Visual storyteller, Flash Rosenberg, is a self described 'Attention Span for Hire' who photographs, draws, writes and talks as a performer. Flash was the pioneering artist in residence for ‘LIVE from the New York Public Library’ for seven years, capturing live-drawings of literary discussions in real-time to create panels and animated summaries known as “Conversation Portraits Flash was born in Mt. Vernon, NY; one of three children—she has a younger brother and sister— to Marilyn, an early childhood educator, and David, a chemical engineer and rocket scientist. Her family moved to Delaware when she was four years old. Flash attended the University of Delaware where she graduated with a BS in Graphic Design as a Dean’s Scholar in Visual Communication. In 2011, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts. Her animations have been commissioned for Broadway shows. Her Main Stage stories for ‘The Moth’ have been broadcast nationally on NPR. “FlashThink Cartoons” was a weekly, online feature on the Conde Nast site, Archetypes.com. Flash has had an elaborate and original teaching career, specializing in provocative approaches to art, including workshops in Visual Humor, and a Perception Studies class conducted entirely in the NYC subways for Cooper Union. She lives in Harlem, NY. Websites: http://flashrosenberg.com/ https://www.archetypes.com/flash-rosenberg (http://www.nypl.org/live/conversation-portraitsInstagram: @flashrosenberghttps://www.instagram.com/flashrosenberg/ Flash’s favorite female artists:Arlene LoveMarsha MossKaren MisherAmie PotsicWacky Wendy BrackmanBonnie LevinsonBarbara MinkJill DeGroffSusan KaprovLaurie Rosenwald Flash’s playlist: Blackbird - The Beatles The Penguin - Raymond Scott Gymnopédies - Erik Satie Toc - Thom Ze Hot in Heere - Nelly Atomic Dog - Parliament Funkadelic Incense Peppermint - Strawberry Alarm Clock Sunshine Superman - Donovan Hava Neegila - Harry Belafante Oh Yeah - Yello Crazy Women - Jess Korman Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell Old Man - Neil Young Dust in the Wind - Kansas Another One Bites the Dust - Queen In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel Somebody I Used to Know - Gotye You Don't Have to Cry - Crosby, Stills & Nash The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground Gangnam Style - PSY Mustt Mustt- Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn Trigger Hippie - Morcheeba Computer Love - Kraftwerk Drumbone - Blue Man Group Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is - Chicago King Kong - BETTY Tubthumping - Chumbawamba Get Lucky - Daftpunk Happy - Daftpunk Technologic - Daftpunk Yeah! - Usher Calabria 2007 (Club Mix) - Enur (featuring Natasja Scream & Shout - will.i.am (with Britney Spears) Dare - Gorillaz Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz Walking and Falling - Laurie Anderson Super Bon Bon - Soul Coughing/Michael Doughty Ruby Vroom Paint Kiss From a Rose- Seal Here Comes the Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze Host: Chris StaffordProduced by Hollowell StudiosFollow @theaartpodcast on InstagramAART on FacebookEmail: hollowellstudios@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/aart--5814675/support.