Making the arts Personal
Posted: February 5, 2012 at 9:46 am
Walk into Bryant Whelan’s office at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural and Arts Center, and you know she is an avid collector of art, especially folk arts.
There are face jugs, primitive works, a small Choctaw basket she acquired during a trip to Jackson, a pine needle basket with colorful yarn.
“And this is a handmade book,” she said, picking up the volume and opening its clay cover, revealing pale green pages inside. “The paper is handmade, too.”
In fact, handmade is what especially draws Whelan to a work.
“I love handmade paper and jewelry. I make jewelry myself, and I paint, and I’ve always been supportive of local artists,” she said.
A mixed assemblage angel hangs on the wall near her desk. Like many works in Whelan’s office, the angel has a story.
“I saw one of her works and said, ‘This is spiritually speaking to me.’ I wanted to meet Provie Musso, who did it, but somebody said she had just left. After that, I would go around asking people, ‘Do you know Provie Musso?’ I finally did meet her, and we became fast friends. Now, I’m planning for her to do a workshop here,” she said. “She’ll bring in wood, found objects and metal, and people will get to pound and paint and come back with a wonderful piece of their own.”
Whelan’s plan to bring the Daphne, Ala., artist to do a workshop at the Mary C. is a tangible example of what the center’s new executive director has in store for the community, the Coast and area visitors: personalizing art -- all kinds of art -- making it accessible and multidimensional to all.
“I just started the third of January, so I’m still getting my feet wet,” she said. “I’m getting more acquainted with what’s working and what needs attention.”
One of the first goals is building membership, Whelan said.
“We have a great base membership and fantastic volunteers, but we need more,” she said. Whelan sees opportunities for a variety of needs to be met through resources at the center.
“This morning, a woman and her son came in. She has been in physical rehab, and she was interested in working with clay; she thought it would be good therapy for her hands. She’s in her 70s, and she wants to take clay courses,” she said.
Whelan, a Mobile native, has lived in several places, including Atlanta, Nashville and Edinburgh, Scotland, and has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and the arts. She came to the Mary C. already aware of what Ocean Springs has to offer.
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New Online Video from John Spencer Ellis Teaches Personal Fitness Trainers and Coaches How to Gain Media Exposure and …
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A new online interview with John Spencer Ellis and Erik Rokeach focuses on giving good media interviews in the fitness business. It also discusses exposure, building a brand and taking advantage of media opportunities.
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (PRWEB) February 05, 2012
Media exposure for a fitness business can enhance reputation, increase business and provide free advertising for personal trainers and fitness business owners. According to fitness business expert John Spencer Ellis, the key is gaining exposure first and then using that opportunity to focus on the positive in the fitness industry.
In a new online interview, John Spencer Ellis, the founder of John Spencer Ellis Enterprises, a fitness and personal development solutions company, talks with fitness media interview expert Erik Rokeach about how to make the most of every media and interview opportunity for those in the fitness and personal training business.
In the free online video, Ellis and Rokeach talk about ways to get more media opportunities that can be used to grow a fitness business and brand as well as things to avoid in interviews. The duo also encourages personal trainers, coaches and other fitness pros to be willing to take chances and to not be so afraid of failure.
“Gaining media exposure for your coaching, fitness, personal training or wellness business is a great opportunity, but you must do it right!” said Ellis. “We get a lot of requests about successful media outreach in the fitness industry, so Erik and I wanted to put together this how-to guide to getting media interviews and then successfully growing your business with them.”
In particular, Rokeach and Ellis discuss the necessity of having a unique hook or angle for the media interview, the importance of cadence and tone for TV or Internet interviews, authenticity and energy, making a few key points, strategic pauses, modeling, pacing and timing, and much more.
“Everybody’s got something to share or to teach,” Rokeach added, while also encouraging a focus on connection and modeling the person who’s interviewing to build overall rapport.
About John Spencer Ellis Enterprises and Effective Fitness Media Interviews
John Spencer Ellis Enterprises is a solutions provider for fitness and coaching professionals around the world, providing education, turn-key business programs, coaching and resources for new and advanced fitness and coaching professionals. For more information about John Spencer Ellis Enterprises or to watch the video on effective media interviews for fitness businesses, please visit http://johnspencerellis.com/how-to-do-a-media-interview-for-your-fitness-or-coaching-business/.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Jack Bicknell Jr., admits that there is much that he misses about college football.
As a college football coach, he said, "you probably have a bigger impact on a young kid's life."
But he wouldn't trade what he's doing now for anything in the world.
Bicknell is an assistant offensive line coach with the New York Giants. Sunday he will be on the field when the Giants take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium.
And if the Bicknell name seems familiar, well, it should.
His father, Jack Bicknell Sr., coached the University of Maine's football team from 1976-80, compiling an 18-35-1 record before moving on to Boston College. Young Bicknell was also part of one of the state's great high school football dynasties at Orono High School.
"Thirty-eight and oh," said Bicknell, without prompting when asked about the Red Riots. "Never lost a game."
He says that with great pride, noting that the winning streak eventually hit 48. He remembers those days fondly, especially the friendships he formed and keeps to this day.
"I loved it," he said. "The people up there are just beyond explanation as far as how great they are. Fantastic people. It's such a tight-knit community. Life-long friendships.
"You know how it is in Maine, small-town living. The wildest thing we did was go play Trivial Pursuit at the Cobbs' house."
Among his best friends was, and is, Steve Abbott, the athletic director at UMaine.
"We had a great time together," Abbott said on Thursday. "Jack was just one of those guys who had such a great attitude about everything. He loved sports, but as much as he loved sports, he just loved being with his friends."
The two would work out with Abbott's father, Walt, the former Maine head coach who became, sort of, their personal trainer. He would have them run around the track, run through the woods, lift weights.
"He nearly killed us," said Bicknell, who will turn 50 two days after the Super Bowl.
But he also prepared Bicknell for life beyond Orono. He followed his father to Boston College and played there for four years. When people talk about the miracle pass from Doug Flutie to Gerard Phelan to beat Miami in 1984, they sometimes forget that it was Bicknell who started the play by snapping the ball to Flutie.
"I went there to play linebacker," said Bicknell. "But I couldn't catch the running backs, so they switched me to offense."
He followed his father's career path -- Jack Bicknell, 74, is now retired and living in Florida -- and has been coaching since he graduated from BC in 1985.
"He had a huge influence on me," said Bicknell, of his father. "And it wasn't just my dad but all his assistants and the people I was around who were coaches. All of the men I really looked up to and respected, they were coaches."
Mostly he's coached the offensive line. But for eight years, he led Louisiana Tech, compiling a 43-52 record as one of the nation's youngest college head coaches. During that time his Bulldogs defeated Alabama, Michigan State and Oklahoma State.
He returned to Boston College in 2007 as an assistant head coach/offensive line coach. And then, when Tom Coughlin approached him about joining the Giants in 2009, he jumped at the chance.
"Tom Coughlin was the No. 1 reason I was interested in coming here," he said. "He worked with my dad at BC. I've always followed him and respected him and you were talking about the opportunity to learn from one of the greats in the game."
And that's what intrigued him the most. As a head coach, he said, you sometimes lose touch with the fundamental base, the details, of football. As an assistant, you can get right back in there and work on the things that make a difference.
"I think Jack has proven himself everywhere he has gone," said Steve Abbott. "First as a player at BC, then as a coach, first at UNH (where he was a line coach), then at Louisiana Tech and now with this opportunity.
"Every place he has gone, he's done a great job. And I'll tell you why he is a great coach. It's because he has a great way with people. He has a love of the game, but he also has a great love of life and it's that human touch that makes him a great coach."
Bicknell thinks about Maine often. He considers Maine head coach Jack Cosgrove -- who was his father's quarterback for the Black Bears -- one of his best friends and an exceptional coach noting, "that's going to be a tough act to follow."
The respect, said Cosgrove, is mutual.
"I can't say enough about Jack and his family and what they represent," said Cosgrove. "He's just a guy I think the world of. He's grounded deep in the substance of Orono, Maine."
Whether he ever becomes a head coach again remains to be seen. It's not something Bicknell is seeking. He loves what he's doing now. And what he's doing this week, amidst the chaotic build-up to the Super Bowl, is a whole new learning experience.
"They talk about how you have to stay focused and all that, but that's a big part of it. You look what's going on around here," he said, waving his arms at the hundreds of interviews being conducted. "Then you've got to get right back into the biggest game of your life."
And when the game starts, there'll be some fans with mixed emotions back in Maine.
"I love Jack, I really do," said Abbott. "But I've got to cheer for the Patriots."
School ties only go so far.
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