THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP.

>> WHAT IS THE AMERICAN DAIRY AND STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT WHEN WE THINK THE AMERICAN TREE.

>> MEET THE DIRECTOR OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY EXAMINING THE AMERICAN DREAM.

OUR INTERVIEW WITH ADAM MASON COMING UP IN A MOMENT.

A NEW SCHOOL OPENING IN NAPLES TRAINING UP A VERY SPECIAL GROUP OF GIFTED MUSICIANS.

THAT STORY COMING UP AND A LOCAL ARTIST WHO USED TO TEACH CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOM HAS TAKEN HER CRAFT ON THE ROAD.

NOW TEACHING SENIORS IN RETIREMENT HOMES THAT AGE IS NO BARRIER TO CREATING ART.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE ARE NOW JUST DAYS AWAY FROM A SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY INVOLVING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

IT EXPLORES WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM IN 2026.

AS WE COUNT DOWN TO OUR COUNTRIES, 200 AND 50TH BIRTHDAY, THE DOCUMENTARY CALLED TOOK 2 YEARS TO FILM AND WE USED TOGETHER MORE THAN 1000 INTERVIEWS.

ALL OF THEM UNSCRIPTED FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.

MARIGOLD PREMIERES ON LINE AT WGCU DOT ORG ON JUNE.

1ST AND THEN YOU CAN WATCH IT RIGHT HERE ON WGCU TV.

COMING UP ON JUNE 14TH, IT'S CALLED A RAW PANORAMIC AND HOPEFUL PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY AT A CROSSROADS.

I HAD THE CHANCE TO SIT DOWN IN STUDIO WITH THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.

JOINING ME NOW IS ADAM MASON WHO DIRECTED THE MAYOR AGO AND HE IS HERE IN STUDIO TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS FASCINATING STORY.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY IN STUDIO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS DOCUMENTARY IS ABOUT?

>> YEAH, I MEAN.

>> ON THE ONE HAND, IT WAS ABOUT ALSO GOING ALL OVER AMERICA.

>> INTERVIEWING EVERYDAY AMERICANS ABOUT THEIR AMERICAN DREAM STORY.

IT IS QUITE REMARKABLE HOW WE WERE ABLE TO JUST GO UP TO RANDOM PEOPLE IN THE STREET.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA THAT WE WERE GONNA COMING TO THAT DAY AND JUST OFF THEM FOR THEIR AMERICAN DREAM STORY.

>> AND THEY WERE RECEPTIVE.

I MEAN, >> YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE SAY, YOU IT MIGHT PRODUCE A FILM AND I WOULD JUST WALK UP TO AROUND PEOPLE AND SAY, DO YOU MIND GIVING US 5 MINUTES YOU TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THE EFFECT IT'S HAD ON YOU AND YOU KNOW, THE MYRIAD OF THE STORIES THAT WE GO OUT, THAT WAS QUITE REMARKABLE.

THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD STOP CRYING WHILE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR AMERICAN DREAM MALL THAT HAS JUST AS AMERICAN DREAM.

YOU KNOW, TO GET EXTREMELY EVOCATIVE TOPIC FOR MOST AMERICANS.

YOU KNOW, HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHAT MAKES THE CUT IT TO 90 MINUTE?

>> DOCUMENTARY CALLED THE MAYOR AGO THAT WE ARE HEARING ON PBS ON JULY 4TH.

WHAT MADE THE FINAL AT HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THAT?

>> WELL, I MEAN, IT WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH ALL PRODUCE A DAVID MCCOURT AND HIS WIFE, JUDY MCCALL, ABOUT TRYING TO FIND A NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OUT THE TALKING HEADS.

SO WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS THAT DAVID HIMSELF WENT OUT AND KIND OF ANTHONY BOURDAIN STOWAWAY TO INTERVIEW EXPERTS THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, AN AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DEATH OF LOCAL JOURNALISM IN AMERICA.

WE TALKED TO A POLITICIAN IN BOSTON.

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DEMISE OF LOCAL POLITICS AND WE WENT TO CARBONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA WHERE WE TALKED TO A WONDERFUL THE FEMALE MAN WHO TALKED ABOUT THE DISINTEGRATION OF COMMUNITY IN AMERICA.

WE WENT AND MET WITH THE INVENTOR OF THE INTERNET, WHO TALKED ABOUT THE EFFECT SOCIAL MEDIA HAS HAD ON THE COMMUNITY PARTICULAR COMMUNITY AND THE WAY THE COMMUNITY SO MOVED ONLINE AND CONSEQUENTLY BECOME MOST DIVISIVE.

SO THROUGH THAT WE FOUND A KIND OF A STRUCTURE AND THEN THE TALKING HEADS THAT WE DID WITH THE, YOU KNOW, 1000 PLUS, EVERYDAY AMERICANS PEOPLE WOULD JUST NOT TO TOUCH ON THESE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.

>> IS THERE ONE OR 2 PARTICULAR STORIES THAT TOUCHED YOU MORE DEEPLY OR HAVE MORE OF AN IMPRESSION ON YOU THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE?

I KNOW THERE'S MANY.

I'M THE ONE OR 2.

I MEAN, HONESTLY, LIKE.

>> THE REMARKABLE THING FOR ME WAS THAT EVERYBODY HAD A STORY.

YOU WOULD THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T PERSONALLY LIKE BEING FILMED.

AND IF SOMEONE CAME UP WITH A CAMERA IN MY FACE, I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO BE AS ELOQUENT AS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE INTERVIEWED HIM YET.

WASN'T A SINGLE PERSON WHO KIND OF FROZE ON CAMERA AND EVERYBODY HAD A STORY AND EVERYONE HAD A UNIQUE STORY AND LIKE I SAID, SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD START CRYING FROM THE EMOTION OF TALKING ABOUT THAT AMERICAN DREAM STORY.

YOU KNOW, I'M FROM ENGLAND.

I HAVE MY OWN AMERICAN DREAM STORY.

I WAS TRYING TO MOVING TO AMERICA AND BEING AN AMERICAN THAN IT WAS A HUGE MOMENT FOR ME IN MY LIFE WHEN I BECAME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING I'D ALWAYS ASPIRED TO.

AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, LIKE EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY HAS THEIR OWN UNIQUE AMERICAN DREAM STORY.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S SO POWERFUL ABOUT AMERICAN IN AMERICA IS AN IDEA MORE MOST ITEM THE COUNTRY TONIGHT IS SOMETHING BEHIND AMERICA IS EXTREMELY POWERFUL.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTRY'S ABOUT.

>> WHAT DO YOU HOPE VIEWERS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM IT ONCE THEY WATCH IT?

>> I MEAN, THE MAIN THING I TOOK AWAY FROM IT IS IF YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON.

ON X, WILL, YOU KNOW YOU ONLINE BASICALLY.

YOU START TO THINK THAT THIS COUNTRY IS EXTREMELY DIVIDED AND EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN THAT WE TALKED TO EVERY SINGLE ONE WITHOUT DOUBT WITHOUT QUESTION BASICALLY WOULD SAY HOW THEY WANT TO SEE AMERICA COME BACK TOGETHER.

SO THE DIVISION IT FEELS TO ME IS IT'S MANUFACTURED THEM IN A SENSE BECAUSE AMERICANS OVERRULE HAVE ABOUT MORNING COLEMAN AND, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU WOULD THINK, I GUESS FROM FROM THE OUTSIDE.

AND SO THAT WAS AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL MESSAGE TO ME WAS JUST TO SEE HOW MUCH AMERICANS ACTUALLY HAVE IN COMMON >> DESPITE ALL THE DEVICES THAT WE SEE EVERYWHERE IN THE MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO, YEAH, YEAH.

I MEAN, POLITICALLY.

>> SURE.

ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS JUST QUITE BEAUTIFUL THING.

JUST SEEING HOW AND ALSO HOW WELCOMING EVERYONE MOST TO US.

YEAH.

I MEAN, IF A STRANGER CAME UP TO SHOW, I WOULD HAVE THAT REACTION THAT THEY HAD TO WEARS EVERY SINGLE PERSON.

THAT WAS JUST NOTHING OVER THE LOVELY TO US.

AND THAT'S A SPEECH FOR TEAMS TO ME ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>> AND I ASSUME THAT YOU INTERVIEW PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

I IMAGINE YOU HAVE A VERY MATURE AND AND SOME YOUNGER.

YEAH, I KNOW IT'S A SHOW.

YOU CAN ONLY BACKGROUND SAYING IT WAS AS BRIGHT AS BROAD A CAMPUS AS YOU CAN GET.

>> REALLY.

>> AND YOU ARE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AGAIN.

AND WHAT IS YOUR GOAL RIGHT NOW?

THE TO RETURN TO THE FORT MYERS AREA?

>> YOU KNOW, JUST CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS.

SO WITH YOU KNOW WHAT WRAPPING UP FLORIDA, WE STARTED IN NEW YORK.

WE MAY DO UP TO CONNECTICUT AND THEN WE CAME DOWN THROUGH BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA INTO SOUTH CAROLINA AT TENNESSEE AND THEN DOWN TO MIAMI.

NOW WE'RE MAKING OUR WAY UP TO ALABAMA.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO ST.

LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY DOING A BIG LAST YEAR.

WE DID THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE, THE WEST COAST AND NOW WAIT.

MAKING OUR WAY ACROSS.

>> YES, SO I ALSO UNDERSTAND YOU'RE WORKING ON ANOTHER PROJECT CALLED A MILLION VOICES.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS DOCUMENTARY.

BUT TELL US ABOUT THAT PROJECT.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, THE THE BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THE FROM AMERICA THAT JUST THIS APPROACH OF GOING UP TO EVERYDAY AMERICANS AND ALL SKIING AT THEIR OPINION WAS HUGELY REWARDING AND SAY WE'VE BASICALLY DEVOTES A WEBSITE.

PEOPLE GOING TO WWW TO AD TO 50 LIKE AMERICAN DREAM TO 50 AND AND BASICALLY ACCESSES THE CAMERA ON THE IPAD ABOUT 2 PER PHONE AND PEOPLE CAN LEAVE THEIR OWN AMERICAN DREAM STORY.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET A MILLION AMERICAN VOICES TALKING ABOUT THEIR AMERICAN DREAM STORIES.

I'M IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO BUT FOR LANAI DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE TRAVELING ALL ACROSS AMERICA, KICKS OFF IN THAT BY TRYING TO GET 1000 FORCES IN 30 DAYS, WHICH WE MAY OR MAY NOT ACHIEVE >> THAT SAID, YEAH, THAT'S I THINK YOU WILL ACHIEVE THAT GOAL AND MORE AND THOSE VOICES WILL BE UNFILTERED AND AUTHENTIC, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AND I WISH YOU MUCH LUCK IN YOUR TRAVELS.

AND AS YOU WORK TOWARD COMPLETING THIS MISSION PROJECT, WHICH IS WHAT IT IS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

ONCE AGAIN, HERE ARE DETAILS ON HOW TO CHECK OUT SINCE LATEST WORK.

IT BEGINS STREAMING ON W G C DOT ORG ON JUNE.

1ST AND AIRS ON WJCT TV ON SUNDAY, JUNE 14TH AT 05:00PM.

THEN THE DOCUMENTARY AIRS NATIONWIDE ON PBS STATIONS ON JULY 4TH, YOU CAN FIND DETAILS ABOUT THOSE AIR TIMES AT WGCU DOT ORG AND FOR AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AND MORE ON THE FILM, CHECK OUT AD TO 50 DOT COM.

OUR CONTINUING LOOK INTO FLORIDA TO 50 IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA THROUGH THE DIVISION OF ARTS AND CULTURE.

AND COMING UP FROM AMERICA, 2.50, PRESENTATIONS ON THE WEB AND YOUR TV.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE UPCOMING SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL IS TAKING SHAPE IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY ALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

MUSEUMS, ARTS CENTERS AND THEATERS FROM MARCO ISLAND TO SARASOTA ARE COMMEMORATING THE 200 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

ONE LOCAL ARTS GROUP IS PRODUCING 7 AMERICA.

2.50, SHOWS BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY.

>> WE ARE JOINED IN STUDIO BY WGCU ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL.

>> TO LEARN MORE.

AND TOM, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

GLAD TO BE HERE.

AND WHICH ARTS ORGANIZATION IS PRODUCING THESE AMERICA.

2.50, SHOWS THAT'S GULF COAST SYMPHONY.

>> IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL MUSIC SERVES AS THE ULTIMATE LIVING SOUNDTRACK OF THE NATION'S HISTORY.

IT ACTS AS A MIRROR TO AMERICAN DIVERSITY, A TOOL FOR CULTURAL STORYTELLING AND A UNIFYING FORCE THAT HELPS COMMUNITIES PROCESS PERIODS OF JOY PAIN AND RESILIENCE AND GULF COAST SYMPHONY IS PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF SHOWS THAT INVITE AUDIENCES TO REFLECT ON THE SONGS THAT HAVE SHAPED OUR HISTORY.

MUSIC DIRECTOR ANDREW KURTZ IS CALLING IT THE SOUNDS OF AMERICA AND THE SHOW'S HE SELECTED HONOR THE ARTIST JOHN ROSE AND CULTURAL MOVEMENTS TO FORM LIVING BREATHING SOUNDTRACK OF OUR NATION.

HERE'S MY STRUCK HER TO TELL US WHAT GULF COAST SYMPHONY WILL BRING TO THE STAGE BEGINNING.

MAY 30TH.

>> THE GULF COAST SYMPHONY BRING TO THE SOUNDS OF AMERICA THIS SUMMER AS WE CELEBRATE AMERICA AT 2.50, WE START AT THE MUSIC AND ARTS COMMUNITY CENTER WITH ROCK AND ROLL FAVORITES WITH JARED FREEBURG ON THE PIANO IN CADDO MANIA.

THEN WE BRING YOU THE FORESEEN A IT'S A FRANKIE VALLI TRIBUTE WITH ALUMNI FROM THE JERSEY BOYS.

THE SOUNDS OF SOUL.

OUR MOTOWN CLASSICS WITH THE GREATEST, OUR INDIE AND POP HIT.

AND LASTLY, AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS AND ANDREWS SISTERS TRIBUTE THAT BRING BACK MEMORIES OF THE GREAT USO SHOWS.

BUT THE BIG FINALE IS THE GULF COAST SYMPHONY PERFORMING JULY 3RD AT THE BARBARA B MANN PERFORMING ARTS HALL.

OUR AMERICA AT 2.50, A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION IT'S A CONCERT OF SWEEPING SCALE AND ORCHESTRA POWER AND TRUE PATRIOTIC SPIRIT.

THE WIDE OPEN LANDSCAPES OF AARON COPELAND, THE SOARING FILM SCORES OF JOHN WILLIAMS AND THE BELOVED TURKISH WHEN CLASSIC RHAPSODY IN BLUE JOIN US THIS SUMMER AS THE GULF COAST SYMPHONY CELEBRATES AMERICA AT 2.50 >> THEY ALL SOUND ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC.

TOM, CAN TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION AT BARBARA B MANN.

BE HAPPY TO.

>> IT ALSO INCLUDES A POWERFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION AND FEATURES UNFORGETTABLE FILM MUSIC, INCLUDING THE THEME FROM BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY AND THE DEEPLY MOVING HIM TO THE FALLEN FROM SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.

THESE MOMENTS OF REFLECTION AND PRI CAPTURE THE SILLIMAN A AND THE STRENGTH OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT.

THE SHOWS ARE JUST THE LATEST IN GULF COAST SYMPHONY TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S BIRTH EARLIER THIS YEAR.

GULF COAST JAZZ PERFORM DEMOCRACY SUITE AND ODES TO DUKE ELLINGTON AND COUNT BASING AND THE SYMPHONY BROUGHT 17.

76 THE MUSICAL TO THE BARBARA B MANN.

>> ARE THERE OTHER AMERICA?

2.50, SHOWS THAT YOU THINK PEOPLE SHOULD GO SEE.

ACTUALLY TO COME TO MIND.

>> THE MARCO ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUM HAS CLYDE BUTCHER'S AMERICA.

THE BEAUTIFUL PHOTO EXHIBITION ON VIEW THROUGH JULY.

11TH AND THE BAKER MUSEUM IS FEATURING DISCOVERING ANSEL ADAMS THROUGH AUGUST.

2ND.

BOTH DRAW ATTENTION TO OUR NATIONAL PARKS, WHICH WERE STARTED BY PRESIDENT ULYSSES S GRANT IN 18.

72 WITH YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.

>> THANK YOU, TOM, FOR JOINING US AND SHARING.

>> ALL THIS INFORMATION WITH US TODAY.

I APPRECIATE OUT.

>> MAKE SURE YOU ARE KEEPING UP WITH ALL OF TOM HALLS, ART STORIES BY HEADING TO OUR WEB SITE.

WGCU DOT ORG.

A NEW MUSIC SCHOOL, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS OPENING IN NAPLES.

THE STUDENTS ARE ALL NARROW DIVERGENT WITH A SINGULAR INTEREST IN MUSIC.

WGCUS REPORTER YOUN JOO PARK HAS THE STORY OF THIS UNIQUE MUSIC CONSERVATORY FOR COLLEGIATE LEVEL MUSICIANS.

>> MICHAEL WEINSTEIN SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH MUSIC.

HE DECORATES HIS BEDROOM IN MUSIC THEMES.

HE DEVOURS BEATLES HE PLAYS GUITAR WITH HIS MUSICIAN, AND SO YEAH.

>> I'M SURE MUSIC FEELS MICHAEL'S LIFE.

>> AND IOWA.

>> HAPPY.

>> MICHAELS MOM, HEAVY WEINSTEIN SAYS MUSIC ALSO RUNS DEEP IN THE FAMILY.

>> SCOTT PLACE THE ABOUT HE DID WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.

LISA SCOTT'S FATHER WAS A CONCERT VIOLINIST.

SO, YEAH, WE'RE ALL MUSICAL.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS MICHAEL GOES IN HIS ROOM AND HE PRACTICES QATAR OR DENY YOU HAVE TO SCAN THE U.S.

AT THE SAME TIME.

YET HOURS HE PLAYS FOR IT'S.

>> MICHAEL 6 TO DEVOTE HIS LIFE TO MUSIC BUT NEEDS CUSTOMIZED ATTENTION TO THOSE IN THE U.S.

TO SUPPORT HIS SON'S MUSICAL DREAMS.

SCOTT WEINSTEIN LAUNCHED THE INCLUSIVE CONSERVATORY OF NAPLES OR ICON FOR SHORT.

>> THESE KIDS FALL OFF THE CLIFF OF EDUCATION.

IT'S IT IS A FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY THEY JUST WANT TO LEARN AND THEY WANT TO DEVELOP AND THEY WANT TO BE MUSICIANS.

AND THERE'S REALLY NO PLACE.

THE TEACHES THEM WHERE THEY ARE.

EVERY PLACE ELSE.

THEY HAVE TO GO WHERE THE OTHERS ARE.

BUT WE WANT TO COME TO WHERE THESE STUDENTS FOR AND HOW THEY LEARN.

>> ICON PLANS TO PROVIDE A FORMAL COLLEGE LEVEL MUSIC PROGRAM FOR NERO.

DIVERGENT STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BECOME MUSICIANS.

THE REQUIRE AN ALTERNATIVE TEACHING APPROACH THE SCHOOL'S GOAL IS TO BUILD UP THEIR INDEPENDENCE TO PRACTICE PERFORMANCE AND PER DEVELOPMENT.

2 SEPARATE STAYS.

YOUNG MUSICIANS, WEINSTEIN TAPPED OPERA SINGER PABLO VALDIVIA LOVINGLY CALLED MISTER V BY THE STUDENTS.

THOUGH DE GEA WAS BORN IN BOLIVIA AND WAS FEATURED ON TV AT THE TENDER AGE OF 3.

>> THEREFORE, I AM STILL PERFORMER AND ALSO AN EDUCATOR.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WINE WANT TO GIVE TO THEM.

THE JOY OF PERFORMING US SAYING GOING FOR SOMEONE ELSE OR PLANE FOR SOMEONE AND JUST.

IT'S JUST STUDENTS HERE.

SO GIVE US PEACE TO YOUR SO SO THAT'S WHY I LOVE MUSIC.

>> HIS PHILOSOPHY MATCHES THE MISSION OF ICON.

>> EACH INDIVIDUAL LEARNS DIFFERENTLY.

EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL ALLOW YOU TO ENTER THE UNIVERSE IN A SPECIFIC WAY.

AND AGAIN, NOT ALL METHODS WORK.

AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO USE UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS OF TEACHING BUT ITS POSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE PATIENTS AND IF YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, IT IS VERY, VERY POSSIBLE.

>> AFTER 3 MONTHS OF PRACTICE, MICHAEL AND HIS COHORT, WE'RE PREPARED TO DEBUT THEIR GROUP.

THE ICONIC ACTS.

THE CONCERT WAS INVITATION ONLY AT THE GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE.

AUDIENCES ARRIVED IN THEIR FINEST EVENING WEAR AND THE ICONIC CE >> THE AUDIENCE CONGRATULATED THE MUSICIANS AND STOP THEIR AUTOGRAPHS.

CHRIS MARKER WAS TOUCHED BY THE EXPERIENCE HERE I HAVEN'T CRIED.

>> BECAUSE OF MUSIC IN A LONG TIME AND TWICE.

I TEAR IT UP AND JUST THINKING ABOUT IT AGAIN, THE VOICE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.

THE JOY THAT THE ARTIST HAD AS THEY PERFORM.

AND IT WAS JUST COMPELLING THAN WHAT YOU WANT TO COME.

SEE WHAT I SAW TONIGHT AND HEAR WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT.

MR.

V MADE HIS ROUNDS TO PRAISE HIS STUDENTS AND IT'S BEEN A SHORT TIME.

>> BUT THEIR RESULTS ARE INCREDIBLE AT SINCE VERY CATHOLIC VALUES.

DAVID AND AND YOU MOVE.

I EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ICON.

>> WE LOVE TO A MOVING EXPERIENCE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM IN OUR FAMILY TO.

YEAH, WE DO.

AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SOMETHING LIKE >> THE CONSERVATORY IS BASED IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE WEINSTEIN PLANS TO RECRUIT STUDENTS FROM FAR AND WHY THIS IS GOING TO IT'S REALLY THE ONLY PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY, MAYBE THE WORLD WHERE THERE'S OTHERS THAT OVERLAP WITH WHAT WE DO.

>> BUT >> THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

WE'RE GOING TO START HERE WITH THESE 4 YOUNG MUSICIANS.

THE YOUNG MUSICIANS NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> TO GROW THEIR MUSICAL TALENTS AND TOUCH AUDIENCES WHICH SHOWS THAT FOR THE STREAM TO BE REALIZED ALL YOU NEED IS TO BE REALIZED ALL YOU NEED IS NOT.

FOR WGCU NEWS.

I'M YOUN JOO PARK >> THE INCLUSIVE CONSERVATORY OF NAPLES IS SLATED TO OPEN ITS NAPLES LOCATION.

THIS AUGUST.

COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, USING ART AS A FORM OF INSPIRATION.

THE TEACHER WHO IS BRINGING HER PASSION FOR PAINTING AND TEACHING HER STUDENTS THERE.

NEVER TOO OLD IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW AND BE CREATIVE.

THAT MESSAGE IS FROM A FORT MYERS.

OUR TEACHER NOW ON A MISSION INSPIRING A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH CONFIDENCE REGARDLESS OF AGE WGCUS EILEEN KELLEY HAS THE STORY.

THEY WERE GOING TO DO A PAINT.

HE OF THE SUMMIT'S OF BURNS SITTING ON BRANCHES.

HER NAME IS MINA MALIK CAUCUS.

THIS IS MY EXAMPLE.

>> NOW THAT'S A MOUTHFUL FOR AN ART STUDENT OF ANY AGE.

ALSO KNOWN AS MISSUS M.

>> MISSUS AND AS AN ARTIST, HER MOTHER TOLD HER TO DRAW WHEN SHE WAS JUST A LITTLE GIRL FROM REAL.

SHE MOVED ON TO IMPRESSIONISM AND THEN ABSTRACT PAINTING MISSUS.

M SAYS SHE DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THE COLORS IN THE SKY AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE WAVES AT THE BEACH.

NOW SHE'S INSPIRING OTHERS AS A TEACHER.

>> SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

>> THE FORMER PRESCHOOL THROUGH 8TH GRADE.

OUR TEACHER IS NOW TEACHING PEOPLE JUST LIKE ELLIE HUNT.

I LIKE COLORS AND IT'S JUST A WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF TO FEEL FREE.

AND NATALIE MANNING.

>> IT SO WE SELF YOU'RE BOARDING.

I ENJOY IT VERY MUCH.

>> HER STUDENTS SO THAT PLACES LIKE SHELL POINT VILLAGE HEALTH PARK, SENIOR CARE OR WHERE WE ACCOMPANIED HER ON A FEW OCCASIONS RECENTLY OF THE TO AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AND RETIREMENT COMMUNITY MISSES AND CALLS HER BUSINESS.

I CAN CREATE ART SO HER BUSINESS CAN BE TAILORED TO PEOPLE OF ANY AGE.

SHE CURRENTLY OFFERS SINGLE-DAY WORKSHOPS AND REGULAR CLASSES SIT 8 DIFFERENT SENIOR CARE FACILITIES.

SHE STARTED HER TRAVELING ART TEACHER BUSINESS ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO.

WE DO ALL KINDS OF ARTS AND CRAFTS.

WE DO PAINTINGS DRAWING COLLAGES SCULPTURES.

>> SOMETIMES I EVEN DO A LESSON ON FAMOUS ARTISTS AND DO SOME EDUCATION THERE.

THERE'S RESEARCH OUT THERE THAT SAYS HOW IMPORTANT PART IS TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE SENIOR COMMUNITY.

NOT ONLY DO THEY LEARN SOMETHING, THERE ARE PHYSICAL ASPECTS TO IT.

HAND EYE COORDINATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINKING AND PLANNING THAT HAS TO GET INVOLVED.

AND I PERSONALLY FEEL THIS IS A TIME FOR THEM TO GATHER TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT.

ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER AND TAKE A BRAIN BREAK FROM THE STRESS OF THAT DAY.

OUR ALLOWS YOU TO KIND OF NOT THINK ABOUT THAT.

DOCTOR APPOINTMENT NOT THINK ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, YOUR SON WHO LIVES MANY STATES AWAY.

YOU CAN HAVE AN HOUR OR YOU JUST THINK ABOUT OUR AND GIVE YOUR BRAIN A AND WHAT WAS IT >> MISSUS M TELLS ME THAT EVEN AS THE TEACHER, THIS NEW VENTURE HAS IMPARTED SOME VERY IMPORTANT LESSONS ON TO HER.

SHE SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR SENIORS IN RESIDENTIAL HOMES TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS ART AND EXERCISE, EVEN WORSHIP CLASSES DOING SO SHE SAYS IT CREATES A SENSE OF BELONGING ALLOWING SENIORS TO BE PART OF SOMETHING POSITIVE.

ONE OF MISS FORT HAYS IS CREATING COLLABORATIVE ART PIECES.

EACH ARTIST CREATES A PANEL.

THEN THE PANELS ARE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER TO CREATE A SINGLE PIECE OF ART, A COLLABORATIVE ART PIECE WAS UNVEILED TO THE GREATER AM OF THE TO COMMUNITY WHEN THEY GATHERED RECENTLY FOR AN ART RECEPTION THAT INCLUDED CAKE AND EVEN SOME BUBBLY.

>> TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE REVEALING A PAINTING THAT THE ARTISTS AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR 3 MONTHS.

I'M SO PROUD OF THIS THING.

I'M SO EXCITED HOW IT TURNED OUT.

YOU GUYS WANT TO GET ME UP.

A DRUM ROLL UP YOUR FEET.

>> THE PIECE IS CALLED THE NAST OF CREATIVITY.

IT WILL BE ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT MV.

DOES ART ROOM.

>> SO ANYTIME YOU CAN GO LOOK AT IT.

OKAY.

>> HAVING CLASSES JUST ADDS TO ELLIE'S GETTING THIS.

IT ALSO PROVIDES COMPANIONSHIP AND THE CREATIVE OUTLET FOR NATALEE.

>> SO COMING THE OTHER CLASS KNOW THE COLORS AND EVERYTHING.

IT'S REALLY FUN.

CAN EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH THE ART CLASS AND AND BE CREATIVE AND THE SCARY REWARDING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING EVERY MONTH.

THE ART CLASS.

>> AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE REASONS THAT MISSUS AM DOES WHAT SHE DOES.

>> I WAS A FORMER ART TEACHER IN SCHOOLS.

I LOVE TEACHING CHILDREN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IN MY PERSONAL LIFE ARE IS A COPING SKILL.

IF YOU'RE STRESSED OUT.

MAKE SOME ART.

IF YOU'RE WORRIED AND SAD AND LONELY, MAKE SOME ART BECAUSE IT HELPS YOUR HEART.

>> WGCU NEWS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

I'M I THINK KELLY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

MAKE SURE YOU HEAD TO WHEC DOT ORG.

THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN RIGHT HERE NEXT TIME FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.