill To Capacity (Where Heart, Grit and Irreverent Humor Collide)
3 Arts High Schools VS Covid- Adapt, Adjust, Create
In this episode, find out how 3 arts high schools sustained their dynamic arts programs during Covid. Get a behind-the-scenes view of how Matt, Rebecca and Brian guided their schools through the pandemic.
They share insights about the Post-Covid classroom, the pandemic effect on students, the ramifications on education moving forward and the role of art during crisis.
NOTE: Pat Benincasa, visual artist and art educator designed the high school visual arts programs for Performing Institute of Minnesota Arts High School (PiM) and for St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists (SPCPA). She was also Studio Arts Department Chair at Perpich Center for Arts Education (PCAE)
LINKS
Brian Goranson:
- Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists (SPCPA)
- 2019 Arts Schools Network Conference, Jacksonville, FL: Arts Innovation: Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, Saint Paul, MN
- Facebook: 2019 Arts Schools Network Award
- Edgenuity Software
- Buried Child presented by Red Bird Theater, 2016, with Brian Goranson as Tilden
- "Buried Child" by Red Bird Theatre at the Southern Theater,” Cherry and Spoon: Theatrical musings in Minnesota and beyond, May 30, 2016
- Persuasion 1994 Theater
- 2008 Artists in Residence- Tofte lake Center, Directors: Sarah Gioia, Brian Goranson, Daniella Topol
- Legislature should give new approach to teaching a chance, Center for School Change
“Brian Goranson, an award-winning actor who’s now principal at St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts, a chartered public school, told legislators on March 4 that the school has both traditionally trained academic teachers and more than 50 part-time, working professional artists who demonstrated their teaching ability. He testified, “(Using) working professionals is both logical and integral to the career success of our students.”
Rebecca Bullen
- Perpich Center for Arts Education (PCAE)
- Rebecca Bullen Selected for 2021-2022 Inaugural Class of Minnesota ASCD Emerging Leaders, February 2,
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QUOTE HIGHLIGHTS:
Matt McFarlane: “...in the early days... honestly throughout COVID... it was so much an act of just caring for each other and trying ... to take that next step through life and create the smallest sense of normalcy for our students..."
Rebecca Bullen: “I would say the, the power of art, and the power of creativity as a tool to connect has really been at the core of the challenges over the last couple years and continues to be. And that the growth that I've seen within students in developing empathetic ears and hearts and finding ways to be present and struggle has been phenomenal.”
Brian Goranson: “I would remind them that struggle is good... It's what supports growth,... keep pushing forward, no matter the obstacle, it's the obstacle that makes us grow and, and, and like never before the world needs more artists.”
