Adamantine Arts VidCast #1: PPL Mentoring Visit with Stephen Capiz

Posted by blainegarrett on Nov 8th, 2007 | View Comments

Tonight was the start of three new things.

Firstly, it was the start of the 2007-2008 PPL Youth Mentoring program with PPL (project for pride in living). Jayme, Carolyn, and I took the kids to visit the studio of local contemporary artist Stephan Capiz and the Northrup King Building in NE Minneapolis. We had a great time and the kids really enjoyed it. The session started off with Stephan talking a little about himself and his work. The kids all had a chance to ask questions including how Stephan starts his paintings and how they can start theirs. All the kids then got to pick their favorite artwork in the studio and talk about why the liked it. In the end, the kids had a chance to make their own artwork using some of the ideas they had learned. The sessions was really cool because the kids were able to meet a real professional artist and learn how he works. Stephen was very inspiring and fun to listen to. All in all, I think it was a great way to kick things off for this year’s mentoring program!

Next, it was the start of our VidCast series. Partly inspired by Sarah’s friend Rob’s Podcast and the new Youtube Non-Profit Org features, I want to do video content on a regular basis. This will probably get more advanced as time progresses, but for now, short simple recaps of what we have been up to as we do them should be fine. I hope we will eventually have Charlie Rose style artist interviews and more.

Finally, it was the first night that Carolyn and I got to hang out in a looooong time. Carolyn was one of my best friends until life got really hectic for her last spring and she sorta vanished from a lot of people’s lives. We didn’t get to hang out much, but she did come for the whole studio visit tonite. Very cool.

So yep. I think it is bed time…