Joshua Blum '02

Joshua Blum '02

“There are no limits for those that refuse to accept them” is a quote by Chuck Norris I try to live by. I believe in the hope of rainbows and starry skies, the power of children in creating better tomorrows, and the wonder that our creativity helps bring to the world.

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Jessica Roemischer '82

Jessica Roemischer '82

Jessica Roemischer is an award-winning pianist, storyteller, and visual artist. Evocatively combining music and spoken word in live, interactive events, Jessica conjures a world beyond divisions, freeing the stories that are held in the silence of our hearts. New York-born and raised, Jessica lives in Sydney, Australia.

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Zhoushu Ziporyn GS

Zhoushu Ziporyn GS

Zhoushu Ziporyn is a violinist, composer, and junior scholar, gaining award-winning recognition in all three domains. Zhoushu has been taught the traditional art of Kyōgen under master Tōjiro Yamamoto, culminating in a hired performance with the Yamamoto family themselves at the National Nō Theater of Japan. Gagaku music, shō (Japanese mouth organ) player, and zoomusicology.

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Carla Schwartz *84

Carla Schwartz *84

Filmmaker and photographer Carla Schwartz’s poems have been widely published and anthologized, including in The Practicing Poet (Diane Lockward, Ed), and in her second collection, Intimacy with the Wind, (Finishing Line, 2017). Her CB99videos youtube channel has 2,200,000+ views. Learn more at carlapoet.com, wakewiththesun.blogspot.com, or find her on YouTube, Twitter, or Instagram @cb99videos.

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Emma Watkins '18

Emma Watkins '18

Emma Watkins is a playwright, dramaturg, and performer living in Philadelphia. Her plays are inclusive, imaginative, and fundamentally feminist. She strives to give female voices the opportunity to embellish and interrogate the stories of their lives. Quite often, they sing, too. Emma has presented her plays and research in the US and in Wales, in collaboration with such organizations as McCarter Theatre Lab, PlayPenn, Chapter Arts Centre (UK), and the US-UK Fulbright Forum.

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