[Virtual Summit 2020] A Panel on Reassessing Your Creative Career Path

Featuring Emanuelee “Outspoken” Bean, Carla Lyles and David Dove.

This is an archived video of Session 1: Stop and Take a minute: A Panel on Reassessing Your Creative Career Path from the Fresh Arts Virtual Summit which was streamed live on August 8, 2020.

COVID-19 has dramatically shifted the lives of Houstonians, including artists and/or creatives, in unforeseeable ways. Thus, it is normal for artists and creatives to feel a sense of uncertainty in these trying times. This panel will feature a holistic discussion between artist(s) and/or professionals who have been able to adjust their practice and can speak to the challenges and progress they’ve faced to work creatively in this unprecedented context. Attendees should leave the session feeling inspired and ready to learn new ways to engage their own practice(s).

Please note that this is an archived video from a live streamed event. Comments and interactive features as demonstrated in the replay are no longer available.

Video Accessibility Options

Video captions are available in both English & Spanish.

English Transcripts:

En Español

For Spanish translation, ver esta página en español.


About the Presenters

Emanuelee Outspoken Bean

2017 Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Artist in Resident and 2016 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Idea Fund Recipient, Emanuelee Outspoken Bean is a performance poet, writer, compassionate mentor, electric entertainer and educator.

Carla Lyles

Carla Lyles is a visual artist, activist, and entrepreneur who specializes in handcrafting greeting cards with messages of empowerment, positive representation and self-care. You can find her products at www.carlasuehouston.com and in stores nationwide.

David Dove

A trombone player, composer, improviser, and educator, David Dove’s performances have included appearances at festivals and venues such as: Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Peru), The Exploratorium (Germany), Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico), Ch’ak’ab Paaxil Festival (Mexico), The National Children’s Theater (Vietnam), The Greater Easterhouse Arts Company (Scotland), Instal (Scotland), The Blanton Museum of Art (Austin), The Menil Collection (Houston), The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (Houston), and The Museum of Fine Arts Houston (Houston). As Founding Director of Nameless Sound (a non-profit organization in Houston), he curates a concert series of international contemporary creative music, and has developed an approach, philosophy and practice of creative music education based on creativity and improvisation. Nameless Sound reaches over 1500 young people every year in Houston public schools, community centers, homeless shelters, and refugee communities.


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