Melanie Horkan is a producer who works across drama and documentary productions in Europe, Canada and Australia. Her most recent credit was as Associate Producer with Polar Star Films on Google and the World Brain, which premiered at Sundance 2013. Her film, Redskin, won the 2003 Cinevex Best Narrative Script Award and the Ian Potter Emerging Artists Award.
I had the pleasure of meeting Melanie through a mutual friend of ours who lives … CONTINUE READING
I had the chance to go to one of the monthly Apartment Therapy Design Evenings in February – “Designing with Farmers: Saving Land & Growing Food in the Modern World.” It was my first Design Evening and did not know what to expect or much about the participants, but was just very interested in hearing what they had to say. I liked the idea of a design blog making the connection to how we think … CONTINUE READING
I first met Rebecca Krucoff in 2009 through a work colleague during a time when I was very unhappy doing what I was doing. I was beginning to explore other options within the education world and was interested in learning more about the non-profit that she started, The Urban Memory Project, which “encourages city residents to explore the vital relationship between their personal histories and the history of their city.” It sounded like something … CONTINUE READING
