Melissa Woods is fashion designer and to our great fortune, one of TEA’s creative partners. Jim sat down with her recently to hear her thoughts on creating her own business, fashion design,…
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…
Immersive experiences and museum experiences
Intro and background
Annie, Jim, and I are endlessly interested in the possibilities of creating spaces that captivate, so the current plethora of “immersive experiences” opening in the U.S. seemed like something worth digging into. TeamLab “Borderless”, Atelier des Lumières, The Van Gogh immersive exhibition, the other Van Gogh immersive experience, and the other other Van Gogh….
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….
Lulu Miller’s Five Ss of Storytelling
The Experience Alchemists and invited guests were so lucky to feature NPR’s Lulu Miller as the guest speaker of our recent TEA launch party. She is one of our favorite storytellers. As Co-Founder of Invisibilia and Co-Host of Radiolab, Lulu has prompted many a listener to think more deeply about the world around them and experience moving emotional responses to extraordinary personal stories. We knew we were in for a treat when she exclaimed “Go Warriors of the Human Spirit!”…
Making the Shift
I will admit I’m a collaboration junkie. I’ve been very fortunate in my career to have had the privilege of working with interesting, interested professionals in a wide variety of fields. And…
The Joke
It was probably sometime toward the middle of 2015 that I began to think of the joke as a potential reality. In those action packed work days, we spent a lot of time sitting around the conference tables of the Peabody Essex Museum planning, talking, and dreaming about how to fill more than 20,000 square feet of museum gallery space in thoughtful, engaging, and creative ways. Our tight knit group of coworkers turned friends, which included Jim and Ed, had all been hired within about eighteen months of one another and, consequently, had become both personally and professionally close.
I Love TEA
I drink a lot of tea…way more than any other drink by far. Therefore, I think it is pretty hilarious that I co-founded a company that just happens to have the acronym…
TEA Time
Music and sound are an essential part of the experiences we create at The Experience Alchemists. As we launch our new venture we want to share some of the songs that have been in our ears and on our minds. We have provided two playlists for your listening pleasure. The first, TEA Time is a shorter and more focused snack of songs that is extended album length. The second, Porch Sipping, is a longer playlist that you can drop in the background during your workday or on a long drive and just let it wash over you . . .