grams & Services Branch of Ontario, joined
other arts community representatives at
LPCI's Careers in the Arts Afternoon. Mr.
Mortimer spoke about the importance of
arts education and his role in representing
the arts in provincial government.
arts?
atre Performance from York University.
pursue a career in the arts?
gree. Training in arts is tremendously
benefi cial. The Arts is about creativity
and being in touch with your creative
potential. This can be transferred to
any job in any sector. Be open, curious
and opportunistic to open yourself to a
ways to simply be engaged in the arts
community. Gradually, fi nd your way to
your fi nal goal.
with art in school, one can use art to
teach other subject matter. For example,
music can teach mathematics. It has a
positive impact on the whole experience.
The positive impacts are areas of invest-
ment for the province.
in society?
uses to think about itself, to look at the
human experience and the individual ex-
pression of each human being. It helps
the individual think and understand life
in general. Art has the unique ability to
aff ect the individual in special ways. This
by the colour of his skin" but simply as
an author.
voice, Lawrence replied that he didn't
really know what a "black voice" was.
He prefers to say that he writes in nei-
ther a black nor white voice, but rather
ry that is not limited to a specifi c cul-
ture, but rather one that is streaked
through with the contributions of
many diff erent backgrounds.
her, but Williams is quick to point out
that her network currently owns the #1
show in Canada: House.
business. "Your generation doesn't watch
TV like mine did. People are not watch-
ing television in big numbers anymore.
You guys watch television on PVR and
on your computers, and we are trying to
fi gure out what that means to our busi-
ness. How can we have a business when
people don't watch as much TV any-
more? What is the future of television?"
Williams says this as if it is an interesting
trivia fact, rather than a potentially ruin-
ous future for her business. She does not
give the impression of someone whose
future is uncertain.
future appears stable. "I'm in love with
Toronto," she says. "Some people in my
business are tempted to try and work in
the States to see if they've really got it.
I have defi nitely thought about it, but
I have a beautiful family right here and
I'm not going anywhere." She cites her
consistent traveling to New York and Los
Angeles as enough to satisfy her need to
be in the U.S.A.
when things aren't working and the
viewers aren't there and the advertising
dollars aren't there... But the ability to
infl uence people by changing what's
on the screen helps keep me motivated
every day."
my job. I look forward to going to work
everyday."
"busy people are happy people." Williams
follows her own model perfectly. She is
an example of how most people don't
end up where they expect, and most of
the time that's quite alright. Sometimes
the best plans are the ones that don't
exist at all. [m]