Stir creates opportunities for artists to cross outside the boundaries of their primary mediums. We challenge our pool of Associated Artists, developed in part through our Artists' Salon Series, to take risks building upon their established strengths. A classically trained actress creates a new narrative woven from Shakespearean text. An award-winning concert pianist is called upon to compose her first theatrical score. An accomplished painter turns art director for his first film. Stir puts opportunity directly into the artists' hands, empowering them to push beyond their comfort zones and to transcend industry expectations.
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This page is dedicated to those who have taken the leap.
Featured Associated Artist of the Month
Heather Greene
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Singer/Songwriter/Recording Artist Heather Greene is taking the leap into film with Stir - writing the original music for Stir's upcoming short Showers of Happiness being released at film festivals in 2011. Her single Get Up and Go, from the new album Sweet Otherwise, will serve as the film's recurring theme. Heather toured Europe with her first album, Five Dollar Dress, released in 2006 to critical acclaim and continues to delight NYC audiences live at such venues as Joe's Pub and Le Poisson Rouge. AND as brand ambassador for Glenfiddich, she is one of the few female Scotch whisky experts in the world.
Cool chick.
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Stir's Featured Artist Archives
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Kim Schultz: Actress and Stand-up Comedienne Kim Schultz recently took on a dramatic role in Stir's debut short film Showers of Happiness this summer. She came to New York from Minneapolis where she performed at such nationally recognized theatres as The Guthrie Theatre, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Mixed Blood and 10,000 Things. New York credits include: Genesis Rep, Oberon Theatre, Hamptons Shakespeare Festival, and The Themantics Group. Kim has also worked on the Disney Wonder Cruiseship and The Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis. Kim performed in an HBO Comedy Showcase in LA, the Chicago Improv Festival, as well as produced and acted in a regionally televised comedy improv show called "Comedy Hotel." She performs and teaches improv and is the founder of Kim Schultz Improv, a Manhattan-based improv school. She also hosts a monthly comedy & variety show called, oddly enough, "Kim Schultz's Happy Hour".
Stir celebrates Kim's taking the leap into playwrighting - Kim performed her solo show, "The F Trip" in October at The Zipper Factory Theater (www.thezipperfactory.com) after a successful workshop run at The Midtown International Theatre Festival.
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Elaine Kwon:
Concert pianist Elaine Kwon seized the opportunity to work with Stir to
compose her first theatrical score for Catherine Eaton's new play, Corsetless. She
made her orchestral debut with the Washington-Idaho Symphony at age 15
and has since performed solo, concerto and chamber music concerts
throughout the US, Canada and Asia. She was a top prize winner in the
Young Keyboard Artist International Competition, Music Teachers
National Association Competitions, Baldwin Keyboard Awards, Tablerock
Young Artist Competition and many others. She tours regularly as part of the Hebert/Kwon piano duo and has been broadcast on public television and radio internationally.
She was a Visiting Professor of Piano at the Conservatory of Music in
Wuhan, People's Republic of China, and is currently an Affiliated
Artist at MIT where she teaches piano and piano lab. Ms. Kwon is also
co-founder/director of the chamber music group, Sapphire Ensemble.
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