Julia Roland - An Artist's Audio Self-Portrait

SCAD (3:30) – Savannah College of Art and Design

Introduction to art via one’s environment (4:30)

Art Direction as a career option (5:00)

Deciding to be an artist (6:15)

A fine arts magnet school experience (6:30)

Presenting one’s work at an early age (7:15)

Garrison Middle School and Savannah Arts Academy (7:30)

Painting? (8:00)

Varied interests and art opportunities (8:50)

Access to materials as a factor for the pursuit of art (9:30)

Why keep learning? (11:00)

How is college different from high school? (11:45)

Basketball with no high school team (13:00)

Turning point moments in art (15:45)

Believing in one’s potential, plans, and possibilities (16:15)

A parent’s support (16:45)

COVID’s impact on schooling (18:00)

A high school principal’s generous act (18:30)

An unexpected benefit of the changes resulting from the pandemic (19:15)

Greatest influencers (20:30)

Artists inspiring others (21:00)

José Lucio (21:20)

Julia’s ongoing affection for the worm sticker (22:00)

The beginning of requests for art from friends and family (23:00)

Commissioned work for the Taste of the Junction Festival in Iowa (24:15)

From a shy child to speaking with others about her art (25:15)

Make art, local recognition, meaning, and impact (26:00)

Rafiki (26:45)

Parents’ wedding portrait (27:30)

The lobster’s interview (28:30)

Self-Portraits (29:45) 

A great teacher, Margo Ecke (32:30)

The learning needs to connect to the student and the teacher (34:45)

Julia Roland on Instagram

@j.r.art_

Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts

https://spwww.sccpss.com/schools/efg/Pages/default.aspx

Savannah Arts Academy

https://spwww.sccpss.com/schools/saa/Pages/default.aspx

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)

https://www.scad.edu/

SCAD Atlanta

https://www.scad.edu/locations/atlanta

Margo Ecke

https://www.scad.edu/academics/faculty/margot-ecke

America’s Team

https://www.amteamsport.com/

Jose Lucio

http://www.joselucio.com/ and [email protected]

Taste of the Junction Festival, West DesMoines, Iowa

https://www.tasteofthejunction.org

David’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-w-reynolds-5a5b0a36/

Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate Beats

Podcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.

Professional Association of Georgia Educators

David’s LinkedIn page

Lead. Learn. Change. the book

Instagram - lead.learn.change