Christopher Hedge (Composer) has spent a lifetime immersed in music, treat gleaning from every source around the globe the elements that together constitute World Music. Through his recording of such luminaries as Chico Freeman and David Grisman, to his collaborations with Congolese master drummer Titos Sompa, legendary flutists Paul Horn and R. Carlos Nakai, the Kronos String Quartet, rocker Neil Young and sessions with numerous unsung virtuosos, Chris Hedge has found his musical expression grow in breadth and depth, incorporating musical forms from North and South America, Africa, Europe and Asia as effortlessly as he switches from piano to kalimba. Christopher Hedge was awarded 2 Emmy’s for the soundtrack to “Bhutan – Taking the Middle Path to Happiness” which was partially composed on location in Thimpu, Bhutan
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Angie Pickman (Animator) is a nationally recognized cut paper artist that combines the art of traditional paper cutting with collage to create intricately detailed works of art. She also carries her technique over to the realm of the moving image by using paper cuttings to create stop-motion silhouette animations. She received her master’s degree in 2004 from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, and which is where she first learned of the art of silhouette animation artist Lotte Reiniger (1899 – 1981). Her love of nature and the tranquility of the rural terrain, cure
as well as Reiniger’s style and technique, mind
inspired Pickman to set off on the artistic path that she continues today. She exhibits at galleries and art fairs nationally, does illustration, animation and design work, conducts public presentations on her art, and teaches various art classes and workshops.
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