Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Jimi of All Trades

James Kinstle is the Artistic Director of Pumpkin Theatre, an actor, director, scenic designer, founding member of the Flying Tongues, President of the Baltimore Theatre Alliance, previous Artistic Director of Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, dancer, choreographer, vocal coach, teacher, physical comedy consultant and the list goes on.  Jimi has been contributing to the Baltimore arts community for years.

Before the interview, Jimi and I free-wrote on the prompt:  can everyone express?
From Jimi's free-writing:  Expression is vital to human existence.  Arts gives us a dialogue within which we can express.

Some quotes from the interview:


  • "Art is a means of expression and it gives the capacity to our audience to express."
  • "Try getting through a day without a story."
  • "Art is the reflection of the community and vice versa."
  • "As an artist, I'm interested in improving my community and making it a better place."
Thanks, Jimi, you rock.

1 comment:

  1. Forgot to mention that Jimi is in the photo in the header from the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival production of Antigone directed by Raine Bode with scenic design by me.

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