The Artist Toolbox
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The Artist Toolbox is a half hour-long interview program on PBS
, hosted by writer/director John Jacobsen. The program focuses on the creative process of a selection of master-level artists in disciplines such as music, architecture, comedy, fashion, acting, ballet, writing, design, etc. The Artist Toolbox premiered nationwide in the United States on January 7, 2011. The first season includes guests violinist David Garrett, writer Isabel Allende
, musician John Legend
, designers Ruben and Isabel Toledo
, actor Tom Skerritt
, fashion designer Zang Toi
, abstract artist Sam Gilliam
, graphic design team Massimo Vignelli
and his wife Lella, architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen
, American Ballet Theatre
principles Irina Dvorovenko
and Maxim Beloserkovsky, chef Daniel Boulud
, musician Ramsey Lewis
and comedic actor Jason Alexander
. Host John Jacobsen is also a founder and faculty member of the Seattle screenwriting and directing program TheFilmSchool
and is co-founder of MogaJacobsen Productions.
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
, hosted by writer/director John Jacobsen. The program focuses on the creative process of a selection of master-level artists in disciplines such as music, architecture, comedy, fashion, acting, ballet, writing, design, etc. The Artist Toolbox premiered nationwide in the United States on January 7, 2011. The first season includes guests violinist David Garrett, writer Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean writer with American citizenship. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the "magic realist" tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts , which have been commercially successful...
, musician John Legend
John Legend
John Roger Stephens , better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, musician, and actor. He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Prior to the release of his debut album, Stephens' career...
, designers Ruben and Isabel Toledo
Isabel Toledo
Isabel Toledo is a Cuban-American fashion designer based in New York.-Personal life:Isabel Toledo was born in Cuba and moved to New Jersey where she attended high school and met her future husband and collaborator, Ruben Toledo...
, actor Tom Skerritt
Tom Skerritt
Thomas Roy "Tom" Skerritt is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962.-Early life:...
, fashion designer Zang Toi
Zang Toi
-Early life:He was born in the Kuala Krai district in the state of Kelantan on 11 June 1961.Toi left his native Malaysia at the age of eighteen, and via Toronto, landed in New York a year later. There he attended Parsons School of Design and apprenticed with Mary Jane Marcasiano and Ronaldus Shamask...
, abstract artist Sam Gilliam
Sam Gilliam
Sam Gilliam is internationally recognized as one of America's foremost Color Field Painter and Lyrical Abstractionist artists....
, graphic design team Massimo Vignelli
Massimo Vignelli
Massimo Vignelli is a designer who has done work in a number of areas ranging from package design to furniture design to public signage to showroom design through Vignelli Associates, which he co-founded with his wife, Lella...
and his wife Lella, architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen
Hugh Newell Jacobsen
Hugh Newell Jacobsen is a prominent United States architect.-Education and early career:Hugh Newell Jacobsen was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1929. Educated at the University of Maryland, he received a BA in 1951. He also attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture in...
, American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today...
principles Irina Dvorovenko
Irina Dvorovenko
Irina Dvorovenko is a classical ballet dancer. She was born in Kiev, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. She began her ballet training at the age of 10 at the Kiev Ballet School. She joined the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kiev in 1990 as a soloist, rising to the rank of Principal...
and Maxim Beloserkovsky, chef Daniel Boulud
Daniel Boulud
Daniel Boulud is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, Miami, Montreal, Beijing, and Singapore...
, musician Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.-Biography:...
and comedic actor Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander
Jay Scott Greenspan , better known by his professional name of Jason Alexander, is an American actor, writer, comedian, television director, producer, and singer. He is best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld, appearing in the sitcom from 1989 to 1998...
. Host John Jacobsen is also a founder and faculty member of the Seattle screenwriting and directing program TheFilmSchool
TheFilmSchool
TheFilmSchool is a non-profit film program located in Seattle, WA that focuses on intensive training in screenwriting and directing. TheFilmSchool's mission statement is 'to elevate the art of cinematic storytelling.' The curriculum centers around a heavy emphasis on discipline and craft,...
and is co-founder of MogaJacobsen Productions.