(2021) Career Interview: PWR FWD Media
By: Missoni Hayes, Eric O' Neal and Isabella Gray (Lead2Change)
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(2021) Career Interview: Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
By: Terynn Erby-Walker (Milwaukee Repertory Theater)
(2021) Career Interview: Bony Plog-Benavides
By: Alanys Morales (Bembe Drum & Dance) Career Interview: Bony Plog-Benavides by: Alanys Morales This following is an interview with Bony Plog-Benavides, a musical director and percussionist in Milwaukee. What is your job description & what led you to do this job? Bony: I have a few jobs, I am a traveling music teacher for mps so I teach percussion lessons at many different public schools like high school, middle school, and 3 elementary schools. I teach kids how to read music sheets and it's more oriented towards the band so they play more bells, xylophone, ect. So technically I'm teaching students how to function in a band. Now I also teach for bembe , where this organisation is more of spreading culture like afro-latino culture & its haritiage. I am the percussion teacher. I teach students work with them on Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, ect. The ages I teach are around the ages from 6 - to adults. I teach at a university. I give them private le...
(2021) Career Interview: Daniela Cortes
By: Samuel Hernandez (Casa Romero) The following is an interview with Daniela Cortes, a local freelance editor based in Milwaukee. Can you tell me a bit about your career path and what led you to the role you are in today? Daniela Cortes : When I was in high school, I liked editing videos but I always just did it for class projects or for fun and I didn’t really know there was a possibility of doing it as a career, so I didn’t end up studying it right away when I went to college. I ended up going to Carroll University in Waukesha for animal behavior, and in my freshman year there, I ended up taking a random class that had a lot to do with Film, and I realized that I was really good at it and I liked doing it so I ended up transferring to Columbia College in Chicago to pursue a Film career and I graduated there in 2016. During my final year at Columbia, I did get the opportunity to do an internship with 371 Productions that works here in Milwaukee. They’re a documentary produ...
(2021) Career Interview: Cecilia Palacios
By: Ferny Lira (Casa Romero) Interview with Cecilia Palacios I was lucky to interview an artist named Cecilia. Throughout the interview I learned a few new things that I needed to know in order to pursue something in art. Cecilia is an illustrator for Kohls. Meaning, they mainly draw furniture. Cecilia also makes illustrations for her instagram to show her art in case anyone is interested. Cecilia went to MIAD and originally dreamed of becoming a comic book artist. When they got into college they found their career through connections. Cecilia always loved making art and knew they wanted to become an artist. Cecilia says that one of their biggest struggles is staying consistent on their instagram whilst taking breaks from time to time to focus on themselves. Some skills Cecilia believes are important for someone interested in pursuing art are dedication and passion. They believe that the only way anyone can truly become an artist is if they work hard for something they love doing. Ceci...
(2020) Career Interview: Gabriela Riveros
By: Bazil Pérez (UWM Peck School of the Arts) Interviewer: Bazil Pérez Artist: Gabriela Riveros Date: 07/23/20 Gabriela Riveros is a Milwaukee based who is 26, a huge Latinx activist, and a well known artist. She mainly works with digital mediums and inking. She grew up loving to draw, and went to art based schools throughout her education, later going on to major in illustration. Growing up her role models often were her teachers and one specific activist named Janet Arellano, meeting through internships. She recalls drawing since she was 2 or 3, the first instance being on walls with spider drawings. However she considered it professionally when she was 18 years old. Originally though she started with pencils and pens, but when she went to college she did many mediums. This got her interested in collages, painting with acrylic, some photoshop, but being an illustration major she then became focused on digital art with slight traditional art. When she realized she liked digital, ...
(2020) Career Interview: Nate
By: Stephanie Alvarez (TRUE Skool) 1. can you tell me a bit about your career path and what led you to the role you are in today? -My career path is currently being a graphic designer but it tends to shift relatively often. I own and manage a clothing brand called Clementine Studios but also do IT for a shoe company helping people who have difficulties walking. 2. what were some of your early roles in the field? -I first was exposed to screen printing and designing clothes when I was 17 and worked at a restaurant that was located in a building that held a screen printing business downtown. From that I gained the basic knowledge of how to print a shirt from start to finish and learned the remedial information needed to make and maintain a brand. 3. what attracted you to this career path? -I’ve always been into fashion but when I was a freshman in high school I was exposed to all ways of streetwear, prep wear, athletic wear and so on. From that I followed and kept up ...
(2020) Entering the Mind of an Artist: Exclusive
By: Shafarrah Ray (TRUE Skool) Entering the Mind of an Artist: Exclusive This is an interview of Sania, a Philadelphia based artist who does fan art on twitter talks, how art is included in her daily life, what her hopes for the future are and where she draws inspiration from. A self portrait of Sania done by Sania A picture of Sania A fan art of Suga of BTS Is being an artist your main occupation? Sania: No, it’s more of a side job. Me: ...
(2020) Black Arts Advocate: Brad Bernard
By: Clarke Hamilton (Lead2Change) Black Arts Advocate: Brad Bernard Photography from MIAD , Urban Milwaukee , Oxford Stories , and Brad Bernard July 23, 2020 // 3:10 p.m. CST At a glance “I always pride myself on being an artist who taught as opposed to an instructor who taught and did art every so often.” Brad Bernard is a decorated arts advocate who has established himself as a community arts educator and muralist here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As a child, coloring a drawing was just a way to pass time on punishment, but as his parents acknowledged his talent, he began to pursue the career path of an artist and arts educator. Bernard took classes in commercial art illustration at MATC in Madison, Wisconsin, eventually transferring to MIAD (Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design)to receive his Bachelor’s in Fine Arts in 1993. In 2000, Bernard went to grad school at the University of Mississippi Oxford, achieving a Master’s in Fine Arts in 2003. Between 1993 and 2000, he helped to co-fo...