Creative Collisions: A Conversation About Getting From Here to There

Creative Collisions is a mini-docuseries interviewing faculty, alumni, and community members about their creative pathways to success. Generously sponsored by a Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Grant, this project is a Champlain College Art Gallery Initiative in collaboration with film faculty Mira Niagolova and student production assistants Aidan Bourque’ 27, Gwyneth Herman ‘27, and Zane Odum ‘26.

The goal of this project is to record interviews with professional creatives about their early stages and connections that lead to where they are professionally now. It focuses on the hidden job market and non linear career trajectories that are part of the creative journey. The format is simple: each interview asks the same eight questions with the intention to explore variations on the definition of success within a creative practice. In addition to the interview, our production assistants work closely with each artist to provide examples of the creative process. Composed of various Creative Studio majors, our Production Team helps to script, edit, and film, and work on pre-and post-production with the guidance of a faculty advisor. This opportunity involves our students in a broad way, giving them real-world experience in their majors while also creating a library of artists that any one can “check out” at will to help them discover career pathways. The Creative Collisions Project can be found online at the Champlain College Art Gallery website as well as on YouTube and Vimeo.

Join us on Saturday, October 24th at 4:15 pm in the Auditorium for a first glimpse at the Creative Collisions Docu-Series. We will be launching four interviews with Faculty, Al Larsen and Stella Marrs; Creative Media Alumni, Nicholas Hollay; and Community Advocate Christine Tyler Hill.