Jim Hession ’99 was the co-editor of the film, Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present, which recently won a 2012 Peabody Award. Mr. Hession also recently won the Karen Schmeer 2013 Film Editing Fellowship. He will be honored at the annual Independent Film Festival in Boston, April 24-30. His blogs about his experiences at the SXSW Film Festival can be found at the Karen Schmeer website.
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Molly Lieberman ’06 in Connect Savannah
Molly Lieberman ’06 has won this year’s “One Small Voice” award from the Savannah Children’s Choir, according to the online publication Connect Savannah.
The article described how Ms. Lieberman developed an innovate program called “Loop it up Savannah” that helps disadvantaged youth find their voices through artistic expression.
Ms. Lieberman’s teaches the basics of knitting and art. According to the Savannah Children’s Choir, Ms. Lieberman “created a special program which linked children with senior citizens and SCAD ESL (English as a second language) students to create quilts that represented the “beloved community” experience. Another program taught children how to knit caps to help local kids keep warm in the winter.”
Started in 2007, the “One Small Voice” award recognizes individuals making a difference in the lives of children.
5 Questions for…
Kaitlin Hopkins ’82
We caught up with Kaitlin Hopkins, head of the musical theatre program at Texas State University San Marcos, who is currently travelling between Texas and Chile where she is helping found the first musical theatre program in the country.
How long have you been teaching?
It’s sort of a weird answer, I’ve been coaching master classes on and off for 15 years. While I was working professionally it was something I loved to do.
The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival is a very famous college festival that travels around the country, breaking it down into 8 regions, and judging performances, and the regional winners then compete in the national finals in Washington…About 10 or 12 years ago they approached my husband and I, who is also a professional performer, and asked us to judge and teach master classes…It was something we started doing to give back and honestly we loved it, we just loved it. That was sort of the beginning of us realizing we were teachers.
DJ Steve Porter Takes on Harbaugh Brothers
“What is there to do with two coaches who refuse to give reporters the sound bites they are looking for?” asks Benjamin Hoffman of the NYT of the Harbaugh brothers who coached opposing teams at the Superbowl.
“DJ Steve Porter decided to turn the obfuscation into art with one of his latest remixes,” said Hoffman.
Jim Brennan ’85 Named BusinessWest’s Top Entrepreneur for 2012
Jim Brennan ’85 was recently featured in the BusinessWest article “Healthy Growth Pattern” on January 15, 2013. BusinessWest, the business journal of Western Massachusetts, named Brennan and business partner Rick Crews the top entrepreneurs for 2012.
Crews and Brennan are master franchisees of the regional branch of Doctors Express, a national chain of urgent-care centers.
According to the article, the partners now have locations in Springfield, West Springfield, and the Greater Boston area, with a goal of 30 locations in the next two or three years.
According to the article, the two were named the year’s top entrepreneurs due to “The speed and efficiency with which Crews and Brennan have taken the Doctors Express brand across the state, and for the aggressive yet calculated way in which they carried out the plan they outlined”.