Episode 106 Rick Velleu, scenic artist, filmmaker, design creator

My guest today is Rick Velleu. Rick is a scenic artist, filmmaker, design creator, and consummate storyteller!  Rick's innovative career reflects his many creative talents including: making stage props, a scenic artist for theatrical backdrops, a draftsman for an Egyptologist, using his many gifts on Jim Henson's creative team, the character designer of "Dora the Explorer", co-creating his own documentary film production company and to landing his current job as Director of Marketing and Content for the Environmental Defense Fund. The thread that connects all these experiences is Rick's passion to make things, be it paper maché cows, murals, drawings, community theater productions, films, do-it-yourself weddings or meaningful stories that help save the planet. Rick is inspired by the blank page and that process of making art, acknowledging that it is both supremely infinite and terrifying!! Check out the show notes for links to Rick's projects and the Environmental Defense Fund, particularly a site that offers a one-stop shop to search for sustainable solutions. Enjoy the podcast! Links: EDF School Play (Amazon Prime)  Eyepop Productions BoatLift, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience (YouTube) Supply Chain Solutions Center Made In Ghent