ABLE Voices Ep 66: Bruce Horak

We are inviting disabled artists and arts educators to be guests and guest hosts on ABLE Voices. Today's guest host is John Bramblitt.  

John  Bramblitt is an artist living in Denton Texas, his art has been  sold  in over one hundred and twenty countries and he has appeared   internationally in print, TV and radio. He has appeared on CBS Evening   News with Katie Couric, ABC, NBC, FOX, Discovery Channel and BBC Radio   and TV to name a few outlets, and he's been featured in The New York   Times and Psychology Today as well as designed the artwork for numerous   magazine covers and even the artwork for major film productions. He's   the subject of the award winning documentary shorts ""Line of Sight' and   “Bramblitt.” His work has received much recognition including the  ‘Most  Inspirational Video of 2008′ from YouTube and three Presidential  Service  Awards for his innovative art workshops. And John is blind.  Today, John will be speaking to Bruce Horak.

Bruce Horak s a Canadian artist, television and stage actor, perhaps  best known for portraying Hemmer on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Horak  is the first legally blind actor to portray a character in the Star  Trek franchise. Having lost over 90% of his eyesight to a childhood  Cancer, Horak has navigated the world of the fully-sighted his entire  life.  For the past 25 years, Horak has pursued a career in the  performing arts and has won numerous awards for his performance,  writing, direction, and creation. He has performed across Canada, the  United States and Europe. His stage credits include an award-winning  role in Evil Dead: the Musical and his original one-man show,  Assassinating Thomson, in which he creates a painting live on stage. He  has also been active as a painter since 2011, exhibiting his work in  various venues.

The ABLE Voices podcast is produced  and edited by BIAAE Operations  Coordinator, Daniel Martinez del Campo.  The introduction music was  written by Kai Levin and the ending song was  written by Sebastian  Batista. Kai and Sebastian are students in the  Arts Education Programs  at the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts  Education.  

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