IX: VOXTI
The EMU based and student-led a cappella octet, VOXTI, takes us into 2023 with the powerful message of how voices can open doors.
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VIII: Telling Stories with Lead Designer, David Vox Avila
Story teller and lead designer at IBM, David Vox Avila, sits down with us and brings us into his world of experiences creating, striving, making and flourishing over time. Don’t miss out on this inspiring episode!
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Episode VII: Everyone a Song – Trent Wagler of The Steel Wheels
Trent Wagler, founding member of The Steel Wheels and Red Wing Roots Music Festival shares his road to becoming a musician, the inspiration for starting the festival and the group’s vision for the festival’s future.
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Episode VI: Making the Unknown, Known – Burt Pinnock, FAIA & Will Sendor, Senior Designer
In 2018 architect Will Sendor entered a design competition to design a memorial those were enslaved by The College of William and Mary. We talk with Will and architect Burt Pinnock FAIA, NOMA about the significance of this project for each of them.
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Blog III: Remembering Why Architecture Matters
I’ve been an architect for over 30 years. As president of a growing firm, my job long ago stopped being designing and creating. These days its business plans and spreadsheets, HR and IT, selling and mediating. Then along comes Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved. This memorial at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg,…
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Blog II: Control in Art and Architecture
Over the 34 years I’ve practiced architecture, some friends have commented enviously on the blending of the pragmatic and the artistic in designing buildings. It’s a fair question. Dictonary.com gives several definitions for art. #2 in their list is, “the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; work of art collectively, as paints, sculptures or…
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Episode V: We’re All Winging It: A Conversation with Dr. Jenny Rosier
Dr. Jenny Rosier has built a career telling stories and teaching about relationships. Dr. Rosier talks about her latest book, The Who Does More War and provides helpful guidance for those soon become parents.
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Episode IV: The Making of The Builder with Directors Ryan Lauterio & Nick Seitz
Don, a contractor in Richmond, VA does work for area artists and starts a journey that leads to a premier art collection. Ryan Lauterio and Nick Seitz share their experience creating the movie The Builder which tells Don Story,
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Episode III: A Conversation with President of Aztec Contractors, Frank Spencer III
In 2004 Frank Spencer purchased a dormant construction company – Aztec Contractor ( https://www.azteccontractors.com/ ). Frank shares his experience starting out with little money and experience running a construction firm. He charts is progress in pursing federal work through participation in small and disadvantaged business programs. Looking ahead, Frank shares his vision for Aztec’s future and the bedrock values that will remain unchanged.
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Episode II: HDR – In Your Corner: A Conversation with Executive Director Andrea Dono
In the changing landscape of small town retail and business, Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance’s Bricks and Clicks program (https://downtownharrisonburg.org/bricksandclicks/ ), helps small businesses thrive. Started in 2016, this innovative program has grown helped many businesses survive the Covid pandemic. Now the helping merchants and restauranters navigate inflation, rising costs and a tight labor market and created a new spin off B-Cubed (https://downtownharrisonburg.org/black-and-brown-owned-businesses-in-downtown-harrisonburg/ )
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