098: Season 11 Finale- Evolving Artists

Catalyst is a Creative Industries podcast, from Chapman University. Each episode features Chapman students who have completed a Podcasting course through the Center for Creative and Cultural Industries at the university. Students who had no podcasting experience or technical ability in the genre before taking the course were able to contribute all the segments to Catalyst this season with the goal being that they will take this ‘hands-on’ experience and carry it over to the launching of their very own series. Each episode of Season 11 will feature one to two different interviews conducted by CCI students, exploring different aspects of the Creative and Cultural Industries.

Our season finale begins with Jacky Kim’s interview with Jonathan Heyon. Heyon, a film student at California State University of Northridge, discusses with Jacky the inspiration behind his creative portfolio "August is Green." The pair also discuss how the landscape of the Creative and Cultural Industries is changing and how having additional skills in varying creative sectors can be an advantage when navigating ones career path. The two end the interview with words of encouragement for the audience to follow their creative dreams.

We close out season eleven with an interview by Nicole Medina. Nicole interviews professional graphic designer, Jordan Leal who tells the story of how skateboard street art put him on the path towards becoming a graphic designer. They discuss the technicalities of creative freedom as a graphic designer and what measure of control creative teams tend to actually have over projects in the field. The pair wrap the interview with Leal giving a few lessons he has learned as a professional artist, and end with a glimpse into his future plans, noting that there are always several paths that one can go down.