Hilda Willis Presents Inaugural Intensive Performing Arts Workshops in Atlanta Market

Online, July 14, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Hilda Willis, Producing Artistic Director for Living Your Art (LYA), presents a One Day Conference as an introduction to a week long conference of intense trainings and master workshops for actors, dancers, singers and songwriters. The Living Your Art Institute is not only new to the Atlanta market but also the first conference of this type to be offered here. "Atlanta's commitment to the Arts confirms the need for an event of this caliber in this market," said Willis.

Willis will lead an "all-star cast" of Master Teachers from various parts of the entertainment/arts industry. They will provide development classes for emerging artists as well as for professional artists who may be looking to sharpen their tools. Attendees will participate in career building workshops, panel discussions and will have the opportunity to audition for directors, choreographers and music producers. Industry Guests include: Ankh Ra, Producer/Singer/Songwriter and former Vocal Coach from Making the Band 4; Sandra Hughes, Director/Writer/Actress and Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Gateway Production and; Cappriccieo Scates, Record Label Executive and current member of the Board of Governors of the Atlanta Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).

Living Your Art, an artistic and career development company, was created in 1995 by Hilda Willis, the Producing Artistic Director and Lead Coach. Living Your Art (LYA) offers opportunities that include workshops and seminars as well as individual coaching to support its clients in achieving their goals. Living Your Art goes beyond the fundamental question of "How To" and seeks to uncover "What is in the way?"

Hilda coaches, cultivates and produces in many artistic disciplines. Her clients have included but are not limited to: Jane Fonda (PAPY), Michael Bolton (Safe Space of New Haven), India.Arie (Recording Artist), Alimi Ballard (Actor), Duke Fakir (Four Tops) Jamal Joseph (Director/Writer), Gramps Morgan of Morgan Heritage (Recording Artist), Sergia Perez (Actress) and Vanessa Manley (Dancer) and The Ossie Davis Endowment for Education (Producing Director - Celebrity Tour.

The Living Your Art Institute One Day Intensive Workshop will be held at AREA (Atlanta's Resource for Entertainment & Arts), August 10, 2013 from 10:00am - 4:00pm. Sessions will cover topics such as: Agents/Management, Contracts, Styles of Acting, Movement for the Actor/Singer, and Voice and Diction. AREA is located at 2303 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30309. www.livingyourart.com

In addition to producing the Living Your Art Institute, Hilda Willis will be directing the stage play "Spunk" written by George C. Wolfe, presented by Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company. Show opens September, 2013. www.truecolorstheatre.org