Over the course of the past two years, I noticed something interesting. TEA was getting hired by and/or working closely not just with folks in exhibitions, curatorial, and education but also with…
B the Change We Wish to See in the World
When we incorporated TEA three and half years ago, we spent a lot of time thinking about the kind of company we wanted to be… both intellectually and on paper. While the…
The Doctor is In
As the daughter of a therapist and an ever curious observer of human behavior, I’ve always gotten sort of a kick out of The Peanuts Lucy’s 5 cent “Psychiatric Help” booth. Lucy’s…
Listen Up! What Live Music Can Teach Us About Designing Extraordinary Experiences
Long before The Experience Alchemists, there was music. Folk, punk, bluegrass, Americana, jazz, rock, and classical… On the radio, tape deck, CD player, and streaming service… In the car, on headphones, in…
Action Pact 2022: Felipe Ortiz
Little faces watched eagerly all afternoon as Felipe Ortiz worked. Children’s voices called out questions (”What is that?”) and offered words of encouragement (“Good job!”). Some watched silently, trying to puzzle out the image Felipe was slowly teasing out from the sidewalk with chalk and charcoal. Others walked past only to double back for a closer look. As bird skeletons, often mistaken for dinosaur bones by the youngest observers, turned into the bodies of endangered Piping Plovers,…
Modern Love: Museum Heartbreak
Once upon a time, I fell in love with museums. I wanted to be with them all the time. I wanted to talk about them. I wanted to know everything there was to know about them. I wanted to explore their every corner. I longed for them to know and love me back. My crush began in the summer of 1996 when I interned at a small historical society in Stamford, Connecticut. Like many institutions of its kind, the place was a mess. It was chock-a-block with cast off…
Now You See It: The Human Experience
I got pretty excited the other week because I realized one of my favorite experiences ever had been recorded and tossed up on Hulu. Way back in 2017, before the world changed,…
With a Little Help from Our Friends: Jonathan Bardzik
Jonathan Bardzik is a self described storyteller, cook, and author. And an awfully old friend of Annie’s. She sat down with Jonathan to talk about where cooking and performance intersect, how people create narratives through food, and the release of his brand new TV series Jonathan’s Kitchen (releasing on Revry later this month). Here are some excerpts from their conversation. Annie: How do you describe the work that you do? When someone says to you, Jonathan, what do you do for a living? What do you say? Jonathan: I say that I’m a storyteller, cook and author…
With a Little Help from Our Friends: Maria Finkelmeier
Maria Finkelmeier is a self described percussionist, composer, and creative catalyst. And, fortunately for us, a TEA Creative Parter. Annie sat down with Maria to talk about creative collaboration, listening, and the drum set she inherited from her older brother. Here are excerpts from their conversation….