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Destination Santa Fe Opera

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Blair Gulledge

Bringing fantastical worlds to the Santa Fe Opera stage requires creativity, communication, and compassion. Host Jane Trembley chats with Costume Director Blair Gulledge and Properties Director Eileen Garcia about the intense year-round effort that goes into planning and implementing the designs for each season. She also learns how these two department heads collaborate with one another and their commitment to providing a kinder, more supportive working environment for their teams, colleagues, and the Opera’s guest performers. Scenery may set the stage, but costumes and props establish character, telegraph motivation, and advance the action. “What I love about this discipline is just that level of collaboration. You're not doing art in a vacuum,” says Blair, who will oversee the completion of 500+ costumes for this season alone.  Sure, creating alongside performing artists and backstage artisans at such a high level is available through other theatrical genres. But none deliver the visceral or emotional impact of opera––and few do so in a setting as celebrated as SFO.  Maintaining creative excellence involves meeting the needs of singers, designers, and support staff equally, even when not convenient. Both Blair and Eileen know they’ve realized that objective when the magic onstage looks effortless without testing the safety or sanity of those backstage.  “My goal is just to help tell that story, but it does require a balance and a delicacy,” Blair admits. That’s where having a holistic approach to expectations and artistry works in everyone’s favor, including the audience.  Eileen agrees. “You really can see that designer’s original vision come to life,” she says, adding that the creative teams couldn’t accomplish such astounding theatrical feats without having first “built that relationship based in trust and understanding of what our capabilities are here at the Opera.” FEATURING Blair Gulledge Costume Director, Santa Fe Opera Eileen Garcia Properties Director, Santa Fe Opera CREDITS Destination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at  The Creative Impostor Studios. Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz Hosted by: Jane Trembley Show Notes by: Lisa Widder *** Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at http://www.santafeopera.org. We'd love for you to join us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok @santafeopera.

Bringing fantastical worlds to the Santa Fe Opera stage requires creativity, communication, and compassion. Host Jane Trembley chats with Costume Director Blair Gulledge and Properties Director Eileen Garcia about the intense year-round effort that goes into planning and implementing the designs for each season. She also learns how these two department heads collaborate with one another and their commitment to providing a kinder, more supportive working environment for their teams, colleagues, and the Opera’s guest performers. Scenery may set the stage, but costumes and props establish character, telegraph motivation, and advance the action. “What I love about this discipline is just that level of collaboration. You're not doing art in a vacuum,” says Blair, who will oversee the completion of 500+ costumes for this season alone.  Sure, creating alongside performing artists and backstage artisans at such a high level is available through other theatrical genres. But none deliver the visceral or emotional impact of opera––and few do so in a setting as celebrated as SFO.  Maintaining creative excellence involves meeting the needs of singers, designers, and support staff equally, even when not convenient. Both Blair and Eileen know they’ve realized that objective when the magic onstage looks effortless without testing the safety or sanity of those backstage.  “My goal is just to help tell that story, but it does require a balance and a delicacy,” Blair admits. That’s where having a holistic approach to expectations and artistry works in everyone’s favor, including the audience.  Eileen agrees. “You really can see that designer’s original vision come to life,” she says, adding that the creative teams couldn’t accomplish such astounding theatrical feats without having first “built that relationship based in trust and understanding of what our capabilities are here at the Opera.” FEATURING Blair Gulledge Costume Director, Santa Fe Opera Eileen Garcia Properties Director, Santa Fe Opera CREDITS Destination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at <a href="https://www.thecreativeimposter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Creative Impostor Studios.</a> Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz Hosted by: Jane Trembley Show Notes by: Lisa Widder *** Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at <a href="http://www.santafeopera.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.santafeopera.org</a>. We'd love for you to join us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/santafeopera/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/santafeopera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/santafeopera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, and TikTok @santafeopera.

Creating New Worlds with Costume Director Blair Gulledge and Properties Director Eileen Garcia

Over the last twenty years, Eileen Garcia and her chef husband Chepe have literally built restaurants from the ground up.  Together, they turned Chicago’s  and  into iconic Chicago neighborhood destinations.  Along the way, they’ve overcome every challenge in the proverbial restaurant startup handbook.  In this episode, Eileen describes their path to success and what the current pandemic has wrought for them as they actually look forward to growth.   Eileen’s infectious optimism and common-sense approach to solving problems can provide inspiration and solutions for everyone in the foodservice world, especially during these tough times.  We encourage operators, suppliers, and anyone else interested in best-in-class hospitality to listen to her story, and when possible, visit their restaurants.  We can’t think of better ways to help set new goals as we begin to see the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel.

Eileen Garcia: Lots of Optimism + A Can-Do Attitude = Great Hospitality

Over the last twenty years, Eileen Garcia and her chef husband Chepe have literally built restaurants from the ground up.  Together, they turned Chicago’s Buona Terra and Hearth &amp; Crust into iconic Chicago neighborhood destinations.  Along the way, they’ve overcome every challenge in the proverbial restaurant startup handbook.  In this episode, Eileen describes their path to success and what the current pandemic has wrought for them as they actually look forward to growth.   Eileen’s infectious optimism and common-sense approach to solving problems can provide inspiration and solutions for everyone in the foodservice world, especially during these tough times.  We encourage operators, suppliers, and anyone else interested in best-in-class hospitality to listen to her story, and when possible, visit their restaurants.  We can’t think of better ways to help set new goals as we begin to see the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel.

Over the last twenty years, Eileen Garcia and her chef husband Chepe have literally built restaurants from the ground up.  Together, they turned Chicago’s <a href="https://www.buona-terra.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Buona Terra</a> and <a href="https://hearthandcrust.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hearth &amp; Crust</a> into iconic Chicago neighborhood destinations.  Along the way, they’ve overcome every challenge in the proverbial restaurant startup handbook.  In this episode, Eileen describes their path to success and what the current pandemic has wrought for them as they actually look forward to growth.   Eileen’s infectious optimism and common-sense approach to solving problems can provide inspiration and solutions for everyone in the foodservice world, especially during these tough times.  We encourage operators, suppliers, and anyone else interested in best-in-class hospitality to listen to her story, and when possible, visit their restaurants.  We can’t think of better ways to help set new goals as we begin to see the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel.