The Journey to Art With A Purpose

ART! What a fantastic word, but truly what does it mean?  For me, MAKING ART with a sense of PURPOSE, is searching for the meaning of ART in each step. It is doing work that elevates my capacity as a HUMAN, above all else. Zuccotti Park, and the entire project, has tapped into that element of HUMANITY. Starting with the fantastic team of writers that have trusted me. Adding to that, my creative team (whom I have come to adore after many projects together), the new ARTISTS (who have jumped aboard), and the cast who give their EVERYTHING IN THE PROCESS, AS THEY CONTINUE TO GROW IN EACH AND EVERY STEP. To all of them and to many more like those who inspired me to be in this path I dedicate this nomination. I am on a quest to do what I LOVE TO DO for the rest of my life. So it means a lot to be valued as a director as there is where my path will lead. I KNOW IT! I can feel it. Festivals like this are a GIFT to an artist’s developmental process. The writers get to see their work...

Zuccotti Park , a new musical about the human side of economics has been selected for the final rounds of Venus/Adonis 2015 festival after running to full house on each performance. Here is what some amazing audience members had to say: "For the last 7 years, I've been lucky enough to come to NYC and see the most amazing shows. This year, I saw a show that impacted me far greater than any show had in a long time, and it wasn't even on Broadway! ZUCCOTTI PARK which is playing at the Robert Moss theater is an original work with Music by Vatrena King and Book and Lyrics by Catherine Hurd . The show deals with the OCCUPY MOVEMENT held in Zuccotti Park. The work had a "staged reading" at the Woodland Opera Hous e in which I was lucky enough to play a few of the parts, and when I had heard that it was accepted in the Venus Adonis Theater Festival AND was being directed and choreographed by the other worldly talented Luis Salgado , I HAD to go. Now b...

Week one…What a fantastic journey it has been. I feel like the investment in HUMAN POTENTIAL is worth EVERYTHING IN ART. I might be wrong, I might fail at times when trying new ideas but I am not afraid to do so. I can’t afford to be afraid and that’s the beauty of it. Art has given me EVERYTHING I AM. I really mean that.  It’s my best professor, it’s my everyday college and it is in many ways my religion. I have said this many times and each day I find myself closer and closer to what is relevant to me... the making of ART WITH A PURPOSE. And NO, this is not just a slogan for  Salgado Productions, it REALLY IS a way of making ART. I have mixed two specific philosophies that have taken over my blood and every cell of my body.  DARING to Go Beyond in every opportunity. To explore for MYSELF and for the story I am bound to tell with a group of ARTISTS and for the place I am at TODAY. Exploring, not in comparison to anything or anyone but solely for the proce...